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Filed under: Security

If there’s one type of software news that always brightens my day, it’s news that a purveyor of crapware has lost a legal game of Rochambault. This time, it was Kaspersky snatching victory away from perennial nuisance Zango.

Zango has a history of rising from the grave like some horrible software zombie. Their other incarnations include HotBar and 180solutions, both of which are familiar to those of you who wrestle with malware on a regular basis. Want to read about what Zango does? You’ll have to visit Wikipedia or some other site, because the Zango website itself is a “closed user community.”

In the lawsuit, Zango claimed Kaspersky should be ordered to reclassify Zango’s programs as nonthreatening and asked that the court “prevent Kaspersky Lab’s security software from blocking Zango’s potentially undesirable programs.”

Thankfully, the appellate court upheld an earlier ruling that granted Kaspersky “Good Samaratin immunity,” and that they were free to classify Zango as adware and treat it as such.

This isn’t the first time Zango has lost in court. Will it be the last? Doubtful. Zango probably still has a little money left to blow on spurious lawsuits, and there are plenty of other anti-malware developers they can bitch about.

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Have you ever had to deal with a situation and needed encouragement from the Word of God? There are numerous times when I have to pull on scripture to get me through a situation or simply get me through the day. Often times my Bible is not with me and I go to my phone to access the Bible via the Internet and search the scriptures.

The great people at Biblepromises have developed a Bible application for the iPhone and Android OS that contains over 500 Bible verses organized by topics such as Perseverance, Work, Fear, and Courage, Loneliness, etc. to help you in times of need.

This is an excellent application to use not only for yourself but during conversations with other sand those that you are sharing a word of encouragement with. This application allows to quickly find scripture for the need at hand. Bible Promises is a must have tool.

Some of the features of the Bible Promises application include the ability to 1) Choose between multiple Bible versions: the New International Version (NIV), English Standard Version (ESV), King James Version (KJV) and Reina Valera (Spanish) and 2) Star your favorite verses for quick reference later, or 3) easily share a promise with a friend from your address book.

At this time BiblePromises does not support BlackBerry.

It has been long rumored that RIM named the Tour after a U2 sponsorship. It has almost been confirmed on multiple occasions but it looks like RIM is slowly getting less tight lipped. Joey over at BBNews spotted this teaser site on BlackBerry.com for the U2 Mobile Album. Its appropriately titled BlackBerry Loves U2…

 

I really have no idea what to make of it but it looks like they will be releasing a U2 app for BlackBerry. It will have news and some sort of location awareness telling you where your friends are. I thought that they were already doing that with the upcoming version of BlackBerry Messenger and Google Latitude but why not duplicate…

 

I want to know what a Mobile Album is. Will this album only be released for mobile devices? That does not seem to make much sense.

What do you think?

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U2 Mobile Album Teaser Site – BlackBerry Really Does Love U2…

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We've had a family website since the late 1990s, but it hadn't been updated in sometime and was built on very dated technology. Today I re-published the site and think I like it! It still has some polishing to do (like the picture files are a bit too large), but it's up! Let me know what you think!

Click here: Nicholaou.com

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Message: a txt msg frm God.

Bible verse: Acts 13:26 To us has been sent the message of this salvation.

At the end of 2008, on a single day, New Year's Eve, an estimated 43 billion text messages were sent wishing people a happy new year. The number was probably so huge because people sent group messages to everyone in their phone. Entire phone address lists spammed with something like, 'Happy New Year - Have a good one in 09 - Cheers Danno'. Boring, predictable, though very friendly and nice.

Please visit OutReachMedia to read more information about the July 2009 Poster.

Looking for a GREAT bible Application for your iPhone, please check out the iPhone application from YouVersion.com.

Check out this video for an overview of the iPhone Application and its Features:


This application is a must have for those who want to have the Word available anytime, anywhere.

Filed under: Features, Software, Android

With home screen widgets, an on-screen keyboard, great notification management, and hands-down the best Gmail experience of any platform, Android 1.5 finally makes it easy (or easier, anyway) to love Google’s foray into the mobile world. Of course, if you’re coming from an iPhone — as some users inevitably will be — there are a few features that’ll be sorely missed as you make the transition. For us, a biggie was visual voicemail, and after a little trial and error, we found a cool way to add it into our device without even leaving the Google ecosystem — and even better, it’s totally free. Follow the break for the full story!

Continue reading Hack: use Google Voice to add visual voicemail to your G1, Dream, or Magic

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I’ve long been a dreamer.

I personally believe that any one of us can have multiple dreams and not have these conflict. For example this blog is an out-living of a dream to help my Church get where it could be with technology. On the vision page that dream is detailed in much greater detail – feel free to read and challenge me on it.

I also have dreams for my professional live, for my family, for me as an individual. Dreaming is a healthy and Biblical experience and helps us to solve problems; heal our bodies; deal with emotions and many other areas as well as just sometimes for plain old enjoyment. You know, the “what if” type of dream.

I was recently going through some old paperwork and came across the following questions … try them out and dream a little.

• What would you do if you won £1 million?
• What would you do if somebody said they would pay for you to restudy for a new career for the next four years including living costs?
• What would you do if you lost your current job?
• What would you do if you had six months to live?

But more than just answering the questions, use the answers as a spur to re-start your plans, your desires and then try to seek God in them. If you can’t find God, then go over the questions again but add “for God” after each what would you do.

Go on, I dare you.

Next, tell someone.

One of favorite books that I have actually read (not many of those) is Francis Chan’s Crazy Love. It’s one of those very challenging and make you think type of books that I have to go back and read every once in a while just to get my priorities right.  I’ve included a video below that is the introduction video for book, you’ll want to check this out! Don’t like reading? The audiobook is available for free during the month of July from christianaudio.com. So stop and go download it and start listening and when you finish go tell all your friends!

So you don’t really need a MacBook that morphs into an unmanned aerial vehicle to get your express letter delivered, but kudos to the folks who made this video showing that the French postal service might be capable of  movie-like transformer special effects.

Via The Register

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The popular word today in Social Network circles is Facebook, Facebook, Facebook. Everyone's either on it, know someone on it, or thinking about getting on it.

Over the past year, the popularity of Facebook has skyrocketed pushing it into the top Social Network spot according to recent polls. In February 2009, the members of my Church began to join Facebook and now it has become a popular place for the saints to share, communicate, and discuss.

So why is Facebook important for Ministries and what value can be gained from a Facebook presence?

There are a number of reasons why your Ministry should become a part of the Facebook family. Here are four (4) important factors that may help in your decision making process to launch a Facebook Page for your Ministry..

1) Facebook allows members and friends to connect and interact beyond Sunday Morning.

2) Facebook increases Ministry Communication

3) Facebook is an excellent method to 'Promote' the Ministry

4) Facebook is a Good Evangelistic tool

Social Networks are an important part of everyday life for many people both Christians and non-Christians. Meeting people where they go to socialize is advantageous to the Ministry and allows the Church to connect like never before.

If your Ministry is looking to reach out and connect with people, Facebook is a an excellent starting point.

Rick Love wrote an interesting article about the use of the term "Missions" in church. It is called Called to Conquer or Commissioned to Bless? Why I Dislike the Term “Missions”. In it he argues that we need to drop the militaristic perspective of missions. Prior to my coming to FIM, this was something they intentionally looked at. They changed some of their terminology. Headquarters became home office and furlough became home assignment. I believe other things changed as well, but I wasn't around for that chapter.

Should FIM someday decide to walk away from the term missions and replace it with blessing or something similar it would present huge difficulty. Not the least of which is that it's part of our name, Fellowship International Mission. Additionally, what would I be called? I'd no longer be a missionary, perhaps an agent of blessing or a blessor. Also, how would people find us? They know to look for mission agencies, but we'd be a blessing agency. Google wouldn't know to bring our website into the search results for "mission agencies" nor would the future missionaries know to look for a "blessing agency". Much effort would need to be done, huge amounts of communication (and associated expense) would have to be undertaken to inform just the people who already are involved and help them understand. Being the catalyst of cultural change does not come without a variety of costs.

I don't argue for whether it should or shouldn't be done. I think the psychological benefits for the Christian community may be clear, but the practical implementation becomes very tricky. I'm not sure how a change like that could happen in our culture, but I think it clearly would have to start with an organization with a lot of resources.

Here’s a nice and clean theme for the BlackBerry Bold 9000 called iBerry Black Neon Bold by BlackBerryThemeCentral. This theme is available in six colors.

• Download OTA:
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  • iBerry Blue Neon Bold
  • iBerry Purple Neon Bold
  • iBerry Red Neon Bold
  • iBerry Teal Neon Bold
  • iBerry Yellow Neon Bold
• Info: iBerry Black Neon Bold Theme Page
• How To: Install applications and themes via OTA with or without using data

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Tafasa has created a free “Lite” version of their premium PatternLock application for the BlackBerry Storm.

The Lite version only has the following basic features:

• Autolock on startup and when device is inactive
• Pick your own pattern over a grid of 9 dots (you may reuse dots in your pattern)
• Simple design that seamlessly fits in with the BlackBerry Storm interface
• A fun and easy way to secure your device

The premium version has the above features plus the following:

• Pick your own wallpaper image for portrait and for landscape
• Assign to the hardware lock key
• Password protect your options
• Individual application lock
• Location based locking (do not lock when in certain locations by using GPS)
• Full featured call screen lock with many display styles and ability to exclude numbers from engaging the lock
• Ability to disable autolocking when certain applications are running
• Tons of options to customize the way PatternLock looks
• Fix orientation of the lock screen in portrait mode
• Backup/Restore options
• Emergency call button on the lock screen with a custom phone number
• Lock out device after a certain number of failed tries
• Keep track of how many times your device has been locked out
• Show owner information on the lock screen
• Sounds/Vibration
• SMS,MMS and Email notifications on the lock screen
• Many more…

You can find both the free PatternLock Lite and the premium version available for $2.99 in the store, or right on your BlackBerry from the Mobile App Store.

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Filed under: Mozilla, Beta, Browsers

Mozilla has released an updated version of Weave, a Firefox plugin that lets you synchronize your profile, settings, and passwords across multiple computers. In other words, every time you change your bookmarks, web site login information, or other data on your work computer, the changes will be reflected on your home machine as long as you have Weave installed on both systems.

Weave 0.4 adds support for preference syncing, automatic logins, and support for Fennec 1.0 beta 2 for Maemo Linux. That last one means you the mobile version of Firefox for Nokia Internet Tablets can be configured to have all of your desktop bookmarks, passwords, and other settings with just a few clicks. Eventually Weave should also work with Fennec for Windows Mobile and other mobile platforms, which could save you an awful lot of time when setting up a mobile browser.

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Filed under: Social Software, web 2.0, Web

The trend of using Twitter for absolutely everything doesn’t show signs of stopping. Tweetboard, the latest hot Twitter add-on, inserts Twitter as a comment system for your website. Conversation on the site is posted (neatly threaded, of course) in an expandable sidebar, and a user’s comments also post to their Twitter account. To make it easier for people who are reading these tweets outside of Tweetboard, there are two shorturls “posted.at” and “inreply.to,” that give readers a little context and a link to view the thread.

Tweetboard’s design is relatively inoffensive: it puts a tab off to the left side of your site with the number of tweets a site visitor hasn’t read. Fortunately, it’s a pretty small tab, so it’s not completely annoying to people who don’t care about Tweetboard. Once expanded, Tweetboard is laid out with tabs for all comments or just the current thread, and there’s a space at the top to post your own comments.

Judging by the Tweetboard’s quick jump to the top of Twitter Trending Topics when it launched, you’re probably going to start seeing it all over the place pretty quickly. It’s hard to tell right now whether it’s going to be a momentary fad or a lasting fixture. I can see the quick setup and ease-of-use appealing to site owners, but users might not go for Tweetboard. Some people just don’t want Twitter accounts, and some people who have Twitter accounts might prefer that you keep your comments on your own site.

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I recently tried out a friend’s battery charger case and my iPhone 3GS began to buzz and flash between locked, wallpaper, and temperature warning screens.

Not to be all Wall Street Journal about it, but according to sources in a position to know, this is not an uncommon problem and Apple is set to address it in the next firmware update, which should be coming soon — 3.1.

3.1 you ask? It’s what we asked as well, and were told the iPhone 3GS is already running what’s considered 3.0.1 and the next update would likely be 3.1 (though 3.0.2 or an “official” cross device 3.0.1 still sounds more like as a bug fix release to us).

Consider it a rumor for now, but at the very least, if your charging case is giving you headaches, rest assured help is on the way.

(And it’s recommended you don’t use it until the problem is addressed).

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Rumor: iPhone 3.0.1 Already on iPhone 3GS. iPhone 3.1 to Fix Bugs, Battery Charger Problems?

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BlackBerry OS 5 has been floating around the interwebs for some time now and we know that when it is finally officially released, it isn’t going to be the major overhaul to the BlackBerry operating system that we once hoped it would be.   On one hand you can say that the BlackBerry is holding it’s own against the likes of the iPhone’s OS and Web OS found on the Palm Pre, however, I don’t know that the BlackBerry OS  is in a ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it’ type of situation when compared to it’s competitors.

If you leave out the BlackBerry Storm and BlackBerry Bold, BlackBerry devices and the operating systems that run on them, are generally seen as the model for for stability and reliability.  You used to hear people say that the BlackBerry doesn’t have all the bells and whistles of it’s competitors but they just always seem to work.  There is a lot to be said for stability and reliability in the corporate world, a realm in which the BlackBerry reigns supreme, however, the desires of consumers, the new battleground on which the  smartphone war is being waged, differ just a bit.

Not to say that consumers don’t want stable devices.  It sucks for anyone when you are trying to make a call and your phone reboots on your, however, consumers seem to be bit more forgiving when it comes to the occasional reboot, especially when they have thousands of really cool applications to help them pass time by when their devices are running, even if they can only run said applications one at a time.

I personally think that the BlackBerry OS has these other mobile operating systems on usability, however, even being the big BlackBerry fan that I am, believe the iPhone wins on the coolness factor hands down.  The Pre and its Web OS tries to bridge usability and cool factor, and, quite honestly, does a bang out job at their first go at it.  There are a few bugs and far too few applications, however, you get a good feel for what Palm is trying to do with the Pre and can see where the future of mobile devices is going.

Is the BlackBerry due for a major OS overhaul?  I think that it is…

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Steve Jobs is officially back at work after six-month’s medical leave, an Apple spokesperson just told Bloomberg reporter Connie Guglielmo in a phone interview.

“Steve is back to work,” said Apple spokesman Steve Dowling on Monday. “We are very glad to have him back.”

Jobs is working at Apple a few days a week and working from home the remainder of the time, Dowling added. Jobs reportedly returned to work last week, but Monday’s statement is Apple’s first official word.

Jobs took six month’s medical leave in January, promising to return by the end of June. Monday is June 29. During his absence, Jobs had a liver transplant in Memphis, TN.

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I have about 8 mini membership cards on my keys and 2 more cards in my wallet. I’ve wanted to downsize everything for a while and now I finally can. I recently downloaded Keyring from the Android Market for $1.99. It’s developed by Froogloid, the company behind location navigation helper A2B which is also in the Market.  Keyring replaces all those cards and keytags by putting them on your Android phone.

The interface is very simple. When you open the app you are greeted with a blank screen and a button at the bottom that says, “Add Card”. When you tap the button it asks if your card has a barcode. You can then proceed with a barcode scan or say no and input your card number with the soft keyboard or the physical keyboard.

After the info is scanned or entered, you can pick the vendor from a preset list or input your own. The vendors also include a pic so that you can tell your cards apart by logo. If your vendor is not in the list you can submit a request to have it added to the list. The cool thing is that all the info for the vendors is stored by Froogloid and is constantly updated. That means you don’t have download the latest version to get new vendors. You also have the option when adding cards to set an extra description to the card.  At first I wondered why this would help but some people have multiple Delta Skymiles or Radisson Gold Reward cards.  Maybe you might have one for personal and one for work.

A feature that was added in the last update is a brightness control inside the app so you can get the best scan in each situation.  I have noticed in some stores that scans don’t always work.  In the app there is a quick guide for getting the best picture.  I’ve tried to use Keyring in as many situations as I can – traditional handheld scanners, scanners at the gas pump, and once even at the self checkout of the supermarket.  I’ve only been able to get it to work once at the self checkout so I’m not sure if its supposed to or not.   The one criticism I have is the barcodes and logos are saved on the SD card. If you delete your memory card or folder, you’re back to square one.  I understand the idea behind though as it does keep the app small and light on memory.

I can’t tell you how fun it is to see the looks on peoples faces when you stop at Best Buy or the gas station and pull your phone out to have your card scanned. Most people are intrigued and wonder, “Can my Blackberry or iPhone do that?” It just one more app that help bring Android to the forefront of innovation and integration into everyday life.

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If you are looking for a cool Android home screen replacement, we recommend checking out Open Gestures by Hollowire. It’s a great alternative to your basic 3 screen setup without being too much of a change. While it looks like the out-of-box experience you get with Android, it has some very handy, and clever features hiding away.

Assign a “gesture” to your most commonly used apps or contacts. Draw an “M” on your screen and have it load the Android Market. Draw a heart shape and have it dial your wife or girlfriend. You can handpick the gestures and modify them later if you need. As you’ll see in the vide below, the app is very forgiving, meaning you don’t have to be 100% precise each time you draw out a letter.

The other great feature tucked away is the ability to quickly toggle settings like WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth and more. Simply swipe your finger upwards in an “I” shape and you get a list of options to change.

If you don’t follow us on twitter, you really ought to start!  We just gave away 25 copies of the beta version of this app over the weekend and so far the response has been very positive.

We give away free stuff all the time!

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If you are looking for a cool Android home screen replacement, we recommend checking out Open Gestures by Hollowire. It’s a great alternative to your basic 3 screen setup without being too much of a change. While it looks like the out-of-box experience you get with Android, it has some very handy, and clever features hiding away.

Assign a “gesture” to your most commonly used apps or contacts. Draw an “M” on your screen and have it load the Android Market. Draw a heart shape and have it dial your wife or girlfriend. You can handpick the gestures and modify them later if you need. As you’ll see in the vide below, the app is very forgiving, meaning you don’t have to be 100% precise each time you draw out a letter.

The other great feature tucked away is the ability to quickly toggle settings like WiFi, GPS, Bluetooth and more. Simply swipe your finger upwards in an “I” shape and you get a list of options to change.

If you don’t follow us on twitter, you really ought to start!  We just gave away 25 copies of the beta version of this app over the weekend and so far the response has been very positive.

We give away free stuff all the time!

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Palm has released software update 1.0.4 for webOS and the Palm Pre. The download is 12MB and the update takes roughly 10 minutes to complete. To get the update, simply access the Updates app on your Palm Pre. According to Palm, this release addresses several security issues with Palm webOS software.  Palm has also set up palm.com/security where individuals can report suspected security issues. While nothing else is listed yet in 1.0.4, you can find the changelog at Palm’s website.

 

Update: This release apparently patches a leak that allowed “homebrew” apps to be installed on a Pre that was not jailbroken.

You can discuss the 1.0.4 software update in our forums.

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Palm has released software update 1.0.4 for webOS and the Palm Pre. The download is 12MB and the update takes roughly 10 minutes to complete. To get the update, simply access the Updates app on your Palm Pre. According to Palm, this release addresses several security issues with Palm webOS software.  Palm has also set up palm.com/security where individuals can report suspected security issues. While nothing else is listed yet in 1.0.4, you can find the changelog at Palm’s website.

 

Update: This release apparently patches a leak that allowed “homebrew” apps to be installed on a Pre that was not jailbroken.

You can discuss the 1.0.4 software update in our forums.

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QuickPull Pro is a paid upgrade to the free version, QuickPull. The QuickPull app has been a great success, providing BlackBerry users with a fast and easy way to reset their device. QuickPull Pro provides all the same benefits of the original QuickPull (free), but with some advanced scheduling options, memory monitoring, and some other enhancements.

QuickPull is a free application for your BlackBerry.

QuickPull Pro is available for $0.99 until July 10th.

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Filed under: Telstra, HSUPA

Want to run a Miley Cyrus fansite over a data card? We might recommend you emigrate to Australia, where Telstra has just upgraded its already-impressive HSPA+ network to a whopping 5.8Mbps on the uplink, which it estimates means that customers could see speeds as high as 3Mbps in real-world use. In conjunction with the upgrade, the carrier’s also letting customers know that its Turbo 21 USB modem can be updated to take advantage of the higher data rate, which refreshingly means you won’t have to plunk down for any new hardware. Cheers to that.

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There’s a core set of habits and techniques that filter and colour a lot of what we write about at Lifehacker, but we rarely step back to explain them for newcomers. Let’s get back to basics with 10 productivity tactics. (more…)

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Twitter has become an integral part of our social media lives, marketing strategies, and business objectives. We have multiple accounts, hundreds of followers to watch, Twitter trends to track, hashtags to follow, and a frequent need for continuously updating search results.

As such, getting by on the limited feature set available via Twitter.com is difficult at best. Enter the desktop application, a third-party piece of software that you can install on your computer to interface with Twitter and get more out of your microblogging activities.

Now that Twitter is older than a toddler, you have a variety to choose from. From apps for groups, Mac and PC specific clients, and apps that let you do a whole lot more than tweet, you can use this guide to help you find the desktop client that’s right for you.

*Note: all ratings are based on 5 stars

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Power Users Only

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Destroy Twitter: Certainly not your most sophisticated Twitter client, but definitely above average and packing a few hidden nuggets. Destroy Twitter is a single account, single column app (but does allow for multiple columns in the expanded view), that’s clearly not for power users who have multiple presences to manage. It does, however, have a simple yet powerful groups feature that supports groups of users or groups of multiple keywords. The only problem is that accessing those groups can be a challenge.

Mashable rating: 3.5 stars
Hit feature: user-created themes that you can download to skin the app
Common concern: better features are hidden

TweetDeck: Our current head-to-head winner in the desktop space, TweetDeck’s most recent updates improve upon the column experience to include a report spam button, recommended people to follow, better video playback, auto-suggest for usernames, yFrog integration, and unlimited columns. Oh and it also happens to have a complementary iPhone app that syncs with your desktop columns. Nice.

Mashable rating: 4.5 stars
Hit feature: sync with the iPhone app
Common concern: groups need a little fine tuning

*Disclosure: TweetDeck partnered with Mashable to create MashDeck, a branded version of the software.

Seesmic Desktop: This really is the everything Twitter app. It features support for unlimited Twitter accounts and columns, a smattering of URL and photo options, hands down the best Facebook integration we’ve seen, and unlimited saved searches. We’re really in love with Seesmic Desktop, and it seems to be evolving at record pace.

Mashable rating: 4.5 stars
Hit feature: fantastic Facebook integration for comments and likes
Common concern: system resource hog

PeopleBrowsr: The desktop version is just as complicated and feature-rich as the web app (you’ll need to log in to the website to find the download link in lower right-hand corner). With PeopleBrowsr you get a full-featured Twitter app that is bloated with features like export, sort by Twitter name or number of followers, map or gallery views, stats on stacks (which are like columns), an aggregate view of tweets across stacks, simultaneous posting to other services, quick access to a number of different filters, and so much more. And we haven’t even begun to discuss the integrations with every popular social site on the planet. Even though the light mode is a little easier, this app is better left to extreme power users. Plus all those features seem to really slow it down.

Mashable rating: 3.5 stars
Hit feature: export
Common concern: information overload

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Mac Apps

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Mac Lounge: This app is incredibly appealing for its dead simple, single column interface and respectable feature set. We, of course, love the multiple account support, but also appreciate saved searches, quick access to view followers and following, and tweet options to link to tweet, copy tweet, or copy tweet URL. There’s also an accompanying iPhone app [iTunes link], which syncs with the desktop version and greatly improves the app’s relevance.

Mashable rating: 3 stars
Hit feature: drag and drop categories to reorder (on left-hand panel)
Common concern: lack of support for groups or image posting

Nambu: This really sophisticated Mac app should be more than enough for any and all of your Twitter needs. You’ve got access to your followers and friends, custom groups, search (integrated with FriendFeed and One Riot), trends, tr.im and pic.im integration, multiple accounts, Ping.fm integration, filters, and three view options for a one or many column view of tweets.

Mashable rating: 4.5 stars
Hit feature: Twitter search with FriendFeed, OneRiot, and Yahoo results
Common concern: needs more variety for photo and URL shortening

Tweetie for Mac: Beautiful, sleek, and simple, Tweetie for Mac is everything you’d expect from the developers of the top mobile application for Twitter. You can get a beautiful view of conversations, toggle through and manage multiple accounts, save searches, and even post videos to yFrog. It’s the cleanest single column app with multiple account management that we’ve ever seen.

Mashable rating: 4 stars
Hit feature: killer conversation threads
Common concern: groups are strangely absent

TwitterPod: This app isn’t known for its sophistication or advanced Twitter functionality. TwitterPod is a basic single column Twitter app with an inline browser and the ability to filter for just tweets with links. Its heyday has long since passed, but original fan boys and girls may still be using this for their twittering.

Mashable rating: 2 stars
Hit feature: inline browser
Common concern: not reliable

EventBox: This just-for-Mac app is a favorite of many because it supports Twitter, Facebook, and Flickr integration, and also supports feed reading with Google Reader, and internet trend watching with Reddit and Digg. Keyboard shortcuts, hotkeys, Instapaper integration, and photo uploads to Flickr and Facebook make EventBox pretty nifty. It’s also got a very slick interface with a navigation menu on the left-hand side.

Mashable rating: 4 stars
Hit feature: feed reading alongside tweet watching
Common concern: single Twitter account support only

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Windows Apps

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Digsby: The beloved IM, email notification, and social networking application also does Twitter, but it’s only available for PCs at the moment. On the social networking side, Digsby pulls in Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and LinkedIn so you can get a more complete view of what’s happening across your entire social presence.

Mashable rating: 2.5 stars
Hit feature: IM and email integration
Common concern: not robust enough for power users

DigiTweet: This open source desktop Twitter client for Windows is built on Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and allows for a lot of customization in the layout and view of your Twitter stream with an interactive dockable pane. DigiTweet has also evolved to include multiple search tabs, color coding users you follow by categories (kind of love this), alerts for specific users, follow/unfollow, and link preview.

Mashable rating: 3.5 stars
Hit feature: toast alerts for specific tweeters
Common concern: tricky user interface

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A Few More Options

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Twhirl: This oldie but goodie, though no longer actively being updated (Seesmic Desktop took its place), is still working just fine and many a Twitter early adopter are happy to have a single column Twitter experience, with additional windows available for additional Twitter accounts, plus FriendFeed, Seesmic, and Identica integration for viewing and posting content to those sites. Since you can still save Twitter searches, Twhirl is actually a really great desktop client if you’re not beholden to groups.

Mashable rating: 3.5 stars
Hit feature: FriendFeed support for viewing threads and adding comments
Common concern: window overload

Skimmer: It’s hard not to love this app. Not only is it beautiful to look at it, but it also tracks your favorite social sites. Skimmer’s certainly not an application for the social media beginner, but power users of Facebook, Flickr, YouTube, Blogger, and Twitter, will appreciate the aggregation of content, filtering options, view types, and enhanced content viewing experience.

Mashable rating: 4.5 stars
Hit feature: gorgeous Flickr and YouTube video viewing
Common concern: sacrificing a few advanced twitter app features for beauty

Sideline: Sideline is just a search and trending topic app from Yahoo, but it does a darn good job at satisfying those specific needs. You can view current Twitter trends, select to see the three latest tweets or pop out as its own saved search, and create custom search groups as tabs.

Mashable rating: 4 stars
Hit feature: search groups that support multiple keywords
Common concern: can’t tweet from the app

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Less to Tweet Home About

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Tweetr: A lesser known simple app, Tweetr is beautiful Adobe AIR based app that doesn’t support multiple accounts, and isn’t right for power users, but might be just perfect for lightweight Twitterers. You’re not going to get columns, groups, search, or filters, but you can share files and take photos with your web cam.

Mashable rating: 3 stars
Hit feature: file sharing and webcam photos
Common concern: URL shortening limited to hurl.ws

Twibble Desktop: Twibble is a bit of a riddle. It’s not a bad app when it comes to feature set, but it’s also not the most intuitive. You can manage multiple accounts, but all tweets are merged together in one stream. You can reply, DM, fav, RT, and copy tweets, but you’ll have to hover over the tweet to even know those behaviors are possible. You can also use keyboard shortcuts, filter your tweets for keywords, or conduct searches that open up in new windows, but Twibble just doesn’t seem to flow as easily as we’d like it to.

Mashable rating: 2 stars
Hit feature: drag and drop photo upload
Common concern: very tricky user interface

Twitterrific: Once the preferred app of the Mac Twitterati, Twitterrific has seen brighter days on your desktop (meanwhile the iPhone app is certainly an impressive option). As it stands, Twitterrific is hardly an improvement on the Twitter.com web experience.

Mashable rating: 2 stars
Hit feature: super lightweight
Common concern: hard to filter tweets for mentions and direct messages

Spaz: With a name like Spaz, you’d expect this AIR based client to be perfect for the Twitter spaz. Unfortunately, that’s not quite the case. So even though it’s not a terrible app for lightweight Twitterers, power users won’t get by on the limited feature set.

Mashable rating: 2.5 stars
Hit feature: in-line short URL decoding
Common concern: no photo uploading options

Snitter: Another one of those apps that was all the rage back in the day, but is now in dire need of an update. This one is definitely a pass for the time being.

Mashable rating: 1.5 stars
Hit feature: filter by time period
Common concern: too many to count

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More Twitter Resources from Mashable

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- 25 Twitter Apps to Manage Multiple Accounts

- 29 Twitter Apps for the iPhone Compare

- Top 5 Ways to Share Videos on Twitter

- 15 Fascinating Ways to Track Twitter Trends

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Tags: desktop apps, digsby, eventbox, Lists, nambu, seesmic desktop, sideline, skimmer, tweetdeck, tweetie, Twhirl, twitter, twitterrific

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Filed under: Internet, Windows

NetDrive is a Windows utility that lets you treat remote FTP sites as if they were local drives. The first time you connect to an FTP site, you have to create a profile. But once you’re connected you can copy files to and from the FTP site using Windows Explorer or any other file explorer of your choosing. No FTP client required. To disconnect from the FTP server, just bring up the NetDrive window again and hit the disconnect button.

You can also configure NetDrive to automatically map an FTP site as a Windows drive every time your computer boots up. This could come in handy if you want to use a file backup utility to automatically back up files to an FTP server, or if you constantly need to copy files to and from your web hosting server.

NetDrive includes profiles for a few anonymous FTP servers including the KDE, GNOME, and FreeBSD projects as well as Adobe, Apple, HP, and Microsoft servers. You can also create your own profiles.

[via Inspect My Gadget]

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This Saturday 27 people from Durham Evangelical Church (www.Durhame.org ) is sponsoring a trip to serve in Haiti. I have the privilege to participate in the construction portion of the mission outreach. My teenage (17) daughter is also attending the trip and will be working with the children’s program. Our two teams have partnered with two local (NH/MA) organizations that are based in the US.

Partners in Development (PID) and Heart-line Ministries have been successfully working in Haiti for over 20 years. While there, we will be working toward finishing the Medical Center that provides basic health care and checkups for many Haitians. We will also be working with children’s programs serving the orphanage and working at the English Camp.

Several of our goals are to finish 2 of the exam rooms and get them to a usable state by future missionaries. In addition we will be working to finish dwellings for PID partners and possibly build new dwellings. The second group will be working with Heart-Line in/around the orphanage providing English teaching.

We have several needs in relation to this trip but most importantly is prayer support for safety, effective ministry and that God will use this trip to grow each of us. There is a list of material needs on our website though many of the goals are time sensitive since we are leaving this weekend but others are ongoing.  Although there were several fund raisers to support the trip there are always financial implications for the people involved.

We realize you may not be able to support our trip financial  or through material domination , but want to thank you for considering it and most importantly for your continued prayers.

I hope to blog updates as time allows so keep an eye out for new posts.. or subscribe to the feed and you’ll always be in the know.

While you are celebrating your independence this weekend please take a moment to pray for those that don’t have such a privilege..

As I travel I’ve wanted the ability to post blog updates without having to lug out my laptop, connect to the internet etc.. I knew that I could use the email to blog function built into wordpress. Then all I’d need to do is send an email from my blackberry.

However I’m heading out on a mission trip this week with 27 people from our church and I wanted to allow certain people to post entries without all the baloney of the laptops, internet, etc.. The built-in wordpress plugin limited me to just one user, and I wanted to have multiple users post to the blog since there are a bunch of us going on this trip. I also wanted to insure that not just anyone could post incase somehow the posting email address got spammed.

I came across the Postie Plugin http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/postie/

There are many features this plugin offers.. like the ability to add images to posts as well as video.

But the best feature was the limiting of posting by email addresses.. this would cover the spammers as well as only allowing certain people to post..

The 1st test was successful… and now I’m testing the ability to add images, links and filtering out email footers

Brightkite just launched their first client for the Android platform.  This marks their first app since the iPhone version.  It’s not just a standard port though as this version offer features like integrated Google maps and background notifications for new messages.  Unlike the iPhone, you don’t have to open the app up and run it to get updates.

Brightkite is a free location-aware mobile service which puts you in touch with friends and family.  Keep track of people without being invasive, explore new places, tag and annotate your favorites, and share them with others.

Head over to the Android Market today and download Brightkite!

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Oops. Following Palm’s decision to let some new devs into the early access program yesterday, the company’s apparent worst nightmare just came true: People can play actually with the Mojo SDK. Nooooooooo. One of the devs who was finally given access to the SDK decided he/she would take matters into his/her own hands and leak it on an IRC channel for all those who have been denied access to this point. We’re not going to post a link to the SDK of course, but it really shouldn’t be all that hard to find if you know how to use Google. You do know how to do that, right?

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Known fact – men and women are pretty different. There are things about women that men have spent years trying to understand and guess what, women don’t always get men either. However, no matter how much of a “man’s man” you are, there are things you have to notice about the woman you have been dating.

The following is a guide to help you lose your girlfriend. So, if you are happy and want to remain in your relationship, do the opposite of what is listed below.

1. Buy flowers for her twice a year
   If you only buy your girlfriend flowers on her birthday and your anniversary – she won’t feel special. You know why? Because doing this will make you predictable and boring. Women love “just because” and unexpected stuff. While it doesn’t necessarily have to be a bouquet of roses or anything expensive, the point is that you should occasionally do something a little out of the ordinary (and so should she).




2. Send her calls to voicemail
   Even if the Lakers are playing or you are in the middle of a video game, just answer! Women like to call just because – and believe me, she will start to get that pain in her stomach and begin jumping to conclusions if don’t answer after multiple calls. By answering, you will give her the chance to understand you are focused on something else and not someone else.




3. Keep saying “yes” to the guys
   When you always say yes to the guys, your girlfriend will begin to feel left out. Remember, women love quality time! If you can find a balance between your guy time and quality time with her, she will be happy and reassured that you are into the relationship.
4. Leave the toilet seat up
   There is nothing like falling in the toilet at 3AM. And after falling in the toilet – I am certain you will hate to hear her mouth until the next business day. There is a simple fix. The simple task of placing the toilet seat down will eliminate an agruement and help convey that you are at least a little considerate.
5. Don’t pop the question
   Five years is not only a long time to be in a relationship – it is a long time to be in a relationship without an engagement ring. If you know marriage is not for you, be up front and honest about that while you are dating. Please do not lead a woman on to believe anything differently.

These steps won’t solve all the problems or answer all the pending questions men have about women. But a few things are certain, following these quick tips will make you appear more considerate, honest and loving!

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Personally I don’t see this as much to get excited about since Skype for BlackBerry is not truly VoIP. It just routes your international and long distance calls over Skype for cheaper rates. On the other hand when we mentioned the leaked beta for the Storm it looks like there is definitely interest in the application. This version seems to run on non touchscreen devices so check it out. It installed on my Bold but I could not get it to connect…

Aditya let me know that he spotted what looks like another Skype beta in the Komunitas BlackBerry forum. The file is a JAD along with the appropriate COD files for what looks like Skype for BlackBerry. I could not get it to work after installing it but maybe one of you will have better luck. You will either need to install it OTA or copy all the files to your memory card and click on the JAD file from the file explorer.

You can download the zip at this link on RapidShare

It could be that this is just a regular J2ME beta that runs on the BlackBerry OS but from the JAD file it looks like this was designed for the BlackBerry. Though the idea of using the # and @ symbols as softkeys instead of a menu is not to my liking.

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Filed under: Handsets, Apple

Now, we’re hoping this isn’t some elaborate hoax perpetrated on the kind citizens of the internet, because if it’s real, it’s amazing. Here’s the deal: a man capturing video poolside with his iPhone 3GS somehow loses control of the device and ends up dunking the entire phone… while filming. Miraculously, he manages to fish out the handset and it’s still rolling. We don’t know what the lifespan was / is beyond this clip, but obviously long enough to upload the video or transfer it to a computer. Impressive stuff, though we strongly suggest you don’t test this one out on your own. Check out the full video after the break.

[Via George Ruiz]

Continue reading iPhone 3GS takes plunge in pool while shooting video… and lives to tell the tale

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The guys at PhoneArena put up a pretty lengthy review of the BlackBerry Gemini 8520. I’ll break down their review by section but if you want to read the full review, just head over to their site.

Design

While the 8520 Gemini is one of the newest devices to be released by RIM, the only thing truly new about it is the design. The 8520 is slated as an introductory Curve model and comes with a 3.4” screen which sits above a full QWERTY keyboard. Two convenience keys adorn either side and a simplistic back with the 2 megapixel camera at the top. The unofficial size is 4.25”x2.3”x0.5”, which makes it even smaller than the Curve 8900, and perhaps a touch lighter.

The above pic gives you a good idea of how the Curve 8520 matches up with the other BlackBerry devices.

The new Curve apparently has a plastic feel to it and it doesn’t have that solid metal feeling you get with a device like the Storm 9500. The sides, top and bottom are all finished in soft touch paint which gives it just a bit of grip and a good feel. The side keys (convenience keys on each side, volume rocker on the right) are all merely bumps as opposed to individual keys with the housing “stretching” to accommodate them instead of breaking.

The biggest change to the Curve series is RIM has now implemented an optical trackpad. Some Curve owners have complained that the trackball is the first thing to wear and it often gets debris lodged in it. The new optical trackpad will solve many of the issues people have had with the trackball, and we’re going to see fewer people requiring replacements. Way to go RIM! (I think PhoneArena missed this potential advantage in their review)

The back of the device houses a 2.0MP camera in the soft touch area. Sadly, there is no flash with this device. I found it odd considering that the top of the phone has media keys, which suggest the device is more consumer friendly. It seems RIM didn’t go all out when trying to appease the consumer with this one. Like the Pre and iPhone, the shiny black plastic is a fingerprint magnet but looks awfully pretty when clean.

The review goes on to take a look at the user interface (OS 4.6), phonebook, organizer, messaging, multimedia and software. While I enjoyed reading about these topics, there really isn’t anything new. The 8520 won’t have anything you haven’t seen, software-wise, in the 8900. The major difference comes in the design, as articulated above.

Overall the BlackBerry Curve 8520 is a fine device for what it is. It may not be the finest in fit and finish, but it brings the best Blackberry features to a low-end device. The size and weight are good, the display is ample and the optical trackpad brings a bit of innovation. RIM has some work to do on the Curve’s performance, but if they fix that we don’t see why this device won’t be very popular.

[Via]

© Kyle for BlackBerry Cool, 2009

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Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Freeware

Sure, you know that your CPU heats up when you ask too much of it. But do you know just how hot it gets? Real Temp can tell you. This light weight Windows application can monitor the temperature of a wide variety of Intel processors including single, dual, and quad core CPUs.

You can configure Real Temp to show your CPU temperature in your system tray or just run the executable program when you just want a quick look at your system health.

The program also lets you run executable files when the temperature hits a certain point. So you could create a script that would allow the program to do things like shut down your system, kill tasks, or shoot you an email letting you know that your computer is about to explode.

Some of Real Temp’s features are tied into bulkier system status monitors. But Real Temp is a light weight app that comes in a 170KB ZIP file and which uses less than 4MB of RAM when running.

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[ED NOTE: Sorry guys, a contributor posted this and I didn't realize how old it was until now. This patch was issued at the beginning of June.]

RIM has issued a security patch to address a security vulnerability that could leave many smartphones open to a virus attack. RIM didn’t issue a public statement about the vulnerability, but their site reminds users that “as a mobile device best practice, Research In Motion recommends that BlackBerry smartphone users open attachments from trusted sources only,”

Carl Leonard of U.K.-based Websense Security Lab said hackers may be looking to steal corporate sales information, intellectual property or customer data, all of which has value in the underground economy.

Nobody has come out saying they’ve been affected by this vulnerability, and RIM’s security patch will stop any future attempts at hacking into the device.

[Via]

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VOIP

• What are you buying when you buy a SIP Trunk
  • Voice dial tone over the data connection rather than a PRI

• Bandwidth.com
• Many are seeing cost savings in the $1k’s
• Make sure your PS/ALI (911) is compatible
• Do you need to keep copper for Fire, Elevator, etc…
  • In some areas this can be done wireless

• What about Hosted PBX
  • Bandwith.com can be trusted for this.
  • Response point is second possible solution

Gapps or Exchange or hosted exchange

• Hosted exchange -
  • http://www.sherweb.com/hosted-exchange

Approachability - Friendly IT

• Users have to be able to approach IT
• How do you help your users ask questions when they should be asking question?
  • Use a Ticketing System they can ask for things they might not think to ask when chatting in conversation.
    • Zen Desk

• Ask for meeting times be proactive don’t wait
• Set appropriate expectations for the users when you will be able to respond.

Metrics

• Tracking ticketing time
• How much does a new staff member cost?
• Do leadership make Technology a priority?

For those of you that haven’t yet implemented virtualization, I’d recommend waiting a few more weeks to see RedHat’s implementation. Reported by LeMagIT, a Red Hat executive confirmed that September 1st will be the launch date for General Availability of Red Hat’s virtualization portfolio. As I blogged about last week, there is already a private Beta going on (unfortunately, I was not invited).

If you want a sneak peak at what the new RH Enterprise Hypervisor management system might look like, take a look over at ovirt.org.

To get a taste of what is possible with the Linux/KVM based hypervisor, there is an easy to install distribution from Proxmox (which works exceedingly well). I am currently using Proxmox in many production workloads and am excited about what RedHat is going to bring to the table.

Admin or Not to Admin cont.

What happens when they have admin rights and things go bad

• SysInternals Process Explorer
  • http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/default.aspx
  • http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896653.aspx

• If you allow Admin access you "Must" have standardization and images of each "flavor" of workstation.
• What do users "need"?
• Does Software and Hardware get purchased Centrally?
• Some applications get un happy when they don’t have local permissions
  • SteelSonic.com
  • Encryped Run As ($6.00 per license) http://www.wingnutsoftware.com/

Spyware Removal

• Malwarebites.org

Application Deployment/Virtualization

• CloneZilla
• Ghost
• Fodproject.com
• Casper Suite - jamfsoftware.com
• Mac OSX Imaging
• PrinterShare.com
• Vmware VDI
• Ardence by Dell
  • http://www.dell.com/content/topics/global.aspx/solutions/en/thinpc?c=us&l=en&cs=555

Passwords

• Ewallet
• SecretServer - Multi User
• How Frequently do the passwords change

What is the burden on IT of the "pitfalls" of Social Media

• Leadership has to decided assisted with by the direction of IT what the orgization’s going to "Use" social media for… then IT has to come along side with the vision/mission
• We have to digest social media for our leadership so they "get it"
• Find an advocate for IT on staff… find someone who can digest Technology on your behalf.

Revisit SLA of DR with Executive Team

Computer Emergency Response Team Cert - http://www.cert.org/

StorageCraft - http://www.storagecraft.com/

IM

• Allow/Block?
• Content Filtering -
• Open DNS
• Dan’s Guardian
• Sonicwall Content Filtering
• Untangle
• IPCop
• Estro

PC and Mac Solutions for Mac remote clients

• Not Blocking IM - But Archiving it?

Why do IM?

• Step between email and a phone call
• Reduce Email Ping Pong

Why Not do IM

• File Transfer conduit

Colaboration Tools

• Live Mesh
• Groove
• Adobe Connect
• Skype
• FreeConfrencecall.com
• Callaflower.com
• Mobile Content Filtering
• Convenient Eyes - Accountability Software

Spam

• Postini - $1500 min
• Resellers are a little more $$ but they provide support direct from Google doesn’t
• Barracuda
• Sonicwall
• ExchangeDefender

Inbound and Outbound filtering

• Catching outbound emails containing credit card information

Data (PCI) Compliance - how are you managing data on laptops etc.

• Policy /Guidelines
• Enabling TPM
• Cornel Spider - Searches computer for security numbers http://www2.cit.cornell.edu/security/tools/
• If its important enough to keep from people seeing it… its important enough to have backed up centrally
• Make the Network Work and make the network Secure… those two are mutually Exclusive… there has to be balance.

Admin or not to Admin (locally)

• Why Local Admin - Super rapid growth couldn’t support locked down machines

I encourage you to watch this in full-screen. Here's the text intro to the video:

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A colleague, Mark Willie, shared a thought about one the effects of the current economy that could be helpful for young churches. He observed that the closing of many automobile dealerships may provide an opportunity for churches looking for new facilities! He suggested a few reasons why closed automobile dealership locations may be good for churches to consider:

• They are currently well priced for lease or purchase
• Lots of parking
• Large building for services
• Offices above the open space for church staff
• Well located near freeways
• Typically on a busy street with good visibility for evangelism

Those are all great reasons! A few observations I would add:

• Most dealerships are in areas that are zoned in such a way to make it easy for churches to qualify for use without running into lots of neighborhood opposition
• Be cautious about the zoning requirements that may require significant building upgrades to qualify for assembly usage
• Be sure to check for soil contamination that could be costly to resolve

Maybe, as Mark said, this is a gift from God that can help many newer churches!