Tag Archives: Email

Another device?

Posted on November 19, 2007 by

Amazon are set to release an electronic book reader called the Kindle today according to NewsWeek. The device sounds cool, in theory (built-in wireless over EVDO, email, long-life batteries, search, lots of storage, etc.) but do we really want another … Continue reading →

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Intern caught in fairy outfit!

Posted on November 14, 2007 by

Spotted this story yesterday on Valleywag – long story->short, guy working as an intern for a US branch of Anglo-Irish Bank, took a couple of day’s leave saying he had to head to New York home suddenly. I just wanted … Continue reading →

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My move from OS X to Vista – Day 2

Posted on March 26, 2007 by

It is taking me a while to get into this Vista machine. On the Mac, I live in browsers (I generally have 4 running) and email. The browsers on Vista are pretty much the same as they are on the … Continue reading →

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Switching from OS X to Vista (kinda)

Posted on March 23, 2007 by

Microsoft gave me a Sony Vaio laptop with Vista Ultimate and Office Ultimate installed to try out. I have been toying with the Vaio but not using it heavily. To be fair to Microsoft, I’m going to try to switch … Continue reading →

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Speeding up Mail.app

Posted on March 2, 2007 by

I read a posting on how to speed up Mail.app (my email client) which involved deleting the Envelope file and allowing Mail.app to re-import all emails and rebuild the file. On doing this I got the dialog box above – … Continue reading →

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Windows Live Hotmail – when branding goes bad!

Posted on February 9, 2007 by

There is a post today on the Hotmail team blog called We Heard You Loud and Clear. In the post, Richard Sim, Hotmail’s senior product manager says: As we prepare to launch the final version of our new web mail … Continue reading →

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Windows Mobile Edition 6 – no RSS support?

Posted on February 8, 2007 by

Endgadget are reporting that Microsoft has announced Windows Mobile Edition 6 – Microsoft’s operating system for mobile phones. According to the article, the major new features of WME6 are HTML support in email Windows Live for Windows Mobile File transfer … Continue reading →

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Spam Assassin on Direct Admin problem

Posted on January 28, 2007 by

As I mentioned previously, I have rolled out a new server for my blog (and a couple of sites I host) in the last few days. I am now being hammered by spam! Spam Assassin is installed on the server. … Continue reading →

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Interesting business model proposed for TinyURL

Posted on December 4, 2006 by

David Berlind over at ZDNet has a very interesting take on how TinyURL could monetise the use of its site. TinyURL, in case you didn’t know, is a site where you can paste in long URLs and the site spits … Continue reading →

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Email sending problems

Posted on November 27, 2006 by

Anyone else having problems sending emails via Blacknight Solutions today? I had a desperate time trying to send mails this morning and I have three emails trying to get out now which can’t seem to send. Normally they are reliable … Continue reading →

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