A Concrete Reason Macs Beat PCs: Intel VT
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Computer history, Terabyte home, Virtual Storage on 07. Aug, 2009 | View Comments
There is a lot of FUD flowing between Apple Macintosh true believers and the rest of the PC world. This is especially true now that Macs use Intel CPUs, NVIDIA chipsets and graphics, and so much more commodity PC parts. Lots have argued that a Mac is just an expensive PC with a flashy case [...]
Determine Your Outlook Web Access URL
Posted by Stephen in Apple on 25. Aug, 2008 | View Comments
I’ve been trying to work out how to sync my various data sources into a cohesive whole for a while now, and using the Mac has made it somewhat easier, since it supports a variety of data sources. For users of Microsoft Exchange, one of the most valuable sources for sync data is Outlook Web [...]
Don’t Bother With Multiple Colored iPhone and Exchange Calendars
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Personal on 22. Jul, 2008 | View Comments
Update: Things have really changed regarding calendars in iPhone OS 3.0! They are much easier to understand, you can have multiple sources, including iTunes and over-the-air exchange, CalDAV, and ICS. Almost everything I complained about in this 2008 article has been fixed in OS 3.0!
One of the things that surprised me about iPhone 2.0 was [...]
How To Set Up iPhone Exchange ActiveSync
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Personal, Terabyte home on 10. Jul, 2008 | View Comments
It’s finally here! The iPhone now has most of the functions of the BlackBerry – over-the-air push and sync of Exchange email, contacts, and calendars! Apple let the 2.0 OS out of the bag earlier today, and intrepid souls (and me) have taken the plunge and installed it.
While most people, including me, headed to the [...]
Key Technical Differences Between Email Archiving Products?
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Personal on 31. Mar, 2008 | View Comments
I’m working on a new feature article for Storage Magazine focused on selecting an enterprise email archiving product. This is something I’ve done quite a bit of work around, so I decided to redirect it into a “bride magazine” type “ten things to look for” item. If you too know about the field of email [...]
Import your old Outlook/Express PSTs to Gmail
Posted by Stephen in Personal, Terabyte home on 26. Nov, 2007 | View Comments
Like so many other people, I’ve switched my personal email use over to Gmail. In fact, I did it back in mid-2005, redirecting my personal address on my private fosketts.net domain from Dreamhost’s POP mail service to my gmail account. I’ve been happy with it ever since, but my old mail still sat [...]
