Opera Mini 5

Well they’ve done it, release a browser that actually works well with my blackberry… for the past 6 months I have been using Opera Mini 5 Beta 2, i was very impressed. I was so impressed that I raved about it in previous blogs and made sure all my friends downloaded it. I just happened to wonder if they had released the full version and to my surprise they had done just that. Meet Opera Mini 5 the best damn blackberry browser out there, well i think so anyways… For you viewing pleasure I am embedding a video for you to watch. With its tabbed browsing, the ability to download any size of webpage, and to be able to stream youtube videos, how can you say no to Opera Mini 5? Download it here! Enjoy the Video.[kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/wWHIGGjiamA" width="425" height="350" wmode="transparent" /]

All you wanted to know about Bluetooth

You know what it is, you use it to tether you laptop for Internet, you use it with a bluetooth headset and you also may use it to talk through a car stereo deck… but there are a few things you may not know, see the insert below…

Bluetooth sharpened its competitive edge in two new versions. Bluetooth 3 introduced 802.11 and Bluetooth 4 introduced a low-energy (LE) mode.

“Today, Bluetooth is shipping over one billion chips every year,” Nick Hunn, Bluetooth expert and wireless evangelist for CSR, told TechNewsWorld. “Looking forward, the industry can see that growing by an order of magnitude.”

Bluetooth is set to become even more dominant as a short-range wireless technology with the release of the latest Bluetooth low energy specification, Hunn said.

Now check out the full story here at Tech News World…

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Microsoft = $200M for VirnetX

VirnetX says that Microsoft infringed on 2 patents, the 2 technologies were used in Windows XP and Vista.

A Texas jury ruled March 16 that Microsoft willfully infringed on two VirnetX patents pertaining to the use of secure  communication links between computing  devices. The jury recommended to the U.S. District Court that VirnetX be awarded $105.75 million in damages.

Days later VirnetX filed another lawsuit saying that Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 also infringed on the same patents… this led to the 200 million dollar settlement to basically buy the patents. Oh Microsoft when will you learn to say please?

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XenClient Express

Citrix delivered on the IT Kit for pro’s but the official release of its Hypervisor for desktops and laptops won’t ship until later this year.

The XenClient Express kit, which is available free for public download today, includes the bare metal hypervisor, the Citrix Receiver for XenClient and the Synchronizer for XenClient.

Using XenClient, users can run multiple virtual machines on a single laptop that are secure and mobile at the same time, Templeton said. Virtual machines can be run online and offline and synchronized in a fully flexible fashion, he claimed.

It would be nice to have desktop and laptop operating systems published to hardware, using offline mode with synchronization is very cool… I will definitely have to give this a try.

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Disable Terminal Services Beep

You can disable the system beep function in client rdp sessions by creating the following registry key on the Terminal Server:

   HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\

   add a DWORD “DisableBeep” with a value of “1″

You will have to restart the Terminal Services service for the change to take effect.

The above applies to Windows 2003 SP2 and Windows 2008. If you are running Windows 2003 SP1, you will need a hotfix first: 901115 – A Terminal Services client computer may make beep sounds after you connect to a Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1-based computer

Google Android surpasses iPhone in the US Q1

Well i figured it was coming, Google Android is quickly climbing to be the number 1 selling smart phone in the US, in less than 6 months it has exceeded iPhone sales, and is moving fast to compete with RIM. They need an app that can emulate and interact with BlackBerry Messenger, then I would even get one!

According to NPD, devices running Android accounted for 28 percent of the units sold to U.S. consumers in the first quarter of 2010. BlackBerry devices made by Research In Motion, which use RIM’s homegrown operating system, took the top spot with 36 percent of the U.S. market. Apple’s iPhone, which had been in the No. 2 spot previously, fell to third place with 21 percent of the market.

Just remember that Google Android’s success can mainly be because it runs on many different pieces over different vendors. Also iPhone hasn’t changed their front end since it was first released! Google Android also handles multitasking, one of the many things that iPhone just got multitasking in its latest OS(and they still haven’t changed the front-end!).

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Internet Explorer 9 Preview 2 Download

Interested in test driving some new features of Internet Explorer 9? There are 3 categories to test, HTML5(GPU Powered), Speed Demos, and Graphics Demos

Go here and check it out, with your current browser, then download the client and try it again. You’ll be amazed at how much faster and smoother it is when the browser utilized your graphics card… trust me…

Enjoy

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Apple iPad running Windows 7 via Citrix

Well there you have it, even iPad users can’t stay away from Windows 7! With Windows 7 running through Citrix users will actually get to multitask!

It turns out the 9.7 inch display on the iPad with a 1024×768 screen resolution works great for a full VDI XenDesktop. Windows applications run unmodified and securely in the data center, and even multiple applications at once.

The iPhone restrictions of screen size and small keyboards are overcome with the iPad. The iPad looks to be an ideal end-point device that can empower users to be productive wherever they are and IT will be able to safely deliver company-hosted virtual desktops and apps without worry.

Mind you i personally will not bother with a iPad, I might go for an HP Slate, or a touch screen netbook…

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Android 2.2 to fully support Adobe Flash

Good for Google, embracing Adobe Flash is great for everyone, I’m sick of hearing about Apple and the fact that they just won’t accept Flash onto their device. I hope that the Android picks up steam and take the iPhone out!

Android 2.2, code-named “FroYo,” will fully support Adobe’s Flash platform,  Andy Rubin, Google’s vice president of engineering, told The New York Times’ Bits blog Tuesday. Google’s show of Flash support came weeks after Apple, Android’s rival, announced changes that made it more difficult for Flash application developers to create apps for its iPhone.

What is an smart device without flash anyways? There is just so much rich content out there developed using flash, how can one ignore it. Apple, why don’t you give up? We are onto you!

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Exchange Server 2010 SP1

So Exchange Server 2010 SP1 details are out, there are many great new features…

The following new features for high availability and improvements to existing high availability features are available in Exchange Server 2010 SP1:

Continuous replication – block mode
Active mailbox database redistribution
Improved Outlook cross-site connection behavior and experience
Enhanced datacenter activation coordination support
New and enhanced management and monitoring scripts
Improvements in failover performance

These features are discussed in greater detail in this blog post. But more general details about Exchange Server 2010 SP1 can be found here on Microsoft’s official blog.

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