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{ Monthly Archives } December 2007

Do you have a backup?

At the office, your IT guys probably back up your computer for you or force you to store critical files on a file server that they back up. I’ll write later about how the Institute does backup at a corporate level. The concern of this posting is backing up personal computers.
What are you [...]

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Conceptual computers

The CCIM Institute is become just a little more virtual. Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve started replacing aging, single-use servers. Rather than buy another small box for each purpose, we’ve purchased a couple of fast, powerful Dell boxes, installed VMWare, and turned each into a host for several virtual servers.
Currently, we’ve put [...]

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Xobni: Updated

A new update to the Xobni beta appeared a couple of days ago. One of the cool things about this beta, something I’ve missed in the overly large betas now practiced by MS and other companies, is the chance to see beta feedback implemented. I’m happy to say that Xobni now supports expected [...]

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Xobni: Manage your mail

I’m testing Xobni, a tool that analyzes your mail to figure out your own personal network. It also profiles your email activity and those of your contacts. Really cool! The product is currently in beta release. Click on the logo for an invitation to the beta.

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Desktop Search Revisited

It’s been a while since I wrote about desktop search programs.
I had been using Copernic, but stopped using it when the free version no longer applied to non-home users. (We’re a non-profit, but we are a commercial user.)
I then switched to Google desktop search (GDS), which worked very well, with [...]

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