TECHNOLOGY: “SYNCURA” securely share files with your team (free of course)

Saturday, April 29, 2006

http://www.syncura.com

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Synchronize folders with your team!

Syncura has rearraged the peer-to-peer file sharing concept into a secure, invitation-only product that will keep your team's crucially important files in sync.

How does it work?

Syncura automatically encrypts and synchronizes files with the rest of your team. Copy or save a file to a shared folder and it is automatically sent to all your teammates. Only the portion of the file that changed is transferred to your teammates. So if you only add one page to a 100 page document, only the changes you made are transferred. This strategy reduces network bandwidth by over 80%.

Who can use it?

Anyone with Internet access can be invited to share files with your team. Collaborate on documents with clients from other organizations or with colleagues on different networks. If a direct connection between your computer and a teammate's computer is not available, Syncura will perform a ProxySync to synchronize files. A ProxySync will relay your encrypted file changes through our servers.

Instant document sharing

Syncura instantly synchronizes files updated by your teammates to your local hard drive. No more wasting time finding the latest version of a shared document before heading to an offsite meeting. Syncura will also download any changes your teammates made while you were offline. Additonally, Syncura detects any files you changed while offline and immediately synchronizes them with the rest of your team.

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Well it's free. It does exchange files. How secure it is I can't say I know. It solves a problem I have about sharing data between machines.

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TECHNOLOGY: Need to figure out how to have my favorite auto hot key come up at start up

Saturday, April 29, 2006

Hmmmm?

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Playing with Yahoo’s Phone In / Phone Out serivce

Saturday, April 29, 2006

I'm a sucker. Yahoo sent me a dollar to use on their new Phone In / Phone Out service. It's appealing. I can make or receive phone calls from my laptop. Out is not much difference there from Skype or Gizmo. In to it's own phone number is unique. But, when I am untethered with my Verizon Wireless Broad Band Card, I'm a rolling phone booth. Comcast's Digital Voice, part of their triple play, would also be nice when it gets to my area.

But three features of Yahoo's offering peaked my interest.

(1) Cheap; penny a minute.

(2) Turn my untethered laptop into a mobile phone [Yeah, I have a wireless phone. Buy a laptop phone would be nerdy kool.]

(3) Give my laptop it's own phone number. How kool would that be? And useful.

I figure that using Yahoo Instant Messenger, people might be more likely to give you a quick call.

SO FAR, it's been a modest disaster.

YIM75 will not install on my luggable laptop. Queries to Yahoo Support get a canned message — we'll be back to you within a day — followed by telling me where to dl the software or asking me questions about what happens when YIM runs.

Hey guys and gals, read the messages. IT DOESN'T INSTALL. Arghhh.

If I ever get a customer support group, then I am going have reading and listening lessons.

Maybe Ed Gripeline Foster would be interested in this?

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Add the career builder monkey’s to your team!

Thursday, April 27, 2006

http://www.networkworld.com/community/?q=node/5625

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Monkey Mail

By Jason Meserve on Thu, 04/27/2006 – 6:46pm
Applications | timekiller
If you're like me and love the CareerBuilder.com "I work with monkeys" commercial than you'll lover their new Monk-E-Mail service. Go to the Web site, type in a message and a customized monkey will read your message to the intended recipient. Brilliant! (Wait, that's Guinness… but still, brilliant!)

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I LOVE it. I think there can be many valuable messages that it can be used for. If there is an anonymous method. 

http://www.careerbuilder.com/monk-e-mail/?mid=8210299

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Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum! Join the anti-spam army of the blue frogs.

Thursday, April 27, 2006

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Another online pharmacy spam ring, nick-named PP, has decided to listen to the frog. PP, a medium size spammer, elected to stop spamming us. This is good news, but what is even more important is that we never sent a single opt-out request to PP. Yep, that's right. Zero opt-outs were sent to PP.

This spam ring was large enough to attract our attention, but there were a few other spammers who irritate our community more than PP. Therefore, we were essentially just watching them and their spam. We never took the time to create an opt-out script for PP's sites.

However, PP has decided there is no point in waiting for our community to take action. After all, our actions never generate revenues, just opt-outs. In a smart move, PP simply complied with the Registry. And don't think PP stopped spamming. We keep getting loads of their Vi@gra spam to our unregistered honeypot accounts. PP avoids sending spam to the Blue community.

Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum. If you want peace, prepare for war. This piece of advice was given by a Roman general a couple of thousands years ago. It was proven right again today. We want peace. We are prepared to fight for our rights. Spammers understand and respect this.

Posted by Eran Reshef Apr 27, 2006 08:48

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I wanted to invite you to join the Blue Community and benefit from Blue Security's free anti-spam service, the Do Not Intrude Registry. I highly recommend you join the service – it's simple, safe and easy to use. Many users already report a significant reduction in spam.

Blue Security allows us to actively do something to stop receiving spam. Here's how it works:

1. I report spam I receive to Blue Security.
2. The Blue Frog software, installed on my machine, automatically posts opt-out requests on spammers' sites demanding they stop sending spam to members of the Blue Community.
3. Spammers use the Do Not Intrude Registry in order to clean their lists and avoid sending us spam.

The service is free, and if you sign up now, Blue Security guaranties you will never have to pay for it in the future.

Stop filtering spam, Start deterring spammers – Sign up with the Do Not Intrude Registry.
http://members.bluesecurity.com/cwa/frog_welcome.do?from=frog&ver=1.9.0.1139&p0=invite&p1=reinkefj2723

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TECHNOLOGY: Conference Place aka Microsoft Live Meeting (definitely not free)

Thursday, April 27, 2006

Pig here, as in guinea pig. My employer has contracted for Conference Place, it's a shell that covers Microsoft's Live Meeting, aka Placewhere. After kicking the tires, I'm blah about it. It requires BOTH an inet connection and phone line. That's ugly. I was expecting only a net connect. After all voip means never having to say telephone. The phone connect is an added hassle and expense. You'd think that Microsoft would support two way voice over the net. Silly user. I'll be playing with it over the next few days and will advise. Makes me think that Asterisk would be a really neat home project that would have useful results.

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What is this “barbara streisand”?

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Important Authentication Disclosure

To help the government fight the funding of terrorism and money-laundering activities, Federal law requires Fidelity to verify your identity by obtaining your name, date of birth, address, and a government-issued identification number before opening your account. In certain circumstances, Fidelity may obtain and verify this information with respect to any person(s) authorized to effect transactions in an account. For certain entities, such as trusts, estates, corporations, partnerships, or other organizations, identifying documentation is required. Your account may be restricted and/or closed if Fidelity cannot verify this information. Fidelity will not be responsible for any losses or damages (including but not limited to lost opportunity) resulting from any failure to provide this information, or from any restriction placed upon, or closing of, my account.

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I too would like Linux on my primary!

Monday, April 24, 2006

http://www.wynia.org/wordpress/2006/04/24/widescreen-virtual-linux-workstation-via-vmware-and-ubuntu/

Widescreen Virtual Linux Workstation via VMWare and Ubuntu
April 24th, 2006 by J Wynia – 

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However, what I’ve wanted all along is to have Linux right on my true primary workstation: my laptop. I tried several times to get Linux to cooperate with my previous laptop,  

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Me too. Maybe my next laptop will allow me to do this on my current lugable.

Hmmm.

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TECHNOLOGY: I’m using FREEDOWNLOADMANAGER and happy with it

Sunday, April 23, 2006

http://www.freedownloadmanager.org

I was playing with Firefox and it kept nagging me about not having a download manager. SO, I pick one of the ones it recommended. No science. Took the first free one in the list. AND, I have been pleasantly suprised and well served. It has really helped out in my weekly download of the http://freetalklive.compolitical podcast that I like. Instead of having to baby sit the download, I just trigger it and it takes care of the rest.

I recommend it.

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TECHNOLOGY: “MOZY” yet another backup solution (free)

Sunday, April 23, 2006

https://mozy.com/ref/YY7S60

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Mozy.com is a new online service that offers free automated backups of your home computer. It is really easy to use. After signing up for an account, you download the client application and select which files need to be backed up (or use the handy preconfigured backup sets), and you never have to worry about losing your data again! In exchange for this service, you agree to receive a weekly newsletter that is paid for by advertisers, but they never sell your email address or personal data to 3rd parties.

2GB of free storage with 256 MB bonus by using this link (after you sign up, you can refer people using your own referral link, and both of you will get a 256MB bonus. Right now there is no limit to the bonus space you can get through referrals!)

Strong encryption so your data is always private and secure No spyware or adware You can backup multiple computers using the same Mozy account

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I'm trying it. If you decide to also, then please use my link so I'll get the extra free space.

I'm not sure I believe all the claims.

I can see the backup being taken. Next play period, I'll try the restore.

Your mileage may vary!

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