Technology – Page 53

2.0 Hour Wait to Activate iPhone 2.0

I am in the middle of setting up an iPhone for work – I can see how this would be easy for personal use, but for a business’ IT department it is a real pain compared to the Windows Mobile phones. There is no real way to provision the phones on a massive scale. ThisContinue reading “2.0 Hour Wait to Activate iPhone 2.0”

Red Bull Experiment

This is the crowd that showed up for the free concert and was forced to sit on the sand next to the pier. Apparently they would have sat on the pier, but were afraid all the Red Bull might ruin their buzz. This is the ramp that is going to be used for the stunt.Continue reading “Red Bull Experiment”

I’m Angry & God Bless Qwest

Ugh, I’m listening to Barbara Boxer’s speech from the senate floor from two weeks ago. It’s so frustrating to think that the White House would even ask the telcos to cooperate with a domestic spying program. It’s weird to think that all but one of them would cave. Why not all? Why would one holdContinue reading “I’m Angry & God Bless Qwest”

NBC Denounces New Media Using Its “Office” Series

I was watching the episode of NBC’s The Office when I had something of a revelation. I realized that the storyline was foreshadowing the possibility of some conflict regarding the Dunder Mifflin “Infinity” website. This is good material for the show, but I couldn’t help but notice the editorialization of the commentary vis-a-vis NBC’s recentContinue reading “NBC Denounces New Media Using Its “Office” Series”

Exchange ActiveSync for Dummies

Today a vendor asked me a question that I get asked all the time. The question I was asked was, “How is the iPhone incompatible with Exchange Server?” The simple way of explaining it is this. We have a piece of software from Microsoft called an Exchange Server. The Exchange server is a heavy systemContinue reading “Exchange ActiveSync for Dummies”