Securing remote Outlook client access to Exchange As more businesses embrace the distributed workforce, moving more and more employees from the traditional cubicle farm into more of a work remotely arrangement (whether these employees are the classical road warriors, or simply working from their own home office) one of the most important resources they will need to access is of course email. As more and more companies embrace SharePoint as an Internet connected portal, and as other applications move to the cloud these remote users have less and less reason to come into the office to connect to the corporate network. This may present the Exchange administrator and/or architect of the next email system with the question of whether to design a solution that depends upon a VPN connection, or to deploy a solution using Outlook Anywhere. Both are perfectly secure and valid solutions for connecting Outlook clients to Exchange, and both have definite advantages and disadvantages. This article will discuss both solutions, and present the pros and cons of each.
Today’s Deal of the Day goes out to all you gamers looking to pick up an Xbox 360 S console. Dell has the 4GB model available at a 10% discount, saving you $20 off the price of the system. Save 10% on 4GB Xbox 360 slim console Don’t forget, if you’re looking for other deals, be sure to check out our Newegg Promo Code thread. Tags: coupon codes , deal of the day , dell , dell coupon code , dell coupon codes , dell promo code , dell promo codes , dotd , logicbuy , microsoft , promo codes , video games , videogames , xbox 360 , xbox 360 4gb , xbox 360 s , xbox 360 slim , Deal of the Day: 10% off Xbox 360 4GB slim originally appeared on Gear Live on Wed, September 29, 2010 – 1:28:07
Bleeding Edge TV 366: Xbox 360 Fall 2010 dashboard update review
The next major Xbox 360 dashboard update happens in November, and we’ve got a look at all the new changes and additions in this episode of Bleeding Edge TV. This is a big update that brings another big redesign to the Xbox 360, similar to what they did a couple years ago with the New Xbox Experience.
HP exec Todd Bradley refers to webOS tablet as PalmPad
The webOS tablet slated for release in early 2011 hasn’t been given an official name, though an HP patent for ‘PalmPad’ led many to refer to it as such. Even HP’s Todd Bradley let this name slip during an Analyst Meeting. “We’ve already announced the expansion of our future product portfolio well beyond smartphones. We’ll have a webOS-powered PalmPad that will be set for release early in 2011,” stated Bradley during the conference
Delorme PN-60W wins Popular Mechanics Breakthrough Award
The Delorme PN-60W is the first of its kind; a GPS linked to the SPOT satellite communicator that enables you to send location information as well as short messages (think SMS) to others in the outside world no matter where you are on earth (well almost anywhere – See the SPOT coverage ). Try that with your mobile phone! We think the capability is pretty cool, and apparently so does Popular Mechanics because they recognized it as one of the best products of 2010 (is the year over yet?) The PN-60W joins a pretty good group of winners including the Nissan Leaf electric car, the Chevy Volt, and a pretty amazing compound mitre saw from Bosch. More cool products like the Delorme PN-60W at Popular Mechanics
Waze Results: Social Driving is Popular – New User Groups Announced
Waze has released some interesting data that shows their Social Driving groups are popular among users, and are starting to form around traffic and commuters most often, hopefully helping to solve a major headache for so many consumers. Social Driving doesn’t mean chatting with your friends in the back seat on the way to a party Saturday night; here it means joining a Waze Group with people you probably don’t know. over 1.5 million users are using the free mapping and navigation application that is available for popular smart phones, and their recent release of their social driving groups is spawning some interesting behavior.
Samsung Galaxy 3 and Galaxy S Ajax Editions spank the Netherlands
Samsung launches Ajax Editions I5800 Galaxy 3 and Edition I9000 Galaxy S in the Netherlands aiming the football enthusiasts. The phone has no variations to its original model and features, however comes in Ajax boxes of gift and has the AJAX team’s App on the project
Japanese Sony VAIO Laptops Come with Dual USB 3.0 Ports
This is certainly a sign USB 3.0 train is finally picking up steam. Sony Japan has just announced their prestige line of notebooks will come with USB 3.0 support. These desktop-replacement full HD VAIO laptops come with possibly almost everything you can hope for with the exception of 3D and SSD
So, now we know that the new Apple TV runs iOS , which is what we expected. What we didn’t expect was that you’d be able to run the Apple TV version of iOS 4.1 on an iPod touch. The software that runs on the Apple TV is called Lowtide, and looks to operate just fine on the iPod, save for some screen real estate issues. Tags: apple , apple tv , apple tv ios , dustin howett , front row , hacks , ios , ios 4.1 , ipod touch , lowtide , software , videos , Video: Apple TV OS ported to iPod touch originally appeared on Gear Live on Tue, September 28, 2010 – 4:33:09
iOS 4.2 Beta 2 8C5101c now available to developers
If you’re tired of your iPad and the way it performs under the first iOS 4.2 beta, you’ll be glad to hear that beta 2 has just arrived. Build 8C5101c is now available for download to iOS developers for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. Tags: 8c5101c , apple , beta , ios , ios 4 , ios 4.2 , ios 4.2 8c5101c , ios 4.2 beta , ios 4.2 beta 2 , ios 4.2 beta 2 download , ios beta , ipad , iphone , iphone 4 , ipod touch , software , iOS 4.2 Beta 2 8C5101c now available to developers originally appeared on Gear Live on Tue, September 28, 2010 – 4:23:30
Apple is world’s second largest company by market cap
It doesn’t seem all that long ago that Apple was in danger of going out of business yet now they are the world’s second largest company (in terms of market cap) and not too far away from snatching the No.1 position held by Exxon. Apple, maker of the Mac, the iPod, iPhone and iPad, surpassed Chinese oil giant PetroChina during trading on Thursday to become the world’s second-largest company in terms of market value. Apple shares hit a record 292.76 dollars during trading on Wall Street, giving the California gadget-maker a market capitalization of 266 billion dollars, more than PetroChina’s 265 billion dollars.
If you’re ready to cut the cable cord, it looks like Hulu Plus may be just the thing to facilitate that. Already available in beta on the PS3, as well as on the iPad and iOS devices, it was just announced that the service is coming to Roku ‘s line of set top boxes, and that it’ll also be added to the TiVo Premiere as a service. Hulu Plus will also be made available to the general public on the Xbox 360 in 2011 as well. Depending on which shows you watch, the $10 Hulu Plus monthly fee may very well allow you to ditch your cable TV package, especially if paired with Netflix. Get ready for a shift in the way television gets consumed
Deal of the Day: Lenovo IdeaPad U160 ultra-portable laptop
Today’s Deal of the Day brings you the Lenovo IdeaPad U160 laptop. Using the Lenovo coupon code that we’ve got, you end up saving a nice 27% off the price of this one, which is a savings of $270. The U160 is a 2.9-pound ultra-portable, and it’s ULV to boot, sporting a 1.33GHz Intel Core i5 processor, 4GB RAM, 11.6-inch Glare LCD, Bluetooth, 802.11g WiFi, and a 500GB hard drive: Save 27% on Lenovo IdeaPad U160 Don’t forget, if you’re looking for other deals, be sure to check out our Newegg Promo Code thread.
HTC is the lucky company set to launch the first series of Windows Phone 7 devices, and by the looks of it on paper the HD7 (successor to the HD2) is going to be a great competitor in the smartphone market. The HD7 is expected to be launched at T-Mobile first in the US, though no official statements have been made by HTC, T-Mobile, or Microsoft on the matter. Some of the notable features on the HD7 include a vibrant 480×800 WVGA resolution; kickstand notifications; Bluetooth 2.1; 5-megapixel cam; 1Ghz processor, and 802.11 WiFi. Tags: hd7 , htc , htc hd7 , htc phones , microsoft , smartphones , t-mobile , tmobile , windows phone 7 , wp7 , HTC HD7 Windows Phone 7 specs leaked originally appeared on Gear Live on Tue, September 28, 2010 – 1:44:21
You know as well as we do that your iPhone is prone to natural disasters like falling out of a moving car when taking a picture, and then being run over by said car. If you need some extra, hardcore protection for your fragile little phone then KarasKustoms produces some great machine made iPhone 4 cases. These cases even solve the iPhone 4 antenna issue if you have that issue, so don’t worry about that! Each phone is made by KarasKustoms in their US shop, and sell for $39. Tags: accessories , apple , iphone , iphone 4 , iphone 4 cases , iphone cases , karaskustoms , KarasKustoms machined iPhone 4 cases originally appeared on Gear Live on Tue, September 28, 2010 – 12:40:22
The Keys to Great App Discoverability-App Store Tricks for Mobile 2.0 (PART II)
Getting your app to be discovered amongst a galaxy of options out there in the mobile ‘appspace’ is rapidly becoming the key to success or failure for new services (as well as for existing brands). One of the key decisions developers, entrepreneurs and companies alike need to make is whether their app should be free or whether it should be premium. There are good reasons to go down either path.
The Keys to Great App Discoverability-App Store Tricks for Mobile 2.0 (PART I)
I will be presenting some ideas from my book, Location Aware Applications, next week in Malta, which made me think about an issue that keeps popping up time and again in mobile development: how to get a great app downloaded by thousands of users. With an ‘app universe’ of over 300,000 applications , over 8 mobile development platforms and over 50 app stores to choose from, it is has never been this tough to pick the right distribution option(s). And if you zoom into individual App Stores, the level of detail becomes even more
Logitech G510 Gaming Keyboard Review
While “gaming mice” usually steal most of the limelight, there is a very good argument to be made that your keyboard plays just as big a role in the success of your gaming endeavors. Logitech and their G-series keyboards are one such great example of what a gaming keyboard should act and feel like. Today I am going to look at the all new Logitech G510 Gaming Keyboard .
John Mayer lost his iPhone – Every hot chick in California freaking out
Notorious poon hound Musician John Mayer, who once blogged: “I look forward to hours of Fruit Ninja while enjoying a stable romantic relationship sometime within the lifespan of the iPhone 4. Don’t snicker. Just wish me the best.” has apparently lost the aforementioned iPhone 4. Having recently lost an iPhone myself (well, the Bride
Today RIM (Research in Motion) finally introduced the world to the BlackBerry Playbook. The Playbook is a 7-inch tablet that RIM hopes will be a healthy competitor to the Apple iPad , and runs its own custom version of the BlackBerry Tablet OS. The insides of this thing sound pretty good as well, and almost put the iPad to shame: a dual-core 1GHz processor, 1GB RAM, front and rear facing cameras that both support high definition, Flash 10.1 with hardware acceleration, HDMI out, USB, and HTML5 support. It’s got a widescreen 1024 x 600 display that supports multi-touch, and RIM was proud to announce that the Playbook will connect with BlackBerry enterprise servers right out of the box.
A few days ago we hit you with our white iPhone 4 hands-on gallery, giving you an up-close look at the device as it stands on its own. Today we’ve put together a gallery showing the yet-to-be-released white iPhone 4 next to the currently available black model