NDAS

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Aug 252004
 

If you need more storage, and can’t cram another harddisk into your PC, a fileserver (mini-NAS), or a NAS is the solution. But that requires some IT knowledge. You have to setup the OS, think about authorization and what more. How about plugging a disk into the USB port? Wait, wait, now your PC must be powered on for your co-worker to access the disk.
Why not plug the disk right into the network? Wow! NDAS by Ximeta makes it possible. They’ve build a little box around a harddisk, that plugs right into your network. Everybody on the network sees the disk as if it was a local disk on their system. How cool is that? They also have more enterprise-like solutions, like disks with a built-in network-switch, but the principle stays the same.

 Posted by at 12:07

Mailwasher Pro

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Aug 252004
 

I use Mailwasher Pro (from Firetrust) as an anti-spam tool. After the trial, I decided to buy it, since it tagged the proper messages as spam, and left the rest untouched.

Nick Bolton sends an email message to you, whenever there is news from Firetrust. I don’t get spam that much, but everytime Nick announces something, I also get a lot of scam/spam messages. What is that? Is this guy selling his client-list to spammers?

I’m thinking of switching to an all-in-one solution: Norton Internet Security 2005. It is anti-virus, anti-spam, and firewall in one product. And it integrates with Microsoft Outlook (instead of running it after the checks are done).

 Posted by at 10:55

Rain

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Aug 252004
 

Yesterday it rained so hard at the time I was supposed to leave work, that I waited about 40 minutes for the weather to clear up. Unfortunately that meant that I was not in time to pick up my Transcend-card: the postoffice closes at 17:30, and by the time I got home to pick up the receipt to collect it, it was already 17:41. Better luck this evening.

 Posted by at 09:09