Yahoo To Offer Infinite Storage!

In May Yahoo will begin to offer unlimited storage to it's Yahoo Mail users. Of course, they state that they will have safeguards in place to keep users from abusing the new "infinite storage. Yahoo is already the web's largest provider of web based email. I'm not sure the promise of "infinite" storage is enough to lure me away from my Gmail addiction, only time will tell.

Confirmed - BlackBerry Pearl Going Red

The BlackBerry Pearl is officially available in red. Previously available in only black or white, the red Pearl adds more consumer flash to the lineup. Available now from the new AT&T (or is it the Old AT&T that split off Cingular and then brought it back in years later?)
The Pearl weighs in at 3.1 ounces and sports a 1.3 mexapixel camera, memory card slot, media playback capabilities.

BlackBerry Pearl Going Red?

RIM's first consumer targeted BlackBerry - The Pearl - may be shedding it's "corporate" standard black or white case for a more vibrant red. The graphic is a concept of what the device may look like - there are no official pics yet. Graphic source - gizmodo.com

Daylight Saving Time - Tips

Gatner Research is estimating that it may cost between 500 million and 1 billion to accommodate the change in daylight saving time. Two very important tips:

Add the time of the meeting to the subject of your meeting invitations for the 3 weeks starting March 11.

Test your system by manually changing your systems date to March 12th. When you look at your clock it should read "Daylight" instead of "Standard"

CRM for Google

Etelos CRM for Google Looks very promising for those who have already embraced some of Google's other online applications. I have just signed up for the free personal account so I can not give you any usability details yet. This may be a CRM tool that will be valuable to the individual as well as SMBs.

Daylight Saving - Update

After about 8 hours of work I think I am well on the way to having the situation under control. One piece of advice, definitely plan out the process for installation and BACKUP, BACKUP, and BACKUP.
The server updates can be easily found on Microsoft's site and pay close attention to the update order for both Exchange and BlackBerry Servers. A WSUS push of the XP updates should be easily accomplished (or script it if you don't have any centralized update process).
Make a list of servers, workstations, and updates first; and follow your checklist - this will help you keep track during your caffeine powered update session

Daylight Saving Prep

If you have not started patching machines in your enviornment (assuming your are a sys admin or someone with IT responsibilities) the clock is now working against you. As you read this I'm spending my Saturday running through my patch checklist. For Windows admins use Microsoft's "Daylight Saving Time Help and Support Center" immediately! I am going to continue my Red Bull induced patching session and update you later on.

Ad-Aware beats McAfee?

Just today I had a workstation with a trojan. It did set off the McAfee port blocking, but a full system scan showed nothing. Running Ad-Aware in safe mode took care of it with no problems. I guess sometimes free software is better than the one's that cost you the big bucks.