Month: September 2003

Meyer on rounded tabs. Meyer on rounded tabs: More advanced CSS goodness from Eric Meyer… in this case an article on cross-browser support for adding curves to the edges of “tabbed file folders” regardless of word length. [JD on MX]

For a brighter outlook, go elsewhere. Why is it that within 10 minutes of starting Outlook (2002) I have 5 outlook.exe processes consuming a total of 124Mb of memory? [Curiouser and curiouser!]

silicon.com – Firms still leave security to chance. “More than 50 per cent of our customers do not have even the most basic of firewalls in place…” Too many companies are still leaving the security of their websites to chance – adopting an 'it couldn't happen to us' attitude rather than implementing robust security on… Continue reading Firms still leave security to chance

Seaside Software's XKey. I've just seen another plug for this product, so I thought it worthy of a mention here. Xkey securely stores all of your Exchange data and the application logic to execute it – on a key that fits in the palm of your hand. With Xkey you can load your Exchange data on… Continue reading Seaside Software's XKey

RPC Over HTTPS Article. Amit Zinman, an author over at MSExchange.org has just published an article on RPC over HTTPS. Summary: Exchange 2003 allows Outlook to connect using HTTPS and still receive all of the messaging features. This has been a much requested feature since regular RPC/MAPI was sometimes very slow or just timed out on… Continue reading RPC Over HTTPS Article

AIfIA Tools section launches!. Wow! Erin Malone throws down and gets the AIfIA tools initiative rolling with a great collection of tools that can be used in everyday practice. Thanks Erin and all who worked on this! Document templates, process map posters and other tools to help you in your practice. The documents, which have… Continue reading AIfIA Tools section launches!

Boston-Logan: Wi-Fi This Year. Massport says service to start by end of year: Boston-Logan airport will have Terminal E equipped with Wi-Fi by year's end, and B, C, and D by next summer. (Terminal A is being rebuilt; it re-opens in 2005.) The daily cost should be $6 to $7, but thankfully they're already talking… Continue reading Boston-Logan: Wi-Fi This Year

Programming ColdFusion MX: Web Services, Pt. 2. This week, you'll learn about Producing Web Services, Handling Dataype Mapping, Creating Custom Datatypes and Web Services Security – all in ColdFusion. By O'Reilly. [WebReference News]

Top-notch Software Developers needed in the Boston area. Four classes of openings.  If you're a hotshot with Web Services in particular, please drop us a note.  When you see what we've been up to over the past several months, and where the product is going, it'll blow you away.  (Of course, as was the case before… Continue reading Software Developers

Antelope Technologies.  Modular computing cores (3″x5″x1″).  Basically, a mobile processor, memory, and storage device that lets you tote the guts of your computer to any shell (monitor, keyboard, mouse, and cd drives).  Of course if the shell is wireless, then as soon as the core gets close enough, it would autoconnect.  [John Robb's Weblog]