I’ve added a new section to The Forum called the Idea Market. The purpose of which is to try to help develop new ideas and provide a place to exchange expertise in several different areas. If you have an idea for a new product, or a refinement to an existing product, or a piece of software, or a website, or anything else and would like some help in making it a reality post it in the Idea Market and see what happens. Read Full Story

Shortly after our upgrade from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007 we had several reports that the Out of Office assistant was no longer useable. The reported error was that the Exchange Server could not be found or that the server was unavailable. The Microsoft recommended solution was to use OWA to change the OOF settings which we found to be unacceptable. After some steady digging into the configuration we found a much more satisfactory solution which I have detailed below: The issue turned ... Read Full Story

It looks like our good friends from over at The Pirate Bay have hit a small legal snag, to the tune of a 4 million dollar fine and a year in jail. That’s right, according to Bloomberg the Captain and Crew of the Pirate bay have been found guilty.  For the moment the Pirate Bay is still running, they haven’t been ordered to close down, and they seem to have no intention of doing so, but the crew has also stated that they can’t and won’t pay the $4,000,000 fine.  Hope... Read Full Story

The Conficker worm, also known as downadup and kido, has been roaming the internet for a while now. The latest version, Conficker C, has people in a bit of an uproar because once the system date on a PC rolls over to April 1, 2009 it is set to launch a massive denial of service attack. With potentially millions of infected machines the results could be devastating. What does all of this have to do with the citizens of The Empire? Read on to find out. In addition to the most common names I... Read Full Story

In the midst of the legal proceedings against The Pirate Bay their website has suffered an outtage. Sources report that the outtage is due to technical issues and has nothing to do with the trial itself, so rest assured your favorte torrent site will be back up and available soon. No need to panic yet. Read Full Story

Having just yesterday accidentally formatted my little SanDisk Cruzer while doing a Server 2003 install I found it convenient to look around for ways to restore the U3 software to the little drive. Many thanks to My Digital Life for the following links specific to the various flash drive brands. Just download the software, insert flash drive, run software, enjoy restored U3 capability on drive. SanDisk: U3 LaunchPad Installer (LPInstaller.exe) Kingston: DataTraveler U3 Launchpad Updater ... Read Full Story

Welcome once again to the wonderful world of Windows Blue Screen of Death. If you’re reading these words then you quite likely have a computer sitting near you that is displaying the above stop error on a nasty blue background. Likely you’ve scoured the internet for a solution and been told that it’s a “Hardware” problem a hundred times. Well let me tell you, those people are idiots. For the real solution to this issue just keep reading. As I said before most... Read Full Story

I’ve mentioned the Geek Fight game previously as it’s an excellently designed CCG with spectacular artwork that I also happen to have a small hand in developing. Well to add to the awesomeness that is Geek Fight they have released the second set amidst great fanfare. This time around they worked with The Angry Video Game Nerd and The Nostalgia Critic to craft a set of cards based on the epic conflict chronicled by those two great internet icons on their respective websites. Th... Read Full Story

While cruising my daily tech news sites I found this article over at Cnet. If you’re the admin of an Exchange server or have users running any version of Office or Windows XP as well as Internet Explorer 7 you should hurry and apply the latest round of patches as they apply to several exploits that allow an attacker to gain control of an Exchange server or a PC using maliciously crafted emails or visio files, or by using malicious code in a website viewed by Internet Explorer. I supp... Read Full Story

*Update* Ooops. That’s what I get for not thoroughly testing. The user signup was broken on the forums. It’s fixed now. Click on The Forum link and click Apply for Membership. I’ve added a forum to the site to hopefully make it easier for people to find help with their issues. You can find it here as well as by using the link at the top of the page. Please sign up and feel free to ask any questions or make any suggestions. I will be moderating the forums to a degree, so n... Read Full Story