I’ve been using Dameware NT Utilities for about a month now after a friend recommended it. I find that it simplifies an administrators job immensely. With the ability to take control of a remote computer and assist users without having to install something prior makes it a breeze. Just select the machine and the service is installed and started with no end user interaction.

It also has the ability to create reports of machine info as well as remotely view the event log and hardware info such as processor and hard drive. At $289 for each admin that will use it, its simply a steal! Especially when you factor in the fact that you get 1 year of upgrades for no additional cost. You can get your free 30 day trial copy at http://www.dameware.com/

Cocoa is the framework that is used by Apple and third party developers in order to create software on Mac OS X. Fore example, applications like iPhoto, Pages, etc. are developed with Cocoa. Cocoa is composed of two main parts : – The first one is the Objective-C language with can be seen as C with objects (among other great functionalities). – The second one is the framework itself which contains a lot of basic classes that can be used in order to develop an applications. This framework came from NextStep, and it is the reason why all the classes begin by NS*. More information about Cocoa can be found on the Apple web site at :

It is easy and even fun to create a database in Microsoft Access, and there is also little to no programming involved.

In fact, the only programming that I’ve found is a SQL view in which you can write SQL code. You start by opening Microsoft Access. Afterwards, you click on New at the top and then you click on New Blank Database. Then you save your database with any name you choose. You can even keep the name they give you – db1. Next you double click on Create a Table in Design View and you have to write the fields (the table’s columns), their data type, and description. You also have to assign a Primary Key by Right clicking on the Field Name and selecting Primary Key. After that you enter the data. For example, if you created the fields: Customer ID, Customer Name, Address, City, State, and Zip – then you would have to enter data for those fields.

I have just recently upgraded my video editing software to Sony Vegas 7.0e Platinum.

I needed this because I also upgraded the camera I had been using to a new Sony A1U HD unit. I needed to upgrade the editor because Windows Movie Maker does not support HD video. I initially downloaded the free trial and that was for 31 days. The cool thing about that was that Sony offered up the full version so you could try all of the features out before you actually bought it…which I ended up doing after the trial had expired. I also had to call their tech support team and they were very helpful answering all of my questions! Overall, my experience with the Vegas has been great. It is one of the most user friendly editors I have used and allows for great clarity especially compared to the compressed messes that I used to generate from Windows Movie Maker. If you are looking for an HD editor for your DV or HDV camera then give Vegas a try…you’ll end up buying it like I did!

Ever wondered what to do with almost 3GB of space GMail provides you for emails?

GMail Drive Shell Extension will create a pseudo-drive on your computer and parse your Gmail inbox to provide you with an almost 3gb web drive! It’s free, and all you have to do is install “Gmail Drive Shell Extension” click on the drive icon and login to your Gmail account!

Although he idea is very cool and handy it has some disadvantages:
1) if you create another account to use as a web drive, Gmail will not remember you (it happens cause the browser cookies overwrite each other).
2) it wont run, for some reason, on my Vista x64 machine.
3) Gmail has an attachment limit of 20mb

Despite these disadvantages, I’m using GMail Drive Shell Extension to transfer tiny stuff (tiny being <20mb) around. I prefer using this method over my flash memory sticks. Some readers will probably say that there are webdrives at present that provide 5GB and more of space and unlimited attachment size – but they don’t have a plugin to be accessed through windows shell!

I have been registered with VoIPSTUNT for 5 months now. To my understanding they are one of the best VoIP providers I have seen. I have used this company many times everyday, and they are simply wonderful. I have a laptop 4 years old without any upgrade in the hardware. The VoIP has run smooth and without any problem every time I have used it. I have an USB VoIP phone that cost me 20 USD, and I can dial directly from the phone or from the software program.

You can go to www.voipstunt.com and take a look yourself. They have a lot of countries worldwide where you can make free calls, such as Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the USA (mobiles included), and many other countries. In my opinion, VoIPSTUNT is one of the best VoIP companies you can join for free. If this seems too good to be true, just type http://www.voipstunt.com and check it out.