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• [+]2010 (17)
  • [—]March (6)
    • [Fun] Learning how Curling works
    • [Thoughts] Don’t forget to obey the law, stupid
    • A trick that checks if someone is selling your email address
    • [Tool] top 10 online resources to encrypt and decrypt plain text message
    • Migrated my blog from subText to WordPress
    • [Tool] sending large email attachments with Outlook and drop.io
  • [+]February (3)
    • [Firefox] After the Deadline released Firefox add-on that makes spell checking even easier
    • [Fun] MJ, the King of Pop, without the crown
    • [Fun] don’t take life so seriously
  • [+]January (8)
    • [Google Reader] added a new feature that allows you to track changes to any website
    • [Stupidity] re-enable a disabled local administrator account in Windows
    • [VMware] vSphere 4.0 Security Hardening Guide Released
    • Tools for troubleshooting WSUS weirdness
    • Install Ubuntu Linux inside Windows without partitioning the hard drive
    • Fixing HTTP Error 500.19 when setting up IIS in Windows 7
    • A type of Out-Of-Office Auto-Response style I would like to use
    • How to import BlogML file to WordPress
• [+]2009 (119)
  • [+]December (12)
    • Bluetooth keyboard for iPhone
    • How to create a URL shortcut on to iPhone’s homepage
    • ManagePC inventories and manages PCs on your Windows domain
    • How to offline join Windows 7 to Windows Server domain
    • Is Oracle database better than MS SQL? Here are the different thoughts
    • Twitter your blog post automatically through your feedburner account
    • Virtualization Faceoff Poster free to download
    • Email failed to deliver to certain domains with an SMTP protocol error occurred message
    • How to get rid of index.php to make the pretty permalinks in WordPress
    • How to remove duplicate records from a table in SQL database
    • Running Chrome OS on VMware Player 3.0
    • This copy of Microsoft Office is not genuine, now what?
  • [+]November (13)
    • Virtual Desktop vs. Desktop Virtualization
    • Google is considering adding site speed into search result rankings
    • Daily Reading: Google announces big price cuts on paid extra storage, plus 3 more
    • Stop Paying for Windows Security
    • Daily Reading: CIO: I would never talk to my CEO about the cloud
    • Daily Reading: Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Live 4.0 rumors
    • Daily Reading: 7 VPN services to anonymize your P2P/Torrent traffic
    • Quote of the day: what makes you write well
    • Twitter finally rolls out Retweet feature
    • Daily Reading: Windows 7 sales exceed Vista by 234%, plus 3 more
    • Prince of Persia is now on Movie
    • Twitter ditched TinyURL for bit.ly for a reason
    • Re-visiting IIS SMTP Service and its folder structure
  • [+]October (11)
    • Remote Desktop Connection 7.0 Released for Vista and XP
    • Windows 7 Product Guide
    • HideMyAss does help you to cover your ass surfing the Internet
    • Windows Automated Installation Kit for Windows 7
    • Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2 Free eBook from Microsoft Press
    • Windows Live Writer Plug-ins for WordPress
    • 70 free useful portable applications for your toolbox
    • Twitter is rolling out the new Lists feature
    • List of all WordPress hooks
    • My motivation just got tripled
    • 5 essential cheat sheets for building website
  • [+]September (13)
    • Two Free Microsoft Virtualization Books
    • Join the Microsoft WebsiteSpark program
    • Downgrade iPhone from 3.1 to 3.0, not easy but doable
    • Pulling the user info from Active Directory in ASP.net app in C#
    • Do not upgrade your iPhone to 3.1 if you haven’t done so
    • Free Complete WordPress Cheat Sheet
    • .Net app development goes on iPhone
    • Becoming a better IT consultant by avoiding these 10 mistakes
    • Tips on buying legit software for less
    • Emailing multiple photos from iPhone at once
    • Yahoo shows their special focus on mobile
    • 10 ways to detect and remove malware
    • Dial 1-800-GOOG-411 from any phone for free 411 service
  • [+]August (5)
    • Creative but harmless computer practical jokes that would make your day
    • LinkWithin automatically adds related posts to your blog
    • GFIWebMonitor now has a FREEWARE version for ISA Server
    • 10 Tips for being a great boss
    • Another use of private browsing, aka incognito
  • [+]July (14)
    • A column named “comments” already belongs to this DataTable
    • Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day 2009 – to all sys admin fellows
    • iPhone Warranty Replacement - part 2
    • Domain iBlogWordpress.com for SALE
    • Software Asset Management (SAM) Review with Microsoft
    • AVG offers its Anti-Virus Pro for FREE
    • Check your iPhone warranty before it expires
    • Here is how the hosting company makes money
    • Windows Internals Book – The 5th Edition Released
    • Gmail Lab Added New Anti-Phishing Key Feature
    • Can I use Outlook 2007 with Exchange 2003 CAL for FREE?
    • GFI Backup backs up your home computers for Free
    • Add Sitemap to Google Webmaster Tools
    • Ways of viewing Experts-Exchange answers for FREE
  • [+]June (10)
    • Some of the beautiful concept designs for Windows Mobile
    • Tethering new iPhone 3.0 over Fido
    • Excited About the RSS Subscriber Count Jump? Not too Soon
    • After the Deadline Helps Blog Better [web application]
    • A Collection of iPhone Apps for IT Pros
    • The remote computer disconnected the session because of an error in the licensing protocol
    • Finally There is A Phone Better Than iPhone
    • Face it, document what you do is part of your life
    • Bing is bringing some traffic to here
    • Speed Testing the Bandwidth right from iPhone
  • [+]May (13)
    • Had fun hunting down a network issue at work
    • 5 Things you need to know about Native VHD Boot in Windows 7 and how
    • UpdateProgress control disappeared before the Page gets updated on ASP.net Web App
    • Sending Authenticated Email in ASP.net 3.5
    • Windows7Hacker Launched
    • Tracking Web Stats on the Road on iPhone
    • Splitting Your Web Browser
    • A Small Collection of Google Gmail Gadget
    • Making Gmail Your Ultimate Productivity Center
    • My 5 Reasons why Twitterrific is Terrific
    • Twitter has a planned maintenance while most of twitters are online
    • Speeding up my WordPress blogs
    • Bought another iPhone App: Leaf Trombone
  • [+]April (11)
    • A nice set of Visio stencil for your Virtualization diagram
    • Five best malware removal tools
    • Email timestamp wrong on iPhone
    • Microsoft Outlook Ruins Birthday Cake
    • GFI Released New Build of MailArchiver
    • The first glimpse of Internet Explorer 8
    • Which Version of PHP is running on my hosting Server?
    • RichCopy, the ultimate File Copying Tool
    • Portable HDD USB Docking Station
    • Internet has been down for 2 Days
    • Microsoft Buys VMware for $2.5 Billion
  • [+]March (9)
    • StackOverflow is being cloned – end
    • StackOverflow is being cloned - contd
    • StackOverflow is being cloned
    • Why My Windows 2003 Server is One Hour Slower?
    • The owner of StopDesign left Google for Twitter
    • Google Calendar Sync Makes My Life Easier
    • Yahoo Translator Really Needs to be Improved
    • An Effective Way of Using GPS on iPhone
    • How to Post Tweet with Shorten URL on iPhone
  • [+]January (8)
    • MCSE is dead
    • Tech.Days 2008 – Day 2
    • Tech.Days 2008 – Day 1
    • The first glimpse of hot Windows 7
    • Cannot Open User Default Database
    • What really matters when it comes to scaling
    • Redesigned the blog look
    • Time to say good-bye to year 2008
• [+]2008 (91)
  • [+]December (8)
    • My Favorite Gmail Labs Features
    • A Modern Parable (Toyota vs. Ford Motors)
    • Remove Malware Antivirus 360
    • Revisiting my Goal
    • VMware Workstation unrecoverable error
    • DSBL is GONE
    • Mozy Online Backup
    • 7 Ways to Super-Size your IT Department
  • [+]November (1)
    • Remember the Milk App up on Apple Store
  • [+]October (3)
    • 10 Immutable Laws of Security
    • Boot VMware ESXi from a USB Flash Drive
    • Guitar, the first paid app on my iPhone
  • [+]September (4)
    • No Tethering App Allowed on AppStore
    • 50 Tools to Speed Up Your Computer
    • Who should be checking the spam?
    • The shiny Google Chrome
  • [+]August (11)
    • Free Replacements for Paid Tools
    • Remote Desktop (RDP) on iPhone
    • Neutral feedback is no longer counted on eBay
    • Liu Xiang, you are the man
    • 5 Firefox extensions I can’t live without
    • Connect iPhone 3G to Exchange
    • Gmail was down today
    • Another good thing when using iPhone
    • Log your daily work activities on ididwork
    • CBC Sucks
    • iPhone is in action
  • [+]July (9)
    • GFI MailArchiver new build
    • What do you use for IT documentation?
    • Outlook vs. Gmail
    • Downtown Vancouver Blackout
    • SmartFTP is no longer free
    • Why the website looks all bold on Firefox 3?
    • iPod Touch 2.0 Upgrade Hassle
    • Discover the IP Address by only knowing MAC address
    • Got iPod Touch
  • [+]May (7)
    • AVG Free AntiVirus 8.0
    • Purple Screen - part 2
    • Sending Authenticated Email in ASP.Net 2.0 - update
    • Purple screen
    • 7 Free Geek Tools
    • Synchronize and keep the time accurate in Active Directory
    • Send Authenticated Email in ASP.Net 2.0
  • [+]April (6)
    • Remote Desktop Keyboard Shortcuts
    • Google App Engine
    • What's the dirtiest jobs in IT?
    • Domain Name Horror
    • HackerSafe and ELMAH
    • Did you get fooled on April foolish day?
  • [+]March (9)
    • PWN to OWN contest happened here in Vancouver
    • Canada's own Do-Not-Call registry .. with a bonus
    • Backup your emails, properly
    • Why can't get my wireless identified in Vista?
    • What's happening?
    • Heroes happen {here} - Microsoft Launch Tour 2008
    • IE 8 beta is out for test now
    • Clean up your cables
    • Tips to decorating like a pro
  • [+]February (19)
    • Tips about MultiTask
    • HDD docking station
    • Adobe Air is now released
    • Top 5 Reasons to Upgrade to Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services
    • iToilet, what's up next?
    • What's your backup plan?
    • Hiding all borders in Firefox when using DataGrid
    • RoofBall
    • Testing, how can I do it better?
    • Boost your laptop by DIYing your own CompactFlash-based SSD
    • Wondering what cool things big MS is making?
    • Trick the Quickbook
    • Another laptop that fits in an envelop
    • Say bye-bye to Microhoo
    • Microsoft responds to Save XP petition
    • Quotes of the day - for managing your time
    • Templated customer service, bad idea
    • Should links open in a new window?
    • Thoughts about MicroHoo
  • [+]January (14)
    • Alternative Choices to QuickTax
    • 75 tips to keep your car in top-notch condition
    • Lookout for Outlook 2007
    • Microsoft warns businesses of impending autoupdate to IE7
    • QuickTax This Year?
    • Windows Vista Annoyances
    • A laptop fits in an envelop
    • $10 Million a year from 10 hours work a week
    • How many Vista shipped in 2007
    • iPod Classic or Zune 80
    • 7 things I don't want you to know
    • How to survive on two hours of sleep a day?
    • Secunia Personal Software Inspector
    • My resolution for year 2008
• [+]2007 (50)
  • [+]December (11)
    • Show picture in ASCII plain text
    • Will you give the lottery ticket to someone as the gift?
    • Add Task Management System into Gmail
    • What's the most popular gifts for Christmas?
    • WriteMaps - A tool to create site map
    • When will I upgrade my Vista to XP?
    • Secrete Christmas Gift Exchange
    • Internal AD DNS domain name horror
    • USB powered rechargeable battery
    • HELO warning
    • Breakthrough technology redefines spam protection
  • [+]November (4)
    • Firebug can make Gmail slow
    • The art of hyperlinking
    • Do you like Vista?
    • Gmail now supports IMAP
  • [+]October (1)
    • Flickr was blocked in China
  • [+]September (7)
    • What's in your tool box?
    • New iPod Line
    • Greylisting - Another Spam Killer
    • Wow...5G Space for my Hotmail Account
    • Snapshot the Links on Your Website
    • All about DVI
    • Top 10 Security Mistakes
  • [+]August (12)
    • Computer Workstation Ergonomics
    • Moving My Photo Gallery to Flickr
    • Fun Play with Blackberry
    • YSlow
    • Where to buy the cheap cables?
    • A few Useful Tools
    • Evolution of the web in real-time
    • Network Magic - Home Networking Software
    • 15 Best Free Services and Software for Business
    • Virtual Server or Virtual PC?
    • Get a hotfix without calling to Microsoft
    • Rejection Hotline
  • [+]July (11)
    • Wondering what portable devices has been connected to your computer?
    • Tools on My Computer
    • A Flexible Web Publishing System
    • Do you have Google Sitemap File on your website?
    • Red X in the mail body when replying email in OWA
    • Internet Archiver
    • Windows "7" is on the road
    • Top 10 Vista Tweaks
    • Things You Might Not Know About WD40
    • JonDesing's SmoothGallery
    • The First Post via Live Writer
  • [+]June (1)
    • Officially on Microsoft Vista Now!
  • [+]April (2)
    • Color Schemer - Free Color Picker
    • Things You Never Knew What Your Cell Phone Could Do
  • [+]January (1)
    • Start the New Year with privacy resolutions
• [+]2006 (41)
  • [+]December (4)
    • Random Thoughts about Virtualization
    • Scott Hanselman's 2006 Ultimate Tool List
    • Why Gmail is better?
    • Some Excellent Tools
  • [+]November (1)
    • Google Fight
  • [+]October (4)
    • Microsoft to offer Vista upgrade coupons for XP PCs
    • The Book Getting Real is Free Online Now
    • The 25 Worst Websites
    • Drift Away - The first sound I bought online
  • [+]September (6)
    • Symantec AntiVirus for Windows Vista
    • Resizing the VMWare Virtual Disk
    • New License Model for Windows Server 2003 R2 Data Center
    • Power Tools for Web Developers
    • Tool - Microsoft XML Notepad 2006
    • Installing Windows Vista RC1 on My VMWare Machine
  • [+]August (8)
    • Cool Firefox Extensions
    • Quick Reference Sheet of Internet Explorer 7
    • 8 Absolutely Cool, Totally Free Utilities
    • The List of AJAX Resources
    • Reset Internet Explorer Settings
    • How come my login session keeps getting timed out?
    • Managing Around Interruptions
    • New Version of Google Toolbar
  • [+]July (3)
    • Altiris Software Virtualization Solution
    • IE 7 Beta 3 seems good so far
    • Custom formatting HTML in Visual Web Developer and Visual Studio 2005
  • [+]June (5)
    • System State Backup Failed
    • SQL Queries to Analyze and Monitor SharePoint Usage
    • Free Tools Help You Identify Web Application Vulnerabilities
    • Retrieve the blocked attachments in Outlook
    • Free Call to all US and Canada phones from Skype
  • [+]May (5)
    • Force the Browser to Get the Updated HTML page
    • StopDesign - A Very Good Design of Website
    • SQL Prompt - IntelliSense for SQL
    • Terminal License Will be Expired in x Days
    • More Glitch in IE 7.0 Beta 2
  • [+]April (1)
    • Couple Glitches in IE 7.0 Beta 2 Preview
  • [+]March (1)
    • IE 7 Beta 2 Released
  • [+]January (3)
    • Who's packing your parachute?
    • FileDate Changer - Change the Created/Modified Time Stamp of the File Easily
    • PDF Desktop Repair Tool
• [+]2005 (145)
  • [+]December (1)
    • ToDoList - A free tool to manage your daily tasks
  • [+]November (8)
    • Two Free Develop Tools of the Day
    • Tips Your Blogger
    • Just missed the biggest event of the year
    • Microsoft Lookout
    • 10 Network Security Assessment Tools that You can't Live Without
    • Exchange 2003 Service Pack 2 has been Released
    • Small Discovery of Google Search List
    • Using Active Directory to create new user leaves email address field blank
  • [+]October (7)
    • Spelling Check in Google Toolbar
    • How to Create Multiple Domain-based DFS in Windows Server 2003 Standard
    • Disable AutoArchive and PST Feature in Microsoft Outlook
    • Set Your Priorities
    • 2005 Readers' Choice Awards
    • Words of the day
    • Cheat Sheets
  • [+]September (13)
    • Be Sure Backup Your Data All The Time
    • Serial ATA vs SCSI
    • Dfs - Distributed File System
    • 75 Top Security Tools
    • Sounds from typing could be security risk
    • The double-Ctrl+Alt+Del feature is really a kludge
    • SyncToy V1.0 for Windows XP
    • New Color Management System for Windows Vista Highlights Alliance between Microsoft and Canon
    • CrapCleaner Registry Cleaner
    • Find, Access, Share Your Files Anywhere in FolderShare
    • Why my TextBox Looks Different in IE and Firefox?
    • Do We Still Need WINS?
    • Update My Rss Feed to FeedBurner
  • [+]August (11)
    • Microsoft Released WinFS Beta 1
    • Why does your Windows Explorer Hang?
    • 3 Free Tools to Turn Your Computer to Very Nice Looking
    • Give your surfing a boost with these 10 Firefox extensions
    • Why is webhost4life.com so good?
    • Degauss - what does it do?
    • Recent Posts Function
    • dasBlog 1.8 Gold Released
    • Web Data Administrator
    • Applications for Windows Sharepoint Services
    • Internet Explorer 7 Beta 1
  • [+]July (16)
    • Pixie - Free color picker
    • Gmail Drive Shell Extension
    • IE Printing Problem
    • Error Logging Modules & Handlers (ELMAH) - Log file in XML
    • Architecting CSS
    • HD Tune - Tune your PC
    • Create PDFs Online - Free!
    • Some Tips of WSUS (Windows Server Update Services)
    • What will Yao Ming's son look like?
    • Maxthon - another tabbed browser based on IE engine
    • What's new in Terminal Services for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1
    • Error Logging Modules & Handlers (ELMAH)
    • Custome ASP.Net file download from a page
    • Sharing the big files on the Internet
    • Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer 2.0 is released
    • 25 Unwritten Rules of Management
  • [+]June (13)
    • ASP.Net Impersonation - an easy way to retrieve the domain user name
    • Trap Enter key stroke in a ASP.Net based form
    • How to convert the hard return to html <br> tag from a multiline textbox
    • Rules to Better
    • What a great tool!
    • Ease the pain with IE6 Printing
    • Tools of the day
    • Why my 6G iPod turns to 20G?
    • Microsoft 'Acrylic' goes to public beta now
    • Why does explorer eject the CD after you finish burning it?
    • Track/Pingback spam
    • SQL Server Release Date Confirmed
    • Microsoft Released WSUS (Windows Server Update Services)
  • [+]May (13)
    • How to let a few of users send Internet mail but want to prevent most users from doing so.
    • Freeware version of GFI Network Server Monitor 6
    • How Hotmail filters junk mail
    • I am 25 year-old ... in hexadecimal
    • The 6D Organization System
    • Whoppix - another penetration testing toolkit
    • IIS 6.0 Enhancements in Windows Server 2003 SP1
    • Google vs Support.Microsoft.com
    • Why do I receive "HTTP Error 404 - File or directory not found" message while opening .msg file from the website?
    • Hack IIS Contest
    • Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 was released
    • Big Gift
    • Officially A Father now
  • [+]April (13)
    • Tools to wipe out your hard drive completely
    • Remotely enable remote desktop
    • Adobe acquired Macromedia
    • Free Break-in Tools
    • MSDN Coding4Fun
    • Get your website logo displayed on the address bar and favorite list
    • Microsoft Security Bulletins RSS Feed
    • Install updates and shut down
    • VMware 5.0 is released
    • Why was the DataGrid Paging not working the way it is supposed to?
    • Wow...that is called RICH
    • An incident response plan outline
    • Is your mail server on a blacklist?
  • [+]March (12)
    • Disable recent documents history
    • Excellent source of .Net sample code
    • Windows 2003 Server Service Pack 1 has been Released
    • New technology to fight with spam
    • Auto-completion in outlook
    • The computer can be cool like this
    • Bluetooth security essentials
    • Cool (and Free) Tools and Services
    • Bootable Network Security Toolkit
    • Rootkit
    • Tips for a great presentation
    • Microsoft Software Inventory Analyser
  • [+]February (12)
    • JFFNMS - another free system monitor
    • Enhance web browsing with Avant Browser
    • The new phish report network
    • Firefox, Mozilla, Opera struck by spoofing flaw but IE didn't
    • Monitor Network, Servers, and Applications for free - Part II
    • Fighting with the spam
    • 3 e-Business tools for small business
    • Fighting with Spyware
    • Free Tool Promqry - detect network sniffers on your network
    • Map from Google
    • Bug Database
    • Closing Out Exchange Mailboxes
  • [+]January (26)
    • 10 most common phishing attacks
    • Microsoft Exchange Server Best Practices Analyzer Tool
    • Windows server 2003 Server Performance Advisor
    • Monitor Network, Servers, and Applications for free
    • Control how much network bandwidth automatic update will use
    • The biggest web design mistakes of 2004
    • Coporate Blogging
    • The Auditor Security Collection
    • Tips for Securing IIS
    • Learn ASP.NET
    • Enhancement features on .Text
    • Paessler Site Inspector
    • 10 Awesome Windows XP Tips
    • Microsoft Malware Remove Tool
    • My .Text Skin
    • Bye-bye, Blog Comment Spam
    • Fighting with Blog Spam
    • Forensics of Windows System
    • Getting a handle on SQLXML
    • Great color scheme generator
    • Microsoft AntiSpyware messed up my network
    • Paint.NET - the free replacement for the paint program
    • Microsoft Ships Public AntiSpyware Beta
    • Google Web Search Features - Calculator
    • Promote your blog site
    • Liquid WiFi Containment
• [+]2004 (37)
  • [+]December (25)
    • Account Lockout Tools
    • Email Open Relay Testing
    • GUI version of PortQry Tool
    • Open Source Award 2004
    • Other browser "not up top par" with IE
    • CIS Benchmarks/Security Tools
    • JavaScript Object Browser Sample
    • How to run a report that displays the last password change for all accounts in a container
    • How to export the data to xml format from the Excel file
    • OldCmp helps you to clean up your user accounts as well as computer accounts
    • Things Google knows about you
    • Why do some organizational units (OUs) have a blue exclamation point next to them in Group Policy Management Console (GPMC)?
    • Hotmail Drops McAfee for Trend Micro
    • Symantec and VERITAS Merge
    • .local is not a recommended TLD names for part of an AD tree name
    • Techniques from Code Complete, Second Edition
    • Who makes what?
    • Gift of Google
    • MSN Desktop Search
    • Scriptomatic Tool for Windows Scripting
    • Excellent advices for enjoying the life
    • The ability to attract more qualified traffic
    • MSN Spaces
    • Redirect the page
    • What an amazing hosting place
  • [+]November (12)
    • JotSpot draws crowd for beta tool - Wiki
    • Top 10 Skills of a Business Analyst
    • Cisco and Microsoft shake hands on security
    • Protect databases from SQL injection
    • RSS Tutorial
    • Windows Server 2003 Rights Management Services
    • Locking Down Terminal Server
    • Ten ways to boost your search appeal
    • Top 10 Features in Windows XP SP2
    • Active@ UNDELETE - A Great Tool to Recover Deleted Files
    • Microsoft Software Update Services
    • RDP to Windows Remote Desktop from Linux