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One Icon To Rule Them All

PhoneBoy — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:06:39 +0000

One of the things I will not miss about working for Nokia is all of the crap that the IT department loads on the company laptops. Aside from all the end-user apps, there were different programs for:

Firewall (it wasn’t the Windows firewall, either)
VPN
Anti-virus
Hard drive encryption

Needless to say, these programs (and many others) bogged down my laptop, making it slow.

When I got my Check Point laptop (or rather a hard drive from Check Point for my existing laptop), I was surprised to find all this functionality and a whole lot more in Check Point’s Endpoint Security client. A single icon in mytask bar shows me:

Firewall
VPN
Antivirus
Antispyware
Program Control (ability to restrict certain apps from running)
Full Disk and Media Encryption

The client is fairly unobtrustive and does its thing without too much hassle, aside from the occasional request for VPN authentication. My taskbar has many less icons than it did before. The machine is also significantly faster than it was with my Nokia image. All in all, I am very happy with this change!

I’m looking forward to learning more about Check Point’s Endpoint Security offerings, both on the enterprise side as well as on the consumer side (under the ZoneAlarm brand). I think there’s a compelling story there.

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22 April 2009, UPrinting Sales writes: I had the same experience with my previous job. I mostly get annoyed at all the add-ons that company issued laptops have, like the ones you mentioned above, sometimes even more. It slows down the laptop considerably! Will look forward to your review on the consumer side security offerings. Thanks!

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When Vista Detects A Hard Drive Problem, It Means It!

PhoneBoy — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 07:01:24 +0000

Not too long ago, my work machine started showing these error messages. I called our service desk and asked about them, they told me I should probably consider backing things up, but I could ignore the errors.

Yeah, right. I got out my copy of Spinrite. When I went to run Spinrite against my drive, I was presented with a RED screen with a warning about my drive being in imminent danger of failuer according to the SMART subsystem. The recomendation was to back up any data I could before running Spinrite as the process could push the drive over the edge.

Of course, I immediately rebooted back into Vista and started backing things up. During the process, I kept getting these error messages, but as far as I know, I got all the data off the drive before an imminent failure occured. Whew!

Those “drive failures” may explain why I had periodic BSODs under Windows XP on this same machine. It also demonstrates a useful feature in Vista. Good thing I didn’t ignore the warning.

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16 August 2008, Diabetic Diets writes: Why have so many people switched to Vista? I can't get it! It's got awesome interface and that's it...

Bypassing the Internet Filters

PhoneBoy — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:01:59 +0000

In the evenings, I like to work downstairs on one of the kids computers. It’s nice to sit somewhere else and work. Keeps the mind fresh, and it also allows me to experiment a bit.

One problem with doing this is the web filters, which I’ve set up to prevent “accidental” exposure to the naughtiness of the Internet. I’m using K9WebProtection, which is a free Windows-based filter that only filters access via the web browser. It does not filter other programs.

The problem is, I have the settings set fairly stringent. The default setting blocks access to Flickr, YouTube, Share on Ovi, and others. Things I tend to look at while I’m blogging. Whitelisting those sites is possible, but not happening. Having to type in my password every 15 minutes is just annoying.

I stumbled upon a solution this evening with some Googling. It completely and utterly bypasses K9WebProtection and could easily be done by someone without user privileges.

How did I do it? I’m not going to say. For obvious reasons. However, search the Oracle of Google and you’ll find the answer. However, at least now I can do my work without disabling the Internet filter.

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VMware Fusion Rolls Out 1.1.2

PhoneBoy — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:01:04 +0000

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The latest from the Team Fusion blog is that VMware Fusion has rolled out version 1.1.2. This new version supports the upcoming XP SP3 on Boot Camp Partitions–something I’d be interested in. They are also squashing a couple of MacBook Air-related bugs, adding support for Apple’s Time Machine, and a few bugs.

Personally, I haven’t touched Parallels in a long time. For what I use it for–running XP and the occasional Linux thing–VMware has been rock solid. I see no compelling reason to go back to Parallels at this point.

11-Year Old Becomes Network Administrator For Private School

PhoneBoy — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:01:39 +0000

When I was 11, which puts me in 6th grade, our school had a couple of Apple ][e’s in the library. There wasn’t any network connectivity to speak of, but I knew then I had a future in them.

However, this just blows my mind. A sixth-grader in Millbrook, Alabama becomes the network administrator for a small, private school. He puts in a firewall, upgrades PCs to run Windows 2000, and generally tries to make the computing life better for the students and faculty of his school. And he has to justify certain expendetures in front of the school board. Talk about a hardcore lesson in the school of the IT business.

Both my kids have been in front of computers ever since they had enough of an attention span. I don’t know that they will have any exceptional aptitude at this, but if they ever want to practice their IT skills, I’ve got the equipment here at home they can practice on.

The scary thing is, this will likely be the most useful part of Jon Penn’s education he will receive. Certainly was for me in college when I was one of a couple of students helping to maintain the main engineering computing lab. Hopefully, he will continue to hone his IT skills and become certified. I bet he’ll make a mint at it, too.

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31 March 2008, anon writes: at the age of 12 i was not only teaching small groups(of children much older than myself) to use computers at my school at the request of teacher but was also regularly help the computer teacher for the school learn more about apples and ataris and trs-80s. he had been hired with knowledge only of cobol, fortran and mainframes. this have changed a bit in the last 25 years but i believe that a child's mind is still a bit more willing to take the experimental plunge that results in faster learning.

Clever Web Ads By Apple

PhoneBoy — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 01:55:59 +0000

Clever web marketing by Apple:

Based on this ad:

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Back to Tri-Computing For A Bit

PhoneBoy — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:01:53 +0000

While my MacBook is being sent off to Apple yet again, I have to get work done. After spending a lot of time using my PowerPC-based Mac Mini, I decided I’d go back to a system that worked really well: my Linux/Mac/Windows combo with Synergy. And you know what, it works well!

The term “iri-computing” is inspired by the term I’ve heard Ken Rutkowski say on World Tech Roundup: bi-computing. That means using both PC and Mac. Well, folks, I’m happy to say I’m tri-computing. I use Windows, Mac, and Linux.

I tried using the Mac Mini as a Synergy server. It did not work well, at all. The mouse was very jerky and jumpy over on the “client” machine. However, the Mac Mini works great as a Synergy client.

Things have changed quite a bit since I did this last. Ubuntu is nearly releasing Gutsy Gibbon–and it looks pretty good. The Mac Mini hasn’t changed much, but the work PC certainly has. It means a small amount of reconfiguring of Synergy, but that’s par for the course.

Now I’ve got the best of all worlds: Linux for general web functions (works good, even on older hardware like this IBM T23 laptop), Mac for multimedia/iTunes, and Windows for the work stuff. And I get to dig into Gutsy Gibbon a little more while I’m at it. Not a bad way to work.

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Struggling With Inbox Zero on Gmail

PhoneBoy — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 07:01:57 +0000

As much as I love the concept of Inbox Zero, I can’t seem to achieve it, at least on my personal Gmail account. At work, I can usually manage to get to Inbox Zero by the end of the day. What’s the difference? Microsoft Outlook.

The key to Inbox Zero is really applying a fundamental concept: FAD. For any given piece of email (or any other information), you should immediately do one of the following things:

File it. Save it for later. Gmail is a bit better at this than Outlook because I can search Gmail so much better.
Action it. I’ll explain this in a moment.
Delete it. Both Gmail and Outlook can delete things

On my work email, I can use Outlook to “Action” emails I get. I simply drag it over to the Tasks section and it creates a new task for me automatically. I can drag all the correspondence into the task, and voila, I have the complete stream built right into the task. I can set a due date, reminder, and go on my merry way. When I finish, I’ve kept all my notes and emails updated within the task. I can refer to it later very easily.

I’ve tried to use Gmail in this way. However, it’s not easy to, say, take an email thread and easily add it to a Google Calendar. And I certainly can’t drag and drop it, not even with Mailplane! And then there’s the whole issue of syncing those To-Dos with my Nokia device when it’s already running Mail For Exchange. Simply tagging an item “todo” was a surefire way for the item to get ignored.

I need an Outlook-like client that actually supports all the Gmail goodness, i.e not with POP, but most certainly with Task Management of some kind. Any ideas in this area welcome.

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20 September 2007, Ricky writes: This is something I'm struggling with as well, though I've totally decided to make the switch away from Gmail and back to Outlook. Only problem I'm having now is mobile access. I think I'm searching for a hosted exchange service now, but there's so many out there.
20 September 2007, Eric Hanke writes: You mention you like the way Gmail enables you to search e-mail. I do not like the way Gmail's search feature works, just yesterday I was looking for some e-mail with the key phrase "popcorn" and I had to tinker with the Gmail search so it would include my trash folder.
23 September 2007, This Week in PhoneBoy 23 September 2007 writes: [...] Struggling With Inbox Zero on Gmail [...]
26 September 2007, PhoneBoy writes: Ugh, two copies of Outlook. While it'd probably make task management a little easier, it would make syncing totally weird. I'll just add things to my Task list in Outlook at work.
9 October 2007, gmail » Struggling With Inbox Zero on Gmail writes: [...] the rest of this great post here [...]

VMware Releases Fusion for Mac, Reaches Out To Blogosphere

PhoneBoy — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 07:01:11 +0000

Monday, I was given an opportunity to attend a presentation by VMware related to the release of VMware Fusion. Many bloggers were invited–myself included. Apparently, they wanted an opportunity to answer a question I raised before: Parallels Versus VMware Fusion: Why One Over The Other? I got to ask my question directly and got an answer.

The VMware folks really designed Fusion from the ground-up as a Mac-first application. It’s Cocoa-native. (Cocoa is the Mac’s graphics layer). It supports customizable toolbars. Less memory overhead. It supports both 32 and 64 bit operating systems. Multiple processors are supported in a virtual machine–which would be fantastic on a MacPro! You can also allocate up to 8gb of RAM to a virtual machine–did I say this would be fantastic on a MacPro? Oh yeah, and you can run more than one VM at once (Parallels does this too).

If you are testing with both Parallels and VMware, like I am, make sure you boot into Windows thru BootCamp first. This is because unlike Parallels, VMware does not require a modified hardware abstraction layer. I noticed with an earlier beta that my BootCamp partition would no longer boot after installing Parallels, likely because I didn’t do what the VMware folks suggested.

During the demo, I did see a couple of things that were cool: more complete integration with Expose. Windows XP applications appeared in their own windows and properly integrated with Expose. On Parallels, all of the Windows XP applications appear as “one blob,” even when you’re running in Coherence mode. The other thing that I thought was neat was drag-and-drop between Mac and Linux! Drag a file from the Mac onto your Linux desktop (running in VMware).

The other nice thing is that the VMware application has an applications menu that directly accesses the Start menu in Windows XP. That means you don’t need the Start menu to start applications. Very slick!

Looking at the competitive matrix provided by VMware, there are a number of features that VMware provides that Parallels does not. The integration with Linux/Solaris is certainly much better. Compatibility with other VMware products is also a huge plus, considering how prevalent VMware is out there. There are, however, a couple of points where Parallels differs:

No “Start Menu” in Mac OS X dock. Not sure what this refers to really, other than maybe access to the whole Taskbar.
Boot Camp Support for Windows Vista. Supposedly, Parallels does a better job of this than VMware. I have no way to evaluate this, seeing as I don’t have a copy of Windows Vista.
Multiple VM Snapshots. This came up on the conference call. They acknowledged this as a limitation and I get the impression they are working on it.
Print Passthrough to Host Printer. This is a feature I use, given I am having to use Windows XP under Parallels in order to access the corporate network while my work laptop is being replaced. I can work around this, but I’m hoping the VMware guys look into fixing this.

Some things I will have to test include:

Multiple screen support. Parallels seems to only want to use one of my two screens. I’ll have to check if VMware handles multiple screens any better. I hope so with the Expose support.
Performance with multiple VMs. I tried this with Parallels and was not happy with the performance. Supposedly, VMware performs better. We’ll have to try that and see.
How well the integration between Mac and Windows desktops really works. Demos are one thing, usability is another.
Will it import VMs from Parallels?

In any case, I think this product is worth a serious look. If you use non-Windows OSes under VMs, VMware is the clear choice. For Windows, I think it depends on your exact requirements. That being said, for a 1.0 product, VMware Fusion is very strong. Their years of virtualization experience clearly shows in this product.

Have you used VMware Fusion and/or Parallels on the Mac? What do you think? Post your thoughts in the comments.

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13 August 2007, ScottRD writes: When you said: "During the demo, I did see a couple of things that were cool: more complete integration with Expose. Windows XP applications appeared in their own windows and properly integrated with Expose. On VMware, all of the Windows XP applications appear as “one blob,” even when you’re running in Coherence mode. " Did you mean "... On (sic) Parallels, all of the Windows XP applications appear as “one blob,” even when you’re running in Coherence mode. " and not "..On VMware..."? Also, which version of Parallels for Mac have you been using for comparison? It sounds like it may not be 3.0 or is it?
14 August 2007, PhoneBoy writes: You're right, Scott. I corrected the issue.

Parallels Versus VMware Fusion: Why One Over The Other?

PhoneBoy — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 01:13:02 +0000

I am honestly having a hard time with this one.

Now I know that VMware, which is now part of EMC, has been around for ages. They’ve been doing virtualization software for years. However, their first Mac product, VMware Fusion, is still not released, but is now in Release Candidate status. I’ve used it a little bit and, at least from my point of view, didn’t see anything all that compelling over, say, Parallels Desktop for the Mac. I bought that product, and recently paid the price to upgrade because it was out first and does what I need it to do.

I have only recently started playing with the VMware Fusion product because I am taking a class where a VMware image was provided as part of the courseware. I could have converted the VMware image to something Parallels could have dealt with, but it was easier to just fire up VMware Fusion instead. Other than playing around with this VMware image, I haven’t done much with VMware Fusion.

Can someone who has played with both products in-depth tell me why I might choose one over the other? Please leave your thoughts in the comments.

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9 July 2007, Aaron Huslage writes: I think VMWare has proven to be fairly stable. I switched (pre Parallels 3.0) because Vista performance was awful under Parallels and it was decent under VMWare. My client at the time didn't care...they just wanted things working right. I have no clue why I like VMWare better, but I do.
10 July 2007, kriegspiel writes: I believe Fusion lets you allocate both CPUs to a VM, as well as allowing for the install of 64-bit systems. However, it has been pretty unstable for me on a 1.83 C2D MacBook - the related kernel extensions that stay loaded regardless of whether Fusion is running or not have been responsible for many a kernel panic in the last few weeks.
7 August 2007, VMware Releases Fusion for Mac, Reaches Out To Blogosphere writes: [...] included. Apparently, they wanted an opportunity to answer a question I raised before: Parallels Versus VMware Fusion: Why One Over The Other? I got to ask my question directly and got an [...]
2 October 2009, Learning OS X writes: to run old applications or the occasional game, having a Windows box might come in handy. Fortunately, Apple and some 3rd parties have devised solutions which allow you to do just that. This videos shows you how you can run Windows XP using Bootcamp,VMWare Fusion or Parallels. All three are decent solutions. Bootcamp has the advantage of completely taking over the system. For games or other performance intensive applications, this is a good solution. Parallels and VMWare Fusion provide what is called hardware

Mail for Exchange for the Nokia N73 and Nokia N95

PhoneBoy — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:11:33 +0000

It’s not all the Nseries devices, but getting the Mail for Exchange client for the N95 and N73 is a step in the right direction. Mail for Exchange is Nokia’s ActiveSync client, allowing you to synchronize the contacts, calendar, and email on your phone by using the Microsoft ActiveSync protocol. It’s a little lighter weight than the Intellisync Mobile Suite, which also offers compatibility with other (non-Exchange) email solutions and more control over the device.

The various sites announcing this show it as being in the Download! catalog, but not if you have a US SIM like I do (supposedly, the Download! catalog is different based on what country your SIM is). However, you can download the software anyway from the web. Select Americas region, other operator, and your device. You will be offered the 1.6.1 version of Mail for Exchange, which you can then install to your Eseries, Nokia N73, or Nokia N95 device.

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4 July 2007, edie writes: cool and amazing
18 August 2007, IZK writes: This seems great. Is the Activesync sync over the air or through the sync cable? Just checking.
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Windows 0wn3d

PhoneBoy — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:31:19 +0000

Well, it looks like I was a little too careless on my Windows XP installed via Boot Camp and use via Parallels. I installed a program that turned out to be malware, thus causing the installation to be 0wned. I had AVG Free Edition loaded on it and it caught that this happened. I then uninstalled AVG and loaded up a copy of Blink Personal Edition, which is a bit more aware of that kind of stuff. It too started seeing malware-type stuff and isolating it.

Past experience suggests that once a system has been compromised in this way, your best bet is to ensure that the system is clean is a format and reinstall. Fortunately, there is no real data in this particular XP installation, so other than reinstalling Windows, all the security patches, and the applications, it’s a relatively straightforward process. Just time-consuming.

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6 July 2007, Richie writes: There are just too many things that go wrong with windows. Ive been a computer user since the early 80's. It seems there almost as many "Windows" Viruses, Trojans, Worms, Malware programs and exploits as there are dollars in Bill Gates bank account. That all good from a MS point of view as every couple of years we can buy a new 'bigger, better and more secure' version of windows. I think it's crazy we have all become comfortable with this insanity! Then theres the Windows Validation. Change some hardware and all of a sudden you have to purchase a new windows key or call MS and 'hope' they give you one. I have 5 computers in my house. Recently I ran into a . My over bloated Norton didn't detect it and the damage caused by this 'windows' maleware required me to reformat my machine. Before reformatting I though about it for a couple days. Costly software, security issues, updates that equal the size of the original installation, waiting for bugs to be patched, poor support (not that I use it), etc. Then I thought of Linux. I used it years ago and didn't realize how far it has advanced. After reviewing all the different distributions out there I decided upon Ubuntu. Ubuntu is the most supported Linux distro out there and has more software available in its repositories than any of its competitors. I recommend giving it a try. They will even mail you a FREE CD. You can run the system live without even touching your hard drive and if you like it just click the install button. After switching to Linux about 4 month ago I have switched all my other computers over except for one which I use for testing 'windows' software for some of my clients. Linux is secure and you don't even need an anti-virus. You can also configure your computer as a dual boot with both Windows and Linux if your not ready to take the plunge just yet. If you need some help setting it up just drop me a note and I'll be glad to help you. I have been reading your post now in VoIP forums for about a year and a half now and you've helped me a lot so I'll gladly return the favor. Rich~

Mac OS X Safari on Windows!

PhoneBoy — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:31:43 +0000

While I’ve been more of a Firefox guy myself, it looks like Apple is upping the ante by making their Safari browser available for Windows. They have released a Windows and Mac version of Safari 3 as a “public beta,” which can be downloaded from www.apple.com/safari.

I have used Safari on Windows briefly and while it’s weird seeing the Apple “brushed metal” look under Windows XP, it appears the browser functions well. I loaded it on my corporate laptop and it appears to use Internet Explorer’s settings for proxies. Things worked about as well as I expected them to. My plugins from my Firefox installation–at least for things like Flash and Quicktime, seem to work as expected.

How Far Has Microsoft Really Come?

PhoneBoy — Mon, 28 May 2007 08:45:24 +0000

This evening, I decided to swap out the old Toshiba Tecra 8000 that I was letting my daughter beat on and traded it for an IBM T20. Rather than go through all the hassle of reinstalling Windows 98SE and all of the games, I decided to simply take the hard drive out of the Toshiba and put it in the T20. I knew that drivers were going to be an issue, so I had downloaded most of the issues beforehand and copied them over to this machine.

After several reboots, a lot of “click ok” etc, the Windows installation took on the IBM T20 and functions as well as it did on the old hardware. The IBM T20 is a newer laptop than the Toshiba Tecra 8000, thus having a faster processor and more RAM, so the rather “simple” games my daughter plays now play without the “stuttering” I had on the older machine.

Now if I were to do the same thing in Windows Vista, it would probably work without too much work, all except for this pesky little thing called reactivation. See, Windows Vista doesn’t like it when you take a hard drive and swap it into a new computer. Too much stuff has changed. So now instead of endless reboots, you have to do a “mother-may-I” with Microsoft on the phone. That assumes, of course, Windows Vista detects all your hardware and you don’t have to do the driver boogie for Vista too!

Is it progress? Sure doesn’t seem like it to me.

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A Tale of Two Online Classes

PhoneBoy — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 01:40:21 +0000

I am taking a couple of online classes: a CISSP Prep Class with Global Knowledge, and a Intrusion Detection class with SANS. Global Knowledge currently uses a tool from iLinc Communications to provide the class. SANS is using a tool from Elluminate. Having sat through 7 sessions with Global Knowledge and only 1 session with SANS, I can say that the tool SANS is using is far better.

Both tools are designed for an instructor to present material and gather a small amount of feedback from students. There may be a chat window. There may be some buttons. The voice channel may either be over the PSTN or VoIP (these tools both use VoIP).

The Elluminate software is far and away better than iLinc. Here’s why:

More options for interactivity. In addition to the chat window, you have a/b/c/d/e buttons for random questions, a “raise hand” option, a way to show your facial expression (smile, confused, thumbs down, and clapping). Video also appears to be supported in this tool, though we’re not using it in this class.
iLinc requires Windows as it relies on ActiveX, which as we know, is not the most secure thing in the world. Elluminate will run on Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Solaris, and any other system that supports Java Web Run. It runs in a sandboxed environment, which should be more secure than ActiveX. I can say it works very well on my Mac. Update: My instructor is using a Mac to present, so it must work to serve presentations as well. Trey cool!
The iLinc client seems to be unstable. Last week, I had numerous crashes. Some students in my CISSP class continue to experience crashes. While it’s too early to say how stable the Elluminate client is, I can say it handles disconnects and reconnects very gracefully, which happened a couple of times–once while on WiFi and once when I switched back to Ethernet. It did it automatically without me telling it to do so.

Also, I think the SANS instructor seems a bit more enthusiastic than my Global Knowledge instructor. The material is very different, but having an excited instructor makes a huge difference in the enjoyment level of the class. Between that and the (in)effectiveness of the tools, I have to say the SANS class wins hands-down.

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30 November -0001, The PhoneBoy Blog writes: A Tale of Two Online Classes
11 April 2007, Beth Gallob writes: Hi Dameon, Thanks for your positive comments about Elluminate Live! I like it as well, having worked with the company for 4 years as a marketing consultant and content provider. I just wanted to make sure you know that Elluminate vRoom is available. It's a free, 3-seat virtual room with all the functionality of Elluminate Live! (except recording). You may be interested in this for your own use for meeting with other students, instructors, friends, and family. And remember it's free with no time limit on usage. Beth for Elluminate
11 April 2007, Marcy writes: I've attended meetings with both also. Similar reactions. As for my own use, late last year I started using Yugma at www.yugma.com because they came out with a super-easy java based app that does most everything you need (or team collaboration) and works across platforms -- and get this - it's free forever. I've been using it weekly on my project meetings and it's been working like a charm. It doesn't have all of the elearning type features like voting, but for small meetings (you can invite up to 10 people) it's not really needed. It's worth alook.
27 April 2007, Chris Gosk writes: Thanks for sharing this information – since your class has taken place Global Knowledge has adjusted settings on the iLinc server to improve performance. It is also worth noting that iLinc will be offering a MAC client in the 9.0 release and we expect to update to this version in Q3 of 2007.
29 April 2007, Transforming teaching and learning through innovative technology » Blog Archive » Elluminate Live! Versus the Competition writes: [...] an interesting post from a student taking two online classes, one using Elluminate Live! and the other using iLinc. [...]
28 February 2008, Better Than Ilinc - Dogpile Web Search writes: [...] [Found on Windows Live, Yahoo! Search] 9. A Tale of Two Online Classes The Elluminate software is far and away better than iLinc. Heres why:. More options for [...]

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