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Terrapin Networks - Moving IT Forward Archives: March 2008

18 March 2008

Make Microsoft Office XP/2003 Compatible with Office 2007 with the Compatibility Pack

Do you run Microsoft Office 2003 and can’t read files created by Office 2007? it isn’t necessary to update to Office 2007 to be able to read these files.
Microsoft has a “Compatibility Pack” which makes it so Office 2003 users can read and write to Office 2007 created files. It is a pretty simple install [...]

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6 March 2008

Apple iPhone to have push email, just like the BlackBerry

This could be pretty big news, depending on how Apple sends it out. Starting in June, the iPhone will be able to work with Microsoft ActiveSync to allow for ‘push’ email. This is what has made the BlackBerry what it is, and why it works so well.
If this works as Apple plans, then the iPhone [...]

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6 March 2008

Boy, this could be messy…WiFi hotspots at airports being used to spread bad stuff…

This is a story from Tech Republic that has some unsettling news: Be Careful of “free” hotspots.
See the story below…
Study shows viral SSIDs could be creating a massive wireless botnet
The moral of the story: free hotspots are never, ever secure in any fashion. Best used in a non-interactive manner…use it to read CNN.com, but [...]

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