Archive for July 2008

Free credit report from Equifax

In my quest to become a zero-junk mail household—and with the help of ProQuo and Catalog Choice—I tripped upon a way to get a free credit report from Equifax.
It’s simple! Just print out and send this form to Equifax and you’ll get a free copy of your credit report by mail about 2 weeks later. [...]

Video from Seattle Chamber and Microsoft panel discussion

Check out the video from the panel discussion I participated in as part of the Smart and Simple Strategies for Small Business conference held on June 4, 2008 at the Washington Athletic Club. The event, sponsored by the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce and Microsoft, included a panel discussion titled Tech/Infrastructure: Build Your IT House [...]

iPhone 2.0 with Exchange requires business data plan

I stopped by the AT&T store on my home this afternoon to order an iPhone. Rather than sacrificing the great weather this weekend standing in line, I decided to simply order the phone. It should arrive in about 5-7 business days — much more civilized.
Two details to be aware of:

The advertised prices — $199 and [...]

Windows Server 2008 uses less energy, claims Microsoft

Microsoft recently published a white paper showing that Windows Server 2008 uses up to 10% less energy than Server 2003.
Their tests show that, out of the box, Windows Server 2008 uses about 2% less power when idle and about 7% less when active compared to Server 2003. Support for Hyper-V, a hyper-visor based virtualization [...]