Reviews

Here you will find a number of review of various products and services that are applicable to our market. If you would like to submit a review of a product you use yourself or you would like to have your products reviewed on this site, please contact me directly.


Microsoft Security Essentials

image The news is all abuzz about Microsoft releasing fr...
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WordPress for Dummies

Reviewed by Ben Love from Grassroots IT I should know better. I know I should. Or more accurately, I should at least pretend that I know that I should know better. Or something like that. I’m an IT Pro with a dirty little secret. Wanna hear? I’m a sucker for a Dummies Guide. Th...
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HP Proliant ML330 G6

Recently HP released the 6th generation of their product line. As part of that they released the ML330 G6.  This server is focused on the mid level SMB client and includes features that are designed to answer their business requirements.  I’ve been fortunate to have one of these servers for quite a few months now as I was beta testing it for HP.  During the beta I found that the server was 10...
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Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000

I d a lot of presentations and I often have been using a Logitech Wireless Presenter.  Unfortunately the one I’ve had died.  I needed to find a substitute quickly.  The only real option available was the Microsoft Wireless Notebook Presenter Mouse 8000.  This mouse is a fair...
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Explorer Mini Mouse

I was talking to Shannon Dowden the local Microsoft Geek Gadget Girl about the problems with mice and certain desktop environments. Shannon told me that the Bluetrack mice would solve all my problems. Sure… right, I’ve heard that before :-)  Ok – so Shannon put her money where her mouth was and gave me one to try out.  I took it home and the first thing I tried it on was my frosted glass d...
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Microsoft Small Business Server 2003: A Clear and Concise Administrator’s Reference and How-To

sbs_2003_clear_concise_kencht_smallI should preface my review by stating openly that I was a contributing author to the SMB Nation Press book Windows 2003 Small Business Server Advanced Best...
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Advanced Windows Small Business Server 2003 Best Practices

sbs_2003_advanced_brelsford_smallThe following review was written by Robert Crane of CIAOPs.  Robert is a leading member of the Sydney SBS Group.  Robert can be contacted directly on Read more

HP Ipaq 6365

ipaq6365I got tired of waiting for HP's new iPaq 6365 (also known as the 6315 in the USA) to arrive here in Australia, so I had a friend of mine pick one up on a visit through Singapore for me. The 6365 is a nice well rounded unit that inclu...
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