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Comment Re:CrackBerry: Just say no ;) (Score 1) 191

by Organic_Info on Friday April 24, 2009 @08:52AM (#27700425) Attached to: Obama To Get Secure BlackBerry 8830

I had a Blackberry Storm foisted upon me (something about making the numbers up to get the next data bundle). But from the outset I made it very clear that outside of working hours the notification options will be set to Phone Calls Only (i.e. no tones or vibrate on texts and e-mails) and Iâ(TM)ll check e-mails at my leisure.

Without being to hostile or overzealous I find myself constantly having to remind people that e-mail is an asynchronous communications medium.

And as for the Storm - nice screen good for reading e-mails, business iPhone competitor it is not and so damn unresponsive at timesâ¦grrrrr. Iâ(TM)m glad I didnâ(TM)t pay for it, not checked if there are firmware updates but in its current form I wouldn't recommend it.

Submission + - Open Source virtual desktop solution is out (ulteo.com)

Submitted by

getupstandup1

on Friday April 24, 2009 @05:55AM

getupstandup1 writes: "Ulteo, a startup software company that earlier designed an interesting Linux virtualizing solution for Windows, has just released the version 1.0 of their corporate-oriented solution for delivering virtual desktops and applications to users: Open Virtual Desktop v1.0. What's interesting with this product is that it can not only deliver everything through the user's web browser, which makes it incredibly easy and fast to deploy, but also it can mix seamlessly both Windows and Linux applications. It looks like an Open Source version of Citrix that would also support Linux applications natively. So can Ulteo carve out a niche in this shark tank?."

Submission + - Ulteo's virtual desktop now supports Active Dir (ostatic.com)

Submitted by ruphus13 on Thursday April 23, 2009 @09:58PM

ruphus13 writes: Mandrake Linux founder Gael Duval's new Open Source product — the Ulteo Open Virtual Desktop (covered here earlier) — just released Active Directory support and LDAP support, to allow the browser-based desktop to seamlessly connect to the other devices on the network. This is a big step because it now allows OVDs to be managed as other members of the network. From the post, "The Ulteo Open Virtual Desktop (OVD) is a browser-based operating system and applications suite that is controlled and configured, ideally, by your organization's systems administrators. This makes managing, working, and collaborating from remote locations possible so long as there is a computer nearby with a Java-enabled browser and internet connection. This week, Ulteo announced some major updates to its OVD, including the ability to deliver Linux and Windows applications (or a mix of both), Active Directory and LDAP authentication capabilities, several file server options, and collaboration support...Gael Duval, one of the minds behind Mandrake Linux, and Thierry Koehrlen, a co-founder of the open source business process platform Intalio, are at the helm of the growing organization."

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