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Child Abuse Prevention Month April 6, 2008

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April is Child Abuse Prevention Month and I would just like to to encourage everyone to help however they can to prevent this serious neglect on the most innocent members of our society.

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Giordano Closing Shop in Plaza April 5, 2008

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Giordano Plaza

Seems Giordano is closing its store in the Plaza in Hawally.  Wonder what will open up there.

Nokia Intellisync April 3, 2008

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I’m sure everyone has heard of Blackberry aka “Crackberry”, the device and the company (Research In Motion - RIM) that created an army of lawyers and execs thumbing away emails, notes, and other text on the tiny devices.

The Blackberry service is more than instant email; its also about security and device management. IT managers can remote wipe devices, help customers remotely, and even provision devices over the air (OTA).

Nokia’s answer to corporate email push is the intellisync platform, which like Blackberry provides device management, instant email, and a few other perks.  Almost everyone has experienced the Blackberry phenomenon.  I, however, wanted to see what the other side was like so I have now been using Nokia Intellisync and would like to share my experiences with you.

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MySQL based Authentication System April 1, 2008

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I spend most of my (limited) free time online helping people with their PHP/MySQL woes. One of the most common problems crop up when people try to create a simple authentication system linking PHP with a user database. To help people with this issue (and to avoid having to repeat the same thing over and over again) I’m writing this very simple tutorial to guide the less-experienced. (more…)

iphone — why the hype? April 1, 2008

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Unless you have been living under a rock; you have probably heard of — if not bought and used — the iphone.  Bloggers have been singing its praises, and people have been stealing them, hacking them, using them, and some have also been complaining. Loudly. I’m one of those complainers, read on to find out why.

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