YourName@Facebook .com? Take that Gmail!

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If the battle between Facebook and Google for employees wasn’t enough (http://tcrn.ch/bDBOVg), they seem to be set to go head to head on email this Monday.  Many web sources are now saying that Facebook will begin to offer @Facebook.com email to it’s customers to compete with Gmail,and to make the deal sweeter, they are throwing in Office web apps integration to go up against Google’s Apps offering.   So watch for the battle to begin on Monday!  Will you switch to Facebook for email? Sources: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/facebook_email_coming_monday_with_office_web_apps.php?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/11/facebook-gmail-titan/ http://www.zdnet.com/blog/microsoft/not-so-crazy-microsoft-rumors-facebooks-new-e-mail-to-feature-office-web-apps-integration/7949

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Adding the Facebook “Like” Button to Your Blog Posts!

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Ever wonder how people get that Facebook “like” button on their blog posts or anything for that matter?  It super simple and easy to do.  First, go to the helpful developers page at Facebook.  Click Here: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/reference/plugins/like Second, copy the web address to your blog (in the case of this post here, it would be http://theaverageguy.tv/name-of-blog-post-here) to the “URL to Like” box on the page above. Third, look through the options for the layout.  They are easy to understand and you can hover over the (?) for each section to get help. Forth, click the button that says “Get Code”

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Home Server Show #112

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We talk News, SBS, Add-Ins, and controlling your Windows Home Server from the new Windows Phone 7.  Dave covers RAID with the Icy Dock and some antics at the end, all this week on the Home Server Show!  Listen:  http://homeservershow.com/the-home-server-show-112.html Windows Storage Server 2008 Technet blog post on WSS Windows Phone 7 controls Windows Home Server MyMovies for iPad Reviewed at MediaSmartServer.net Icy Dock RAID Review covered on the podcast youtube video that makes Jim go wow! NSFW-Language

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The Enterprise Tech Podcast #2 Oracle BI and Security

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This week we meet with Shane James, Shad Syfert and Fred Richards, all from Oracle. We talk openly about what is hot in the Business Intelligence space as well as the security that needs to go around it. More info on Oracle products can be found at www.oracle.com Listen Here Intro and Exit Music from “Motion” by Adelaide.  Hear more great tunes at  Listentoadelaide.com

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Home Server Show #111

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In show #111 we go over the announcement of new Small Business Server products, Microsoft’s Live Essentials and what the products mean for Home Server users, as well as a couple of server builds.  We have tons of news and Add-Ins for you and our featured guests are AJ Peck and Michael Ross.   Don’t forget the bonus at the end! Listen: http://homeservershow.com/the-home-server-show-111.html Small Business Servers Announced Windows Phone 7 Add-In: Windows Phone 7 controls Windows Home Server Add-In: Family Diary Turn your MediaSmart Server in to a Virtual Machine Add-In: DNS Updater Add-In: Home Server SMART No-Control Project Bios Reset

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Home Server Show #110

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Happy Halloween everyone!  In show 110 we talk 3.0 TB Drives in Depth, BYOB on the show, and live on ustream.  This show welcome Mike F. from the BYOB podcast and we grill him on hard drives, SSD’s and everything in between. Listen: http://homeservershow.com/the-home-server-show-110.html Remote Alert Update MediaSmart Chassis as a 4 bay drive enclosure SSD Drives and AHCI SSD Drives, RAID, and Trim

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