TeamViewer Remote Access 4 Times Faster 500,000 Installs

TeamViewer.com

openPR) - The remote control and presentation software TeamViewer offers a fast and simple solution for desktop-sharing on the Internet. After running the small software package and entering an automatically generated session id an immediate connection to another desktop anywhere on the Internet is established, without any installation or firewall modifications.

Starting with version 2.0 a completely reworked communication protocol offers connections that are up to 4 times faster than comparable products. The new Multi-Channel-Routing Protocol, which was developed by TeamViewer GmbH, automatically detects the optimized connection path between two partners and can in many cases directly connect two computers even if both are located behind a firewall or NAT router.

TeamViewer now has more than 500 000 installations in over 50 countries of the world and is one of the big players in remote control. The solution is available in eight languages. Pricing starts from 298.- Euros, usage fields range from remote support to the presentations of any kinds of products and solutions.

Further information and a free trial version is available from the developer website www.teamviewer.com

TeamViewer GmbH
Stuttgarter Str. 159
D-73066 Uhingen

Press contact:
Tel. 07161 606920, press@teamviewer.com

The German TeamViewer GmbH was founded in 2005 and is fully focused on development and distribution of high-end solutions for remote support. A fast start and high growth rates have led to more than 500.000 installations in more than 50 countries all over the world.

Updating Cell Phone for New Daylight Savings (MS Powered)

Updating Windows Mobile-powered devices for the new Daylight Saving Time

Updated March 5, 2007
Congress has changed the dates for Daylight Saving Time (DST) in the United States starting in 2007. Canada has adopted similar DST dates. These changes could cause clocks and Microsoft Outlook calendar appointments on Windows Mobile-powered devices to display incorrect times for March 11 – April 1, 2007 and October 28 – November 4, 2007 and again in subsequent years. You can find more information about the exact dates and potential impact in the Changes in DST section.

To make sure your appointments on your Windows Mobile devices are accurate, you’ll need to update your device. If you regularly synchronize your device with your PC, you’ll need to update Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Outlook as well.

We have three tools that will help your make these updates:

2007 Time Zone Update for Microsoft Windows Operating Systems
Outlook Time Zone Update Tool
Daylight Saving Time 2007 Update Tool for Windows Mobile

Note: All users in the United States, Canada and Mexico should immediately install these updates. Users in other countries should install these updates if they travel to the United States, Canada and/or Mexico or if they make calendar appointments that include attendees that are based in the United States, Canada and/or Mexico.

On this page:

Overview of Changes in Daylight Saving Time
Steps to update your device
Installation tips
Frequently Asked Questions

IMPORTANT

Please be sure to follow all steps below completely and in order. And be sure to complete ALL steps.

Follow only one set of instructions below, depending on if you synchronize your device to a PC:
If you connect your device directly to a PC with a USB cable or cradle, follow the instructions for Windows Mobile users who connect to a PC to synchronize.
If do not synchronize your device or phone with your PC or you only synchronize your phone or device wirelessly with a Microsoft Exchange Server or, other e-mail and calendar systems, follow the instructions for Windows Mobile users who do not connect to their PC.

For Windows Mobile users who connect to a PC

First make sure your PC is up-to-date.
(see http://www.microsoft.com/dst2007 for more details)
NOTE: Make sure you update all PCs that you may connect to your Windows Mobile device.

For Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003, the update has already been deployed using Automatic Updates and should be installed if you have Automatic Updates enabled. If you want to verify that it is installed, you can visit Windows Update and make sure all High Priority items are installed.
For Windows 2000 or earlier versions of Windows XP, see the 2007 time zone update for Microsoft Windows operating systems to the clock on your PC.
First make sure to update your PC by installing the 2007 time zone update for Microsoft Windows operating systems; which can be found here. This will update the clock on your PC.
If you use Microsoft Outlook to synchronize your calendar, download and run the Outlook Time Zone Update Tool which can be found here. If you do not use Microsoft Outlook, proceed to step 4.
Check to make sure you have the latest version of ActiveSync, which is ActiveSync 4.5.
Next, connect your Windows Mobile device to your PC, then download and run the Daylight Saving Time 2007 Update Tool for Windows Mobile which can be found here.

For Windows Mobile users who do not connect to their PC

For users that do not connect to PCs, there is an update file (CAB) available to make this update. (Note: there are a number of ways to install a CAB file and below outlines a popular method). Also, Microsoft Exchange users should contact your system administrator to make sure your Exchange Server has been updated as well.

Using the Microsoft Internet Explorer Mobile browser on your device, go to http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/ and download the Daylight Saving Time 2007 Update your Windows Mobile device. This file will install the update directly on the device. On your device, navigate to the file you downloaded, and then click on it to install the update. If you are unable to download the link proceed to step 2.

If you are unable to access the link in step 1 on your device, open Windows Internet Explorer on your PC and click here to start the download process. After downloading the file, attach it to an e-mail and send it to an account you can access on your device. On your device, open the e-mail and save the attached file; on some devices, you may need to synchronize your e-mail a second time to download the attached file. Then navigate to the file on your device and click on it to install the update.

NOTE: After you install this update, your device will automatically restart to ensure that the update is complete.

Installation tips

Rapid succession of steps is important
Run the Outlook Time Zone Update Tool on your PC as soon as possible after the DST update is applied to all of your PCs. If meetings between March 11, 2007 and April 1, 2007 are scheduled after the DST files are installed but before the tool is run, meetings will erroneously be moved one hour earlier. To correct such calendar items, organizers should manually update such meetings to ensure they are scheduled accurately for themselves and all invitees.

All connected devices must be updated
Even if you correctly update your PC with the DST 2007 update, when you view your calendar from a non-updated mobile device running Windows Mobile, your meetings during the extended DST period will be shifted by one hour. Meetings created on your non-updated device will need to be updated on your PC by running the Outlook Time Zone Update Tool again.

If some users have not updated their Outlook, it will affect other users
The Outlook Time Zone Update Tool only updates meetings for which the user is the organizer, and then automatically sends updates for those meetings to attendees. Meetings that you are invited to but did not organize will not be updated until the organizer updates the meeting and prompts you to change to the correct time. Additionally, meetings created by a delegate on your behalf from an non-updated PC will need to be updated on your PC by running the Outlook Time Zone Update Tool again.

What you can do to ease the transition
All Windows Mobile powered device users affected by the time change should give extra attention to meetings and appointments scheduled between March 11 and April 1, 2007, and between October 28 and November 4, 2007. View any appointments that fall into these date ranges as suspect until you communicate with all meeting invitees to make sure that the item shows up correctly on everyone’s calendar.

Include the time of the meeting in the e-mail request so that invitees can double check the correct meeting time. Example: “Project brainstorming - 11:00 a.m. Central Time.”
When in doubt, verify the correct time with the organizer.
Prior to applying the DST files, print out your weekly calendars for the affected time periods so that you can keep track of which meetings were scheduled before and after you run the tool.

Changes in Daylight Saving Time
Daylight Saving Time (DST) will now start three weeks earlier (2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday in March) and will end one week later (2:00 a.m. on the first Sunday in November).

Change in Daylight Saving Time:
Previously started With the new law, will start Previously ended With the new law, will end
First Sunday in April Second Sunday in March Last Sunday in October First Sunday in November
Would have been: April 1, 2007 Will now be: March 11, 2007 Would have been: October 28, 2007 Will now be: November 4, 2007

Changes in DST will cause the following problems for Windows Mobile powered devices in the U.S. and Canada unless the updated detailed above are applied:

Impact between March 11, 2007
and April 1, 2007 Impact between October 28, 2007
and November 4, 2007
The device clock does not automatically update to DST and is one hour later than actual time.
Calendar items display one hour later than they actually occur.
The device clock does not automatically update to standard time and is one hour earlier than actual time.
Calendar items display one hour earlier than they actually occur.

Updating your device
Your device stores the pre-2007 DST dates in a table in its memory. Installing an update to the stored DST dates will prevent the problems described above. A separate update will fix Outlook calendar issues that might occur for appointments scheduled during the new DST-affected time periods listed above.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. The update fails on my device
A. This error is rare, and can be fixed by restarting your device. Restarting usually means turning off your device and turning it back on (also sometimes called soft reset). Please refer to your devices user manual for accurate instructions on how to turn the device off and then on again.

Q. I get an error message that says “Error processing timezone, please manually set the timezone”
A. This error is rare, and can be fixed by restarting your device. Restarting usually means turning off your device and turning it back on. Please refer to your devices user manual for accurate instructions on how to turn the device off and then on again.

Q. I get an error message about an unsigned file
A. The installer will only work with devices that contain the Mobile2Market certificate. This certificate is installed on almost every Windows Mobile device ever released, this error is not expected on US devices. If your device rejects the update and shows you a security error, it does not have the required certificate. In this case you will have to wait for your mobile operator to issue this update signed with their own certificate. You should contact your Mobile Operator immediately.

Q. How do I know if I need to update my device?
A. You should update your Windows Mobilepowered Pocket PC or smartphone if it uses any of the following operating systems:

Windows Mobile 2003
Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition; or
Windows Mobile 5.0
To see the operating system on a smartphone, click Start > Settings > More > About. On a Pocket PC, tap Start > Settings > System tab > About.

Q. What if my device locks up during the installation?
A. This may occur in 2003 devices, and you should restarting the device. Restarting usually means turning off your device and turning it back on. Please refer to your devices user manual for accurate instructions on how to turn the device off and then on again.

Q. How can I determine how my device synchronizes with Outlook?
A. If you are not sure which set of instructions to follow, open Microsoft ActiveSync on your device. The ActiveSync screen will display either Exchange Server and/or Windows PC, along with the last date of synchronization.
If the most recent synchronization is with Windows PC, follow the instructions “For Windows Mobile users who connect to a PC to synchronize.”
If the most recent synchronization is with Exchange Server, follow the instructions “For Windows Mobile users who connect their device to Microsoft Exchange Server.”

Q. How do I know if my device is a Pocket PC or a smartphone?
A. Pocket PCs have touch-sensitive screens and use a stylus to select among options. Smartphones do not have touch-sensitive screens and use hardware buttons to select among options. See the help page on how to tell for more information.

Q. Where can I find additional information?
A. Information about updating the DST tables stored in the device is available at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923953. Information about calendar issues that might occur for appointments that fall into the new DST affected time periods is available at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/931667/en-us.

Q. How are people in Mexico affected?
A. Mexico time zones have changed and customers also need to install the specific Windows Mobile updates.

Q. How are people in countries outside of the United States affected?
A. All users in the United States, Canada and Mexico should immediately install this update. Users in other countries should install this update if they travel to the United States, Canada and/or Mexico or if they make calendar appointments that include attendees that are based in the United States, Canada and/or Mexico.

Q. Are users of the Microsoft Windows Vista operating system affected?
A. No. Updated time zone definitions are included in Windows Vista.

Q. Does Microsoft’s recently released Windows Mobile 6 platform require this update?
A. No. It does not require an update.

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Small Cap Stock Investing 101

*** Yeah we know this is not so much Technical / PC / Network related stuff but PCHelper sometimes dives into other stuff every once in a while. Since we invest in stock, we hope the following may give some of you insight into Small Cap Stock Investing.

Many experienced investors have attempted to apply the same procedures they have successfully used in large capital company investing to a small cap company investing with poor results.

To be a successful small cap investor you must:

Carefully study the capital structure of the company. Look very closely for “toxic” (excessively dilutive) financings;
Carefully review the company’s business model;
Carefully study management of the company and their background;
Check out the company’s auditor;
Invest early at low valuations and only invest money you can commit for a minimum of three years while the company implements its business plan and growth strategy;
Decide on the amount of money you feel comfortable investing in micro-capital companies and divide it amongst eight to fifteen positions;
Watch for excessive amounts of money or stock being issued for promotional purposes;
Avoid companies in a pre-revenue stage and look for companies that have demonstrated rapid revenue growth;

Determine the company’s quarterly burn rate and compare that number to the company’s cash available to cover this burn rate;

Look for investments in companies that have a proprietary technology in a large market;
If the business model doesn’t make sense or if you smell trouble, move on to other opportunities;

Watch the fully diluted shares outstanding very closely and be on the lookout for large increases in shares outstanding.

Before making an investment in any small cap company, be sure to comb through the financial statements to be sure there are not any potentially excessively dilutive financial instruments.

Toxic financial vehicles come in many different forms, but they all contain the same tricks. The trick is that the owner of the financial instrument (that is typically in the form of a convertible note, convertible preferred or equity line of credit) has the option to convert the financial instrument into common stock based on a formula instead of a fixed price that places a floor on the maximum dilution.

A good clean financing may take the form of a convertible note with terms to covert the face value of the note into common stock at a predefined price. For example a $1,000,000 convertible note with rights to convert the note into common stock at $1.00 per share has a maximum dilution of 1,000,000 shares. Under these terms the shareholders know in advance how many shares will be added to the capital structure and the owner of the convertible note benefits when the price of the underlying common stock appreciates. This puts the note holder and the rest of the shareholders on the same side of the fence.

A bad or “toxic” financing takes the form of a financial instrument that is convertible into common stock at a specific discount to the bid price or average bid price over a specified time period. The wording may be different, but the results are almost always the same. The owner of the note converts his financial instrument at a lower price than the stock is trading in the open market. For example, a $1,000,000 convertible note may be converted into common stock at 80% of the prior days closing price. This formula can have and usual does have dire results. A $1,000,000 note converts into 1,000,000 shares at $1.00, 2,000,000 shares at $.50, 4,000,000 shares at $.25 or 10,000,000 at $0.10. While it is bad enough that shareholders cannot predict the ultimate dilution, what’s worse is that the owners of these “toxic” notes are not usually very concerned about the shareholders and they do everything in their power to drive the stock lower so they will receive the greatest amount of shares upon conversion. Stay away from any company plagued with a “toxic” financing.

Source: http://www.stocktemple.com/research_tool_1

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MORE FREQUENT AND MORE DAMAGING ATTACKS ON DNS

For Immediate Release
Press Contact:
Michael Azzano
Cosmo PR
415/596-1978
michael@cosmo-pr.com
DNS EXPERT CALLS FOR PREPAREDNESS IN FACE OF POTENTIALLY
MORE FREQUENT AND MORE DAMAGING ATTACKS ON DNS
DNSstuff.com unveils one of the first public root server time maps to track performance
and minimize business risk; Recent survey data reveals that 70% of all DNS servers have
one or more improperly configured settings
Newburyport, MA – February 8, 2007 – DNSstuff.com, a global leader in DNS issues
and tools with one of the largest communities of IT professionals on the Web, today
issued a warning and called for greater preparedness as a result of the recent attack
targeting root servers. This attack is the latest in a series of distributed denial-of-service
attacks targeting DNS servers that began late last year. DNSstuff.com today also
introduced a new root server time map tool designed to help IT professionals track the
performance of and possible attacks on these servers.
“It is likely that this latest apparent probing effort was testing the resiliency of DNS,”
explained Paul D. Parisi, CTO of DNSstuff.com. “This could be a harbinger of more
targeted attacks against .com parent servers or even individual enterprise servers, neither
of which may have the resiliency or redundancy of the systems attacked earlier this week.
Either of these scenarios could have catastrophic consequences for the Internet-at-large or
specific organizations.”
New Tool to Spot Attacks
The new DNSstuff.com root server time map allows IT professionals to monitor the state
of root and .com servers supporting DNS. Now anyone can check real-time performance
of these servers to spot long latency times or unusual behavior in response times. The
root server time map can be found at http://www.dnsstuff.com/info/roottimes.htm.
Even without an increase in targeted or malicious attacks on DNS servers, many of those
same servers remain vulnerable or are performing poorly because of simple human error.
There are over 85 million domains on the Web, and a survey by DNSstuff.com of its
users revealed that there are significant, fixable configuration issues with DNS settings
for nearly 70% of those active domains. These incorrect settings can lead to site outages
or improperly routed email, and a targeted attack exploiting these settings could lead to
even more widespread network and Internet outages.
Simple Prevention Settings
“We are a robust web application and the Web’s acknowledged leader in helping IT
professionals better manage their networks and DNS through expert advice, best practices
and relevant resources,” continued Parisi. “Unfortunately, many people are relying on
improperly configured DNS and are unintentionally leaving themselves, and therefore the
web, vulnerable to attack. ”
There are some simple steps that can be taken to improve DNS security at an enterprise
level. These include maintaining a minimum of two physically and geographically
separate servers to help thwart a denial-of-service attack, and proper configuration of
your Primary and Secondary name servers to utilize the natural resiliency of DNS. More
tips and information for DNS configuration can be found at DNSstuff.com or by signing
up for the company’s monthly IQ Mail by emailing DNSIQ@dnsstuff.com.
About DNSstuff.com
DNSstuff.com is the Web’s premiere destination for DNS professionals, offering free
online tools to monitor and maintain one of the most vital, yet vulnerable, lynchpins in
the infrastructure supporting the Web – the Domain Name System. DNSstuff.com is a
web application providing expertise and all the tools necessary to ensure that your DNS
operates smoothly, efficiently and safely. It is one of the largest and most trusted
communities of IT professionals on the Web, and can be found at www.dnsstuff.com.
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