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So what exactly is Sun iMessenger

The Sun iMessenger (Sun iM) is a service for Sun Cellular subscribers that allows them to send instant messages to their Yahoo!, MSN, AOL and ICQ buddies. All they need is their Sun cellphone (postpaid or prepaid) to start chatting with their online buddies.

Check out the Sun iMessenger Website for more details.

Thanks to fivefeeflat for the heads up on this one

Sir Jojo Ayson of Microsoft Philippines has officially announced the Philippine Most Valuable Professionals for 2006.

They are as follow:

Carlo Guerrero Windows - Mobile Devices
Gerard-Peter Paulino Carreon Windows - Mobile Devices
Jerry Liao - Microsoft Office System
Joey Gurango Visual Developer - Solutions Architect
Mark Punzalan Visual Developer - Visual Basic
Paul June Antonio Domag Visual Developer - Visual Basic
Rey Jose Vegafria Windows - Mobile Devices
Rodney C. Jao Visual Developer - .NET Compact Framework
Warren Yu Windows Server System - BizTalk Server
Wilson Lee Chua Windows - Digital Media
Wilson P Ng Windows Server System - SMS

Congratulations guys!

Source: MSForums.PH Post on MVP Roster as of Jan 1, 2006 - Philippines

I wanted to get updates on Microsoft Philippines so I went to their website and saw a link to”Build Your Business - Give your business and edge by knowing your customer“.

It points to their Small Business Center - Build Your Business page.

What caught my attention the most was the submenu on

Common Business Issues which had “Business Templates” rated as Popular!

I know a lot of templates are made available free for download by Microsoft at their Microsoft Office website but I’ve never tried downloading any of those templates.

This is what they have instore for you:

Office Templates for Small Businesses
Easy-to-use Office templates can help you reduce the amount of time you spend on routine administrative tasks. Templates can also help you quickly create professional looking marketing materials or track your company’s financial performance. Explore how templates specially designed for businesses like yours can save you time and money.

Developing Your Business
• Business Plan Presentation
• Introductory Letter to New Client
• Competitive Points List

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Making the Sale
• Follow up to Product/Service Sales Call
• Value Analysis Calculator
• Thank You to New Customer
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Marketing Your Company
• Basic Marketing Plan
• E-mail Newsletter

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Managing Operations
• Weekly Timesheet
• Acknowledgement of Order
• Invoice with Tax Calculation
• Apology for Billing Error
• Financial Performance Presentation
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Building Your Team
• Job Description Form
• Employee Performance Review
• Job Performance Review Guide

These templates might come in handy to those who don’t have one yet or those wouldn’t want to write everything from scratch.

Check out the Office Templates for Small Business from Microsoft Philippines

A remote code execution security issue has been identified in the Graphics Rendering Engine that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it.

A remote code execution security issue has been identified in the Graphics Rendering Engine that could allow an attacker to remotely compromise your Windows-based system and gain control over it. You can help protect your computer by installing this update from Microsoft. After you install this item, you may have to restart your computer.

Security Update for Windows XP (KB912919)

Security Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB912919)

Security Update for Windows Server 2003 64-bit Itanium Edition (KB912919)

Security Update for Windows Server x64 Edition (KB912919)

KB Article MS06-001: Vulnerability in graphics rendering engine could allow remote code execution

Do you want to know how Microsoft SQL Product Support Services (PSS) engineers break down problems? Originally designed as an opportunity for customers to work with Microsoft SQL Server Escalation Engineers at the SQL PASS 2005 Conference, these labs can be used for self-paced troubleshooting training on SQL Server 2005.

All labs are documented so that users can work through different scenarios in a self-study environment. These labs cover popular topics such as blocking, performance, memory, and debugging, and data recovery.

Download PASS Labs 2005 (48.5 MB)

Overview
These step-by-step guides will assist IT Professionals in deploying or migrating to Windows Vista. These guides will also provide step-by-step information on how to monitor performance, manage printing, control how CPU and memory resources are allocated using Windows System Resource Manager (WSRM), control device installation using Device Management and Installation (DMI), and manage ADMX files. There are also step-by-step guides to help you protect data using BitLocker Drive Encryption, to administer the TPM Security Hardware in a computer using Trusted Platform Module (TPM) Services, and to help deploy better-managed desktops and mitigate the impact of malware using User Account Control (UAC).

Date Published: 1/3/2006
Language: English
Download Size: 146 KB - 2.9 MB*
*Download size depends on selected download components.

Grab a copy of the Windows Vista Step-by-Step Guides for IT

The widely used and increasingly popular blogging software, WordPress, reached it’s second major release a few days ago. In a news item dated 31st December 2005, Matt from WordPress.org wrote:

The WordPress community is very proud to present the next generation of WordPress to the world, our 2.0 “Duke” release, named in honor of jazz pianist and composer Duke Ellington. We’ve been working long and hard to bring you this release, and I hope you enjoy using it as much as we’e enjoyed working on it. In this release we’ve focused a tremendous amount on what we believe to be the core of blogging — the writing interface. Before you upgrade from an earlier version, remember that this is a major release and thousands of lines of code have changed. Before upgrading it’s always good, just in case, to make a backup of your database and WordPress files. It only takes a few minutes and gives you a total safety net if for whatever reason things don’t work. It is also probably a good idea to turn off your plugins, and activate them one-by-one after you’ve upgraded. Without further ado, you can download WordPress 2 right now. Read on for more information about what we think you’ll love about Duke.

For more information on this release, check out the Wordpress 2 site