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RSA SecurID 3.0.2 for BlackBerry

March 16, 2009

My colleague informed me earlier that RSA just released this new version of their SecurID software for BlackBerry sometime last month. I installed it right away on my BlackBerry 8330 with OS v4.5.0.131 and it finally worked!!! I’ve been trying to get their software to work on my BlackBerry since last year but my OS wasn’t supported.

This new version also now supports RIM OS version 4.7, so if you have a BlackBerry Storm this …

How to automate Microsoft Office 2007 installation

March 11, 2009

I was just updating some documentation on our wiki and found some old notes on automating Office 2007 installation. We upgraded our Microsoft Office software early last year from Office 2003 (and a few Office XP) to Office 2007 and this simple installation script saved us a lot of time. Here are the steps:

Step 1. Copy the contents of the Office 2007 installation CD (or package) to a network share (eg. \\server\Office12).

Step …

100,000 Miles!

March 4, 2009

I was driving to work this morning and noticed my car just reached 100,000 miles! I pulled out my BlackBerry and took a quick picture at the next stop light. The picture is really blurry though.

Hoping to get another 100,000 miles from this car!

Tweet from your BlackBerry

March 3, 2009

If you’re looking for a Twitter application for your BlackBerry, I recommend that you give Tiny Twitter a try. It has a nice user interface, plenty of options, and supports keyboard shortcuts.

This is the first mobile Twitter application that I’ve tried and I’m not really planning on trying the other ones out there because I’m happy with this one already. It does pretty much all the Twitter-related functions that I need, but I’m still …

Twitter

March 1, 2009

I just created a Twitter account. I’ve been seeing a lot of articles about it lately so I decided to finally give it a try. I’m still not sure whether I’m gonna keep using it, but so far I’m liking it a lot. Very simple and easy to use and it looks like it will be a good complement to my blog.

The first thing that actually came to mind when I signed up for …