This week's mac techmail is Syncing The Hit List with Daylite gives you all-access pass to your data anywhere you go which looks at combining The Hit List with DayLite to handle task management. I'm a huge fan of Daylite; it's the CRM I've been using for years and I …

This week's mac TechMail is Sync application preferences with Dropbox which talks about the fantastic file syncing tool/service known as DropBox (disclosure: yes, that is a referral link and I get a small amount of added space if you sign up using it). Dropbox is great, and it's cross-platform …

This week's TechMail is Learn to use extended file attributes in Linux to boost security which takes a look at using chattr, getfattr, setfattr, getfacl, and setfacl; tools that can be used to offer more granular security to files and directories. Being able to use SELinux or GrSecurity, AppArmor, and …

This week's mac tip is Cross-platform Dropbox provides easy backups and file-syncing between computers which looks at using DropBox to synchronize files between computers in an easy fashion. DropBox is cross-platform, which makes it even nicer.

This week's TechMail was DIY pfSense firewall system beats others for features, reliability, and security which takes a look at pfSense which is, in my opinion, one of the best open source firewall systems around. I've used quite a few, and for a long time when I was developing Annvix …

This week's TechMail is Don't need groupware? Organize your life with Osmo which looks at using Osmo as a pretty basic, yet useful, personal information manager. Osmo is quite basic, but if that's all you need (i.e. don't need Outlook or Zimbra or collaboration or internet connectivity), it's a …

This week's mac TechMail is Easy application syncing with Mac's Daylite CRM which talks more about using Daylite on the mac as a contact-relationship management software. I love Daylite and use it daily, and it's ability to sync with other applications makes it so extremely useful. This tip talks about …

This week's TechMail is Learn to use Git version control for added flexibility which talks about some of the basics of using Git. This was good for me since I'm a subversion monkey, but since a lot of projects are using Git now, I really needed to get the basics …

Two new mac tips on TechRepublic... last week's is Configure OS X for Kerberos single sign-on authentication which talks about how to configure Kerberos with OS X. This week the tip is Get to know Daylite CRM for Macs which talks about the Daylite contact management software for OS X …

This week's TechMail is Fedora 12 boasts enhanced performance, improved reporting, better graphics which is a great big gushy welcome to Constantine! The tip highlights some of my favourite new features in Fedora 12. I've been running the beta on my new HP machine for about a month now and …