Another Malaysias Warcraft III DotA Private Server

Another Malaysias Warcraft III DotA Private Server

UCPro.my is the rebranded Blueserver. Previously, Blueserver is one of the most popular private server for Warcraft III. Most of the players there play DotA, the most popular custom map for Warcraft III. Before this you need a Streamyx e-mail or 99 forum post to register for an UCPro account. Now, you can easily register for UCPro account easily, for free!

UCPro emulates the Battle.net server. The server software behind this is PvPGN, a bnetd based gaming network server emulation project. It currently supports all Battle.net games (such as StarCraft, Diablo II, and Warcraft III), and most Westwood Online clients (Tiberian Sun, Red Alert 2, Yuris Revenge). It gives you the power to run your own server, manage your own users, run your own tournaments, etc.

1. First, you need to download UCPlay client. UCPlay requires at least Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 in order to run. Make sure you have Warcraft III version 1.22a in order to play in UCPro server. If your Warcraft III is still version 1.21, you can download the Warcraft Version Switcher v121 and v122a. Install UCPlay client and make sure your Warcraft III version is 1.22a or just use the version switcher.

Download: Warcraft III Version Switcher [Part 1 (60MB)] [Part 2 (54.59MB)]

This Warcraft III version switcher will allows you to switch your Warcraft III to version 1.21, 1.22, 1.22a and 1.23, and vice-versa. You can extract it with 7-zip.

2. Register for a master account at UCPro website.

3. Run UCPlay client. Click DotA Warcraft III TFT (1). You will first create a UCPlay account. Click Create Account (2). Proceed with the registration process. You will need to enter your mobile phone number. The activation code will be SMSed to your mobile phone. You need this activation code in order to activate your UCPlay account.

4. Right click on UCPlay tray account, choose settings (3). In Warcraft III TFT tab, browse for War3.exe (4). Click Save (5) to save your configuration.

5. Click Play DotA (6) to start Warcraft III. Click Battle.net to connect to UCPlay server. Login with the username and password that you create in step 3.

Website: [UCPro]

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Apple Me is BlackBerry Enterprise Server for the Rest of Us

Apple Me is BlackBerry Enterprise Server for the Rest of Us

The new Apple .me application has been dubbed by Apple "Exchange for the rest of us" as in Microsoft Exchange. Launching in mid July, it is aimed at users who have a Mac at home, use an iPhone and have a PC at work and want to sync calendar and contacts between those three platforms. But really its also "Enterprise Server for the rest of us" as in BlackBerry Enterprise Server.

Enterprise Server, if you dont know, is a piece of software that sits on top of an Exchange Server and manages BlackBerrys within the enterprise. It is the only way that you can get wireless sync of calendar and contacts between desktop machines and your BlackBerry.

But with .Me, finally without the use of either Exchange or Blackberry Enterprise Server, youre able to sync your calendar and contacts wirelessly. Not being able to do this with the previous iPhone seemed to me a painful omission. To be able to now accomplish this through a simple web-based system as the link between Macs, PCs and iPhones is a nail in the BlackBerry coffin.

BlackBerry has made a minimal attempt to create a small business (as in really small business) or home version of its Enterprise Server with a product called BlackBerry Unite! (LINK) but it still requires the use of a dedicated, always on desktop machine. And theyve only launched it in Spain and Canada (though if youre really tricky you can download the software and apparently it does work on other carriers, outside those two countries). The idea that BlackBerry is requiring small business or home users to set up their own server for the cloud is crazy!

I love my BlackBerry and want to get a BlackBerry Bold but this wireless .Me option sorely tempts me. It should tempt any small business user as well.

"Apple will continue to penetrate the small and medium business market much more heavily and aggressively than it has been able to do so previously with this Exchange integration, but as far as larger enterprise, we still see RIM as the standard,� said Mike Abramsky, an analyst with RBC Dominion Securities." Globeinvestor.com LINK

Sure RIM is the standard for now, but iPhone is going to be a highly effective wedge that will, I suspect, rapidly penetrate upwards, from the sole proprieter and small business user on up.

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