Aug 21 2011
Leading on from yesterday’s article covering the release of Firefox 8 on the Aurora channel I mentioned a potential way for you to restore performance in existing installation of Firefox which has become sluggish. In the case where performance has been lost as a result of bloated and fragmented SQLITE database files (which is where …
Aug 20 2011
Just a quick update for tonight Well, Firefox 6 only just came out earlier this week and the Aurora channel has just ticked over from 7 to 8 in the last 24 hours. I am hoping to see improvements in the memory management of the browser at some point (particularly as it was supposed to …
Aug 19 2011
I don’t know how frequently people are buying a new television for their home these days but now that we have flat panel displays we now face a choice of either having it on a stand or mounted on a wall. Of course, when you have the television on a stand it affords you the …
Aug 18 2011
Here’s a quick tip for tonight. If you’ve had a Hotmail address for a while you might have accumulated a lot of addresses in the contacts list. Particularly as Hotmail has gained more features in the form of Exchange-like functionality (including Exchange ActiveSync) people can use the service in a way similar to how most …
Aug 17 2011
Here’s a quick reminder for the Firefox users out there. Sometimes when you are using an instance of Firefox that is a couple of versions off the pace you won’t receive the automatic prompts to upgrade to the latest version. Instead, you’ll receive notices to upgrade to the point updates for the major release you …
Aug 15 2011
Leading on from yesterday’s post about my first impressions of Mango Beta 2 for Windows Phone 7 I thought I’d share another notable feature, s”pecifically regarding the new “linked inbox” functionality which is Microsoft’s take on the unified inboxes you may find on other devices. So let’s do a comparison against one of the juggernauts …
Aug 14 2011
Well, I have had about 24 hours with Mango Beta 2 for Windows Phone 7 and wanted to share with you some of my first impressions of this forthcoming update for this mobile platform. While it’s speculated for a September release, I could easily see this being delayed to October or later by the carrier …
Aug 12 2011
Just a quick update tonight. I have managed to write a dummy app (just a simple Hello, World! one following some instructions I found on the web) and it has progressed far enough in the app submission lifecycle to score myself an invite for Mango Beta 2 testing and development. For the record, my app …
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