August 2011 archive

Hide Your Google Plus Profile From Search Engines

Changing Search Visibility Setting in Google Plus

As more and more people are trying out Google Plus a good number of them will be conscious of the default setting to make it visible in results generated by the various search engines. If you are one of those people, this is how you can change the search visibility of your profile to suit. …

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Census 2011 – Have You Submitted Your Census?

No doubt, most Australians around the country would have knuckled down and filled in their forms (paper or electronic) for Census 2011. For those who have gone with the trusty pen and paper route it’s “business as usual” while you wait for the collector to swing past. However, the eCensus is a slightly different kettle …

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Unofficial Mango Updates for Windows Phone

Just a heads up that there are plenty of unofficial Mango updates for Windows Phone 7 devices out in the wild and I have been reading up a bit on the various tools that make this possible. When I get some time (perhaps this weekend) I might give it a shot so I can get …

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Watch for New eBay Auctions Using RSS

eBay RSS Feed in Outlook 2010

RSS is a great tool to make sure you can keep on top of new events without having the continually poll a stack of websites in your browser. One such example might be if you are keeping your eyes peeled for some bargain auctions on eBay but would get pulled up for having eBay on …

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Learn How to Copy Your Documents to Your Kindle

Kindles are very good for packing a stack of documents into a lightweight device but not everything comes in PDF format. Sure, you could send an e-mail to your personalised e-mail address for your Kindle and have your document (of a supported format) converted and transferred to your Kindle over 3G for a fee but …

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Choose the Best Interface for the Job

Here’s another quick tip for tonight. These days, we have all sorts of interfaces in our computers: wired Ethernet, Wi-Fi, USB, Firewire, eSATA, Bluetooth just to name a few. However, sometimes the most convenient interface won’t be the quickest. For instance, when I was transferring all the data from the old drives to the new …

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Change Search Engines in Firefox Without Touching the Mouse

Another quick tip for tonight. If you use Firefox and can’t get enough of the dedicated search box up the top here’s a tip that will make it that little bit more powerful for you without having to touch the mouse. If you don’t already know, the keyboard shortcut to get into the search box …

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Lock Windows the Fast Way

Here is a quick and simple tip for tonight. For people who have been using Windows a while (particularly from Windows NT onwards in corporate environments) you might be used to locking your computer by hitting Ctrl+Alt+Del and hitting Enter to lock your computer. While that still works on Windows 7 you can cut that …

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Spotify Now Available and Free in the USA (and Down Under Just Quietly)

It seems that cloud music is gaining some popularity with the Spotify music service now becoming available in the USA after a successful run in Europe. Unlike Google and Amazon’s cloud services, Spotify provides streaming music without you initially having to own a copy of a track or album. As usual, us users in Australia …

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Samsung Galaxy Tab Blocked From Sale in Australia and a Possible Workaround

Today, there have been numerous stories on various Australian news sites about Apple blocking Samsung from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 for various patent infringements. Of course, the immediate effects for consumers is that they cannot buy the device within the country and businesses such as carriers and technology shops are unable to sell the …

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