Just a quick update today. I was having a look through the features page in the YouTube channel settings for my YouTube channel and noticed that I can now stream live events. I’m going to have to read up on how live streaming is setup but my next issue is figuring out what I could …
August 2013 archive
Aug 20 2013
Kill the Music Player in Windows Phone 8
Here’s a quick tip for Windows Phone 8. If you’ve fired up a music player but have stopped the music and exited the app you may find that when you adjust the volume you get the larger volume control sliding down from the top of the screen with the music player controls and cover art. …
Aug 19 2013
Setup Foxtel IQ or Foxtel IQ2 with the Vulkano Flow
Hopefully you’ve had a chance to check out the unboxing video of the Vulkano Flow over here which went up yesterday. Of course, unboxing it is one thing but setting it up is an entirely different matter. In Australia, the odds are that you’ll set this up with a Foxtel IQ or Foxtel IQ2 as …
Aug 18 2013
Monsoon Vulkano Flow Media Streamer Unboxing
Ever wanted to watch something on Foxtel when you’re not at home? Of course, there is the Foxtel Go app now but not all Android devices are supported and it also won’t help you view your recorded content if you’ve got a Foxtel IQ or IQ2 box. The other restriction with Foxtel Go is that …
Aug 17 2013
Boydo’s Off to Study ITIL Foundations
It’s been a while since I have done any formal study after graduating last year from university with my Masters of Science in Information Technology but it’s time to start reactivating the old grey matter. This time around, I am focusing upon something that I covered in Information and Communication Technology Processes (ZITE8144 at UNSW@ADFA), …
Aug 16 2013
Dealing with the End of Car Registration Stickers
Well, the registration on the Prius is due for renewal in roughly a month and the process itself isn’t very difficult to complete particularly for vehicles under four years old as there is no need for a pink slip. However, at the start of this year the humble registration sticker was abolished by the NSW …
Aug 15 2013
Handling NTLM Proxies on Android Without Rooting
This might be a bit of a bugbear if you’ve tried using your Android tablet on the Wi-Fi at work only to find that the corporate proxy server uses NTLM (NT LAN Manager) authentication instead of basic or plain text authentication. Android doesn’t have native support for NTLM authentication for proxy server which means that …
Aug 14 2013
Trying Out 64-Bit Firefox
For those that aren’t aware, there is a 64-bit version of Firefox lurking in the nightly builds of the browser which you can grab over here if you’re feeling adventurous. I say that because the nightly builds are usually for testing purposes only and may have numerous bugs and other issues and cannot be expected …
Aug 13 2013
My Printouts are Terrible!
If you’ve owned a printer at home then you may have faced frustrations with poor quality printouts at one point down the line. Printers are awesome when they work properly with great quality documents and photos appearing almost magically in the tray. What happens when that magic seems to go astray? There are a couple …
Aug 12 2013
A Raft of Windows 8 Bing Apps Arrive on Windows Phone 8
If you’ve used Windows 8 you might have noticed that it comes with a few bundled apps including four Bing apps: Bing Finance, Bing News, Bing Sport, and Bing Weather. These apps are pretty slick and set the bar high for other Metro apps in terms of interface and quality. Anyway, the team that brought …
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