Oct 11 2013
If you’re curious to try out Firefox OS but don’t fancy trying to shoehorn it into an existing device then the next best option might be to get a new device with this OS already on it. You may think that this could break the bank but you can actually get a device fairly cheaply. …
Oct 10 2013
I wouldn’t have thought it but I am actually a big fan of Lync. For those of you who haven’t heard of Lync it could be likened to a corporate version of Skype with instant messaging, audio/video calling, screen sharing, content presentation and meeting recording capabilities. It can hook in with Active Directory to tie …
Oct 09 2013
Another quick update this time regarding data backups. At home we run a Windows Home Server which centrally stores our data whilst backing up our computers. I do take periodic backups of the server using standard hard drives which I store offsite but I have been wanting to have a cloud backup solution as well …
Oct 08 2013
Another quick tip. If you quickly need to share a screenshot or a picture and e-mail isn’t an option then you can use an online picture sharing service to do the trick. There are heaps of them including Flickr and SkyDrive but another one worth keeping in mind is TinyPic. It’s fairly simple to use, …
Oct 07 2013
Just a short update. My wife was after a camera with decent zoom but a still relatively slim. We have our Lumix FT3 tough camera but the zoom on that camera is fairly limited given that the optics are contained completely inside its body. Provided you can get close enough to a subject that’s not …
Oct 06 2013
Given that Microsoft Security Essentials has copped a bit of a pasting in the press lately I thought I would review both the current offerings and my stance on antivirus products. Of course, free is a good price for many plus it is an easy way for antivirus vendors to upsell you to other bundled …
Oct 05 2013
Here’s a quick tip. If you’re using the nightly release of Firefox then you’ll be up to Firefox 27 but you may not have realised that a new feature has slipped into the build. Mozilla has managed to build something called Shumway that renders SWF files in HTML5 removing the need for Flash to be …
Oct 04 2013
After a recent change you may have noticed the ability to toggle between the standard and large player sizes in YouTube has seemingly disappeared. You could be forgiven for thinking so but it has actually been moved into a menu. Just click the little cog icon in the bottom right of the video player window …
Oct 03 2013
It goes without saying that the legality of this service would be questionable unless you are dealing with creative commons content but it’d save you from downloading any software to perform the process. If you want to download video or audio from YouTube then all you need to do is add pwn to the front …
Oct 02 2013
Unfortunately for me, my Fitbit One started having a bout of rather poor battery life lasting two or three days per charge rather than the seven to ten days that had been norm since first power up. There could have been a whole stack of reasons as to why this was the case but I …
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