Boyd Chan

My name is Boyd and I’m a Service Management Specialist with a knack for operational data gathering, transformation, analysis and reporting. In 2012, I obtained my Masters of Science in Information Technology through the University of New South Wales @ The Australia Defence Force Academy (UNSW@ADFA). I was also part of an online community known as the Panasonic Insider Crew in the capacity of “Insider Guru” for Panasonic Australia where I interacted with other tech enthusiasts and find out more about Panasonic's latest gadgets. I love technology, gadgets, and the Internet and maintain a keen interest in these areas locally, nationally, and globally. I hope by sharing my views on these topics that people will receive an honest point of view from someone with a genuine interest in these topics. I have also written and edited articles for Neowin - you can check out my articles over @ https://www.neowin.net/news/poster/boyd_chan I hope you enjoy reading my blog!

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Author's posts

Sep 29 2010

Xmarks Shutting Down in Early 2011

Back in June, I blogged about a great piece of software called Xmarks (previously known as Foxmarks when it was originally written as a plug-in for Firefox). In a nutshell, it allowed you to sync your bookmarks and your website credentials up to the cloud (over a secureand  encrypted connection) and then sync them down …

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Sep 28 2010

Samsung Galaxy S – Where’s the GPS Fix?

Samsung have had no shortage of heat with regards to its flagship Android phone over the last few months. Issues with the lag attributed to their proprietary file system (RFS) have been an ongoing problem prompting the user community to come up with their own solutions such as the Voodoo Lag Fix which I wrote …

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Sep 27 2010

Microsoft Pegs Back TechNet Licensing

As recently as yesterday, Microsoft has pegged back the number of license keys available for each version of products available in its TechNet subscriptions from ten down to five for TechNet Professional subscriptions and two for TechNet Standard subscriptions without notice. Existing subscribers who have already claimed all of their keys are unaffected but those …

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Sep 26 2010

Apple Peel – Turn Your iPod Touch into a Phone

On my travels across the interwebs, I came across something interesting called the Apple Peel. Basically, it gives the iPod Touch telephony and SMS capabilities but only once the device has undergone the jailbreak process and the appropriate applications have been installed. Bearing in mind that this is still a prototype there are still a …

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Sep 25 2010

Microsoft Allows Small Business Use of Security Essentials

Another quick one for this evening. Microsoft has changed its position on the usage of its Security Essentials software inside small businesses whereby it used to be prohibited under the End User License Agreement. Technically, there was nothing stopping small businesses (or anyone for that matter) from installing the software on a compatible computer, just …

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Sep 24 2010

If You’re Computer Won’t Sleep Then Check Your Drivers

Part and parcel of building your own computer is that you need to look after driver upgrades yourself which can either be part a fun part of the ongoing tweaking process or an absolute pain. It can be particularly annoying when your machine just doesn’t behave the way you intended. For instance, my computer has …

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Sep 23 2010

Web Fonts – Should You Be Excited?

Unless you closely follow the developments of the Google Docs service you would more than likely have missed this update. Previously, Google Docs had a somewhat limited number of fonts from which to choose which could make documentation bland and limited in its professional use depending upon your requirements. Starting today, Google has added six …

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Sep 22 2010

iPhone 4 Owners – Don’t Forget Your Free Case

Another quick one for tonight. For those of you who have either bought an iPhone 4 or are thinking about getting one, don’t forget that you have until Thursday, 30th September to claim your free case. After that, you will need to call up Apple and make your case as to why you should qualify …

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Sep 21 2010

Beware of Cold Calls Regarding Computer Security

These days, it can be hard to tell who are the good guys and who are the bad guys and all it takes is one time to let your guard down and it’s game over. Unknown to a lot of people, there has been a scam going on for a while regarding people posing as …

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Sep 20 2010

Samsung Galaxy S – A Less Hacky Way to Restore the Three Button Modes

Another quick one for the folks with Samsung Galaxy S handsets. A few days ago I wrote about how you could do a registry hack to update the firmware on your Samsung Galaxy S to a Canadian version that specifically fixes the missing download and recovery modes on affected devices. Over on XDA Developers, some …

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