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!

Most commented posts

  1. How to Find a Missing Fitbit — 241 comments
  2. Fitbit Aria Wi-Fi Smart Scale and the Cold — 88 comments
  3. How to Fix Windows Activation Error 0x80072F8F — 71 comments
  4. Why is GainSpan on my Wi-Fi Network? — 54 comments
  5. There Was a Problem Installing Mac OS X (Lion) — 48 comments

Author's posts

Mar 27 2013

Running a Bitcoin Client Whilst Gaming

This might be an obscure combination but thought I’d share it anyway. If you happen to use a Bitcoin client for sending and receiving payments in this digital currency you might find that it can affect your ability to play online games that heavily rely on low ping times. The Bitcoin client maintains numerous network …

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Mar 26 2013

Free Windows 8 Tablet Avatar Prop – US Only

Weird Purchase Confirmation Screen

A quick tip for those into obtaining props for their Xbox avatars. If you fancy getting a Microsoft Surface looking prop for your avatar and you live in the USA then you might want to head on over here to collect your free prop. It is a bit odd that it is not available to …

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Mar 25 2013

Digital Radio – More Music, Less Chatter

Digital Audio Broadcasting or DAB/DAB+ is still attempting to get a foothold and supplant traditional analogue radio but here is something worth knowing if you love your music and prefer less of the inane chatter. It seems that at least some of the digital audio stations that are currently broadcasting are for the most part …

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Mar 24 2013

Live Video Streaming from Windows RT Tablets

Whilst some people may prefer the one-on-one style of video interaction often associated with Skype and similar apps there are others who like to broadcast live video. You may think you require a dedicated video camera with internet connectivity to stream live video over the internet but it is surprisingly simple. In many instances, you …

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Mar 23 2013

Free Pandora Finally Comes to Windows Phone 8

Just a quick update. It looks like that Pandora app has appeared in the last twenty four hours and with it comes free streaming music for Windows Phone 8 users in USA, Australia and Canada. Mind you, the standard free service is ad-supported but not so for Windows Phone 8 for the remainder of 2013. I’ll be …

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Mar 22 2013

Using Wi-Fi on Intial Boot with Raspbmc for Raspberry Pi

You might think that when setting up Raspbmc for the first time on a Raspberry Pi that you would be restricted to using a cabled Ethernet connection to kick off the initial setup. This could be problematic if your Raspberry Pi is located far from an Ethernet socket or you simply don’t have any cabled …

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Mar 21 2013

Fitbit – My Experience Two Years On

This review has been over two years in the making since I received it back in December 2010 just before Christmas as part of providing some motivation to get myself back into shape. At the time, the only way to get at Fitbit was to get it mail forwarded from the USA but these days …

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Mar 20 2013

XBMC Remote Solutions

Well, it looks like Raspbmc is a winner at home and it interfaces just fine with our home server with the convenience of being controlled through our standard television remote over HDMI. Once setup it is a cinch to navigate and get your favorite content going on the big screen. However, we only have one television remote …

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Mar 19 2013

Package Tracker for Windows Phone 8, Windows 8 and Windows RT

Nokia Lumia 920 with Microsoft Surface

Some of us receive more packages than others and for those that do then you probably like to know where they are whilst in transit. There are numerous apps for iOS and Android but I have found one that works really well across Windows Phone 8, Windows 8 and Windows RT. It’s called Package Tracker funnily …

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Mar 18 2013

Flash Enabled Now Enabled by Default on Windows RT

As part of the March patch Tuesday update for Windows RT, Microsoft has seen fit to change the way Flash works on tablets. Originally, Flash would only work on websites prescribed by a whitelist controlled by Microsoft unless you patched that functionality and managed the whitelist yourself. However, with the change from Microsoft it seems …

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