Mar 14 2013
This article in the series of telnet articles will give you some handy commands to use when connected to a POP3 mail server. You would not normally have reason to get at your e-mail in this fashion but it could be handy if there is a huge e-mail in your mailbox that is clogging everything …
Feb 11 2013
In the past, I have written about the woes of international travel when it comes to keeping connected online with many hotels choosing to slug guests heavily for Wi-Fi in rooms with little or no coverage in common areas of the hotel. Yes, I can hear some of you crying that being on holiday should …
Feb 03 2013
For the Windows Phone 8 faithful there have been some key applications missing that might help tip the scales in its favour. Big names such as Instagram are still noticeably absent despite a pledge late last year that an app would arrive. Spotify is very much in the same boat and its tardiness might be …
Jan 28 2013
Here’s a quick tip for those of you trying out IM+ for the first time. IM+ is a great app to sign you into multiple instant messenger services simultaneously with just one piece of software. It’ll connect to Skype. Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo, ICQ and Google Talk to name but a few. However, you may …
Jan 15 2013
A more technical article for today based upon something that I encountered yesterday. The automated reporting software (Business Objects Enterprise XI 3.1) with which I work uses an SMTP server to send reports out via e-mail as attachments. However, this morning a good percentage of the reports failed to go out for now apparent reason. …
Jan 14 2013
Earlier in the week I wrote about the wind up of the Windows Live Messenger service but it appears that there is a bit more to this event. What will happen on 15th March, 2013 is that the Windows Live Messenger client software will be barred from authentication with the service which will force existing users to migrate …
Jan 10 2013
Those of you out there that use Windows Live Messenger should have received an e-mail from Microsoft stating as such but if you’ve missed it then the service will be shutting down on 15th March 2013. That’s a little over two months away so if you rely upon Messenger to keep in touch with people …
Jan 09 2013
If you hadn’t realised, MySpace is still alive and, well umm, let’s just say it’s still alive. Anyway, a few days ago I got something that ended up in my junk mail folder appearing to be from MySpace. So I had a look. The mail looks legitimate enough and it contained an invitation to try …
Jan 04 2013
If you’re using the beta version of Skype for Windows Phone 8 and you’re conscious of preserving battery life you may have been looking for the option to logout of Skype in the various menus. I’ll save you further grief – it’s not there. For whatever reason, you cannot log out of Skype for Windows …
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