Category: Microsoft

Sep 29 2011

Why I Reckon There Will Never Be a Facebook Phone

I have been sitting on this one for a while to allow appropriate time for stewing but I think it’s about time for it to come out out of the oven. I don’t think we’ll ever see a Facebook phone. There has been recurring speculation in the media about a Facebook phone and while Mark …

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Sep 25 2011

Automate Removal of Mac Double Files on Windows

Well, I haven’t found a way for Mac OS X Lion to clean up its double files (i.e. the ._ files that are created when actual files are created on a Windows share) so I have decided to tackle it from the Windows side. On my Windows Home Server 2011 box I have written a …

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Sep 22 2011

Mango for Windows Phone Coming in the Next Fortnight

Well, here’s some good news for the Windows Phone users out there – Mango is set to start rolling out in the next couple of weeks. In a blog by Eric Hautala it has been announced that the latest update for Microsoft’s latest mobile OS will soon be upon us. If you are keen to follow …

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Sep 18 2011

Installing Windows 8 Developer Preview in VirtualBox

Windows Install - Step 04 (Logon)

Yesterday, I took you through how to prepare VirtualBox for your installation of the Windows 8 Developer Preview so today will look at the actual installation process. To kick things off, you need to configure the Windows installation image as a bootable disc in the VM. In order to do so, you need to click on “Settings” …

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Sep 17 2011

Setup VirtualBox for Windows 8

Created VM

As promised, I’m going to take you through how to configure a VM in VirtualBox to get the developer preview of Windows 8 up and running. The first thing you need to do after opening Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager is click on the “New” button which kicks of the “New Virtual Machine Wizard”. The first …

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Sep 16 2011

Virtual Machine Software on the Cheap

Given how keen I am to try out the Windows 8 preview that I touched on in yesterday’s blog entry I had to find suitable and compatible virtual machine (or VM for short) as the platform for my testing. I didn’t want to go through the process of creating a new partition on my computer …

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Sep 14 2011

Windows 8 Preview Released

I’ll keep this short and sweet but the developer preview of Windows 8 has been released (and you can download the various versions here if you are interested). It sports the brand new tile-based “Metro” interface that has been inspired from Windows Phone with the aim of being more touch friendly than a traditional Windows …

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Sep 11 2011

Unlimited Photos and Documents for Windows Live SkyDrive

Here’s a quick update for those users of SkyDrive out there (and that includes you too Windows Phone folk). It seems that Microsoft will be uncapping the allowed storage for photos and documents for its SkyDrive cloud storage service. This could be seen as a form of response to Apple’s forthcoming iCloud service (which uses …

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Sep 09 2011

AVG for Windows Phone 7 is a Farce

There’s not much in the way of security software on Windows Phone 7 partially because the operating system already does a good job sandboxing third party app. However, AVG released a scanner this week for Windows Phone 7 which sought to fill a perceived gap in virus security for the platform. Unfortunately, it seems like …

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Sep 04 2011

Restore a Missing Local Scout Tile in Windows Phone 7

A new feature in Windows Phone 7 Mango is “Local Scout” which is a location based service powered by Bing. Think of it of something like a mashup of Urban Spoon and Google Maps allowing you to find local eateries, shops and landmarks. Depending how your phone is configured when Mango is installed you may …

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