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 …
Category: Microsoft
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 …
Mar 19 2013
Package Tracker for Windows Phone 8, Windows 8 and Windows RT
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 …
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 …
Mar 17 2013
Enabling Flight Mode in Windows RT
Here’s another quick tip for Microsoft Surface or Windows RT tablet owners out there. When you hop on a plane for travel you’ll need to turn off all of the various wireless interfaces (i.e. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and cellular if you’re lucky to have that built in). Fortunately. there is a one stop shop to turn …
Mar 16 2013
KB2768349 Breaks Connectivity Between Office 2013 and SharePoint Hosted on Office 365
Update 19/03/2013: Microsoft are currently working to resolve this issue. Just sharing this as an observation noted on the Office 365 forums. I installed a raft of updates on my Surface RT recently after the March 2013 patches came through and over the last couple of days I have been unsuccessful in connecting to my …
Mar 11 2013
How to Install Telnet on Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8
I am going old school for a bit but hopefully this article and a future article on how to deal with mail on a mail server via telnet could come in handy. Anyway, on more recent versions of Windows (from Vista onwards) this isn’t included by default. Fortunately, you can install it quite easily as follows: …
Mar 10 2013
Strange App Names When Updating Windows Phone 8 Apps
On occasion, you may notice some strange app names when updating apps under Windows Phone 8 and they may look start with the following and appear at the top of the list: @C:\Data\Programs\{ I guess for me this was interesting as it does demonstrate that there is a Windows 8 derivative under the hood judging …
Mar 08 2013
How to Keep a Microsoft Surface Awake When Connected to Power
The Microsoft Surface attempts to offer both a tablet and laptop experience and, at least in my experience so far, it seems to fit the bill (how well is up for debate). However, if you are using the Surface more as a laptop you might become a bit annoyed with the aggressive power saving profile …
Mar 07 2013
Multitasking on Windows Phone
A short and sharp tip for today. For a while now, Windows Phone has been capable of a form of multitasking allowing you to switching between applications without losing the state of an app. Apps had to be written to support this feature properly but most popular apps will have this baked in for Windows …
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