Category: Operating Systems

Oct 26 2011

Recover Speed on Slow iOS Devices

Checking iOS Device Space Utilisation in iTunes

It seems that with each iOS update older devices can get a bit slower in having to support new features on existing hardware. Unfortunately, you just can’t crack open your device and add more memory or swap out the CPU for something more powerful. That said, there can be other causes of poor performance on …

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Oct 23 2011

Reset a Windows Phone Device to Factory Default

Here’s a tip for the Windows Phone users out there. There are two ways to reset your phone to factory default, one through the operating system itself and another with a button combination when you start up the phone. This might be handy if you are going to sell your phone and want to quickly …

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Oct 22 2011

eBook Pick – In The Plex: How Google Thinks, Works and Shapes Our Lives

This is my second eBook pick courtesy of my Kindle DX and sheds some light on the internal operations of Google covering things from its genesis in a university right through to significant products such as Google Mail, Android and, of course, search. “In The Plex” was written by Steven Levy who also wrote Hackers, …

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Oct 19 2011

Deleting Files and Folders with Very Long Path Names

Here’s a quick tip for tonight. On the rare occasion, you might create a file that has a combined folder and filename path that is too long for the file system to address. In these situations, when you attempt to delete such files you’ll get errors stating that the filename is too long without any …

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Oct 18 2011

Samsung “Now” App Update Broken on Windows Phone

I thought I would write about this after my experience over the last few days after resetting my Samsung Omnia 7 on the weekend. After getting my phone back up and running there appeared to be an update for the “Now” app on the phone. This app is specific to Samsung Windows Phone devices and …

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Oct 13 2011

Fix iOS 5 Upgrade and Error 1303 (Error -1303)

Well, I decided to upgrade my original iPad to iOS 5 this evening and received “Error -1303” (or “Error 1303” to help the search engines find it more easily) three times. I was offered the option to proceed without backing up my device but I didn’t think that was a good option. I ran another …

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Oct 12 2011

The Samsung Popup Shop – Feisty or Foolish?

Yesterday, I wrote about the Samsung Music Hub which could be checked out at a popup shop in George Street in Sydney. Today, the general media have covered the fact that this popup shop was also offering ten Samasung Galaxy S II handsets per day until the end of the week for two dollars each. …

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Oct 11 2011

Samsung Unveils its Music Hub Subscription Service

It looks like Aussies will start to get more of a taste of subscription music to go head to head with Sony’s offering, Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity. This comes in the absence of an offering from Microsoft and its Zune service and Google preventing people from outside the USA from signing up to its …

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Oct 10 2011

Access Non-Standard Keyboard Characters on Windows Phone

Here’s a quick tip for Windows Phone users tonight. Similar to my tip for getting access to non-standard characters in Mac OS X 10.7 sometimes you want to access those special accented characters or other symbols (like the copyright symbol) on occasion. On Windows Phone, all you need to do is hold down a key on …

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Oct 07 2011

Find Out About Daylight Saving Time Changes in Windows

System Time Settings

Here’s a quick tip for tonight. If you like in a part of the world which observes daylights saving (which I personally find annoying) you can easily find out what happened or what will happen with regard to the system clock (whichever is closest). Under Windows Vista and Windows 7 all you need to do …

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