Here’s a quick tip for Android users out there. This slipped under my radar but last month Google released an Android app to use with its Google Docs service. The layout is fairly simple and you can get at your documents with a simple tap or you can get at your starred documents in a …
Category: Operating Systems
Jun 20 2011
Use Google Docs on Your Android Device
- By Boydo in Android, Docs, Google, Operating Systems, Technology
Jun 19 2011
Google Music – An Unexpected Invitation
- By Boydo in Android, Apple, Browsers, Chrome, Firefox, Google, iPad, iTunes, Music, Operating Systems, Technology
After I criticised Google for making it difficult for us folks outside of the USA to get into the beta of its new music streaming service I received an invitation to join the Google Music beta. I had also tried the client software on my phone which didn’t go very far even when I was …
Jun 15 2011
Restore Missing Toggles in MIUI for Android
- By Boydo in Android, Operating Systems, Technology
On the weekend, I upgraded the version of MIUI on my Samsung Galaxy S to Version 6.13.1 from an earlier version and noticed that the fantastic toggle drawer had disappearing leaving something that closely resembled the standard Android drawer and toggles. New MIUI Default Toggle Screen For me, this was a bit of a …
Jun 14 2011
Rosetta Support Disappearing in Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion)
- By Boydo in Apple, CPU, Intel, Macintosh, MacOS, Operating Systems, Processors, Technology
Just a heads up for those Mac OS X users out there that may be using older applications from the PowerPC days (so those G3 and G4 CPUs that powered the Powerbooks and other Apple machines of that generation) – Rosetta support is being removed from the upcoming Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion) operating system. …
Jun 13 2011
Learn More About Command Line Applications
- By Boydo in Microsoft, Operating Systems, Technology
These days, most people won’t have much reason to fall back to a command line in Windows given that most functions have a corresponding graphical interface. However, for more serious things like network diagnostics (like ping, traceroute, pathping, nslookup etc) there is often no avoiding the command line window. Anyway, one tip that I always …
Jun 12 2011
Snap Your Applications into Place in Windows 7
- By Boydo in Microsoft, Operating Systems, Technology, Windows 7
Last year I covered a stack of keyboard shortcuts for Windows including some specific to Windows 7. I covered the keyboard shortcuts for snapping windows the the left or right half of the screen 9and hopefully that has come in handy for you). In true form, Microsoft provides another way to do the same thing …
Jun 08 2011
Recover Heavily Infected Computers with Microsoft Standaline System Sweeper
Here’s a quick tip for tonight. Microsoft has quietly developed a tool for use in situations where a computer just won’t start due to the number and/or severity of infections riddling it. Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper (MSSS) is not a replacement for a traditional antivirus which is designed continuously in the background checking for nasty …
Jun 07 2011
Fix Crashes with Half-Life 2 Games
- By Boydo in Gaming, MacOS, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Technology
As a bit of a gamer and someone that fancies Half-Life 2 and Team Fortress 2 it really got me annoyed when I couldn’t play them after a recent update to Steam or one of the games themselves (my hunch is the recent Saxxy Award update for TF2). What I did find was that reducing …
Jun 03 2011
ARM CPUs and Windows 8 – What Does it Mean?
- By Boydo in Android, CPU, Intel, iOS, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Processors, Technology, Windows 95, Windows Mobile, Windows Phone 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP
It’s no secret now that Windows 8 is going to be compatible with ARM CPUs. This is an interesting move as the general belief in the technical ranks was that Microsoft would scale up Windows Phone to the tablet form factor rather than have another tilt at shoehorning its desktop operating system into low powered …
Jun 01 2011
Video Calling in Android 2.3.4… When You Can Get It
- By Boydo in Android, Apple, Connectivity, Google, iPhone, Mobile, Operating Systems, Skype, Technology, VoIP, Wi-Fi, Wireless
Here’s a potential incentive to upgrade to the latest and greatest version of Android on your handset (manufacturer or third party ROM availability permitting of course). Whilst video calling isn’t a new invention by any means with many first generation 3G phones offering choppy (and expensive) video calling we are starting to see it make …
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