Category: Operating Systems

Sep 28 2010

Samsung Galaxy S – Where’s the GPS Fix?

By Boydo in Android, Apple, Connectivity, Facebook, Google, GPS, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Location Services, Maps, Mobile, Operating Systems, Social Networking, Technology, Wi-Fi, Wireless

Samsung have had no shortage of heat with regards to its flagship Android phone over the last few months. Issues with the lag attributed to their proprietary file system (RFS) have been an ongoing problem prompting the user community to come up with their own solutions such as the Voodoo Lag Fix which I wrote …

3G, 6110, A-GPS, Broadcom, CPU, Facebook, Galaxy S, GPS, Nokia, recovery, RFS, Samsung, satellite, Skyhook, TomTom, Voodoo, XDA Developers
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Sep 27 2010

Microsoft Pegs Back TechNet Licensing

By Boydo in Microsoft, Operating Systems, Technology, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP

As recently as yesterday, Microsoft has pegged back the number of license keys available for each version of products available in its TechNet subscriptions from ten down to five for TechNet Professional subscriptions and two for TechNet Standard subscriptions without notice. Existing subscribers who have already claimed all of their keys are unaffected but those …

Sep 24 2010

If You’re Computer Won’t Sleep Then Check Your Drivers

By Boydo in Display, GPU, Imaging, Operating Systems, Power, Processors, Technology

Part and parcel of building your own computer is that you need to look after driver upgrades yourself which can either be part a fun part of the ongoing tweaking process or an absolute pain. It can be particularly annoying when your machine just doesn’t behave the way you intended. For instance, my computer has …

drivers, operating system, Power, sleep, standby, video card
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Sep 20 2010

Samsung Galaxy S – A Less Hacky Way to Restore the Three Button Modes

By Boydo in Android, Operating Systems, Technology

Another quick one for the folks with Samsung Galaxy S handsets. A few days ago I wrote about how you could do a registry hack to update the firmware on your Samsung Galaxy S to a Canadian version that specifically fixes the missing download and recovery modes on affected devices. Over on XDA Developers, some …

Android, download, Froyo, Galaxy S, GPS, Odin, recovery, Samsung, SDK, XDA
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Sep 17 2010

Samsung Galaxy S – Reclaim the Missing Three Button Modes

By Boydo in Android, Operating Systems, Technology

No doubt if you have been following this blog you would have been aware of my problems with the missing recovery and download modes (AKA three button modes or three button combinations). Thankfully, Samsung Canada released a solution today which users of the international version of the Samsung Galaxy S (model number GT-I9000) can utilise. …

Android, bootloader, firmware, Galaxy S, Kies, Odin, registry, Smasung, system recovery
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Sep 16 2010

Internet Explorer 9 – Beta Released Today

By Boydo in Browsers, Internet Explorer, JavaScript, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Programming Languages, Technology, Windows 7, Windows Vista

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Another short one for this evening. It’s been plastered on all the major news websites so you would have to have been blind to have missed it. The beta release of Internet Explorer 9 has been released today with much fanfare from Microsoft. I have to say that its performance so far has been fairly …

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Sep 15 2010

Voodoo Lag Fix for Samsung Galaxy S

By Boydo in Android, Flash, Operating Systems, Storage, Technology

Another quick one for this evening. The stock installation on the Samsung Galaxy S does suffer from lag and there have been a number of fixes that have gone some way to treat the symptoms but not the cause of the problem. Having said that, solutions such as “one click lag fix” in the Google …

EXT2, EXT4, FAT, file system, Galaxy S, lag fix, NAND, RFS, Samsung, Voodoo
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Sep 12 2010

Windows 7 Family Pack – Windows on the Cheap

By Boydo in Microsoft, Operating Systems, Technology, Windows 7

Let’s face it, most households these days just don’t have just the one computer. With computer becoming a vital part of primary, secondary and tertiary education as well as business and household operations. It’s also expensive to keep computers maintained with the latest hardware and software so it’s important to keep your eyes peeled for …

32-bit, 64-bit, Family Pack, Microsoft, Windows 7
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Sep 11 2010

Microsoft Too Cocky Over Windows Phone 7?

By Boydo in Apple, iPhone, Microsoft, Technology, Windows Mobile, Windows Phone 7

This would have gone under the radar in mainstream news today Microsoft employees marched through the Redmond campus with two hearses – one for iPhone and the other for BlackBerry. You can read more about it at Neowin where you can see a collection of photos from the event (as well as their own version …

Apple, Blackberry, Hewlett Packard, HP, HTC, iPhone, Microsoft, RIM, Samsing, Sony, Windows Mobile, Windows Phone 7
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Sep 10 2010

Samsung Galaxy S – Why Download and Recovery Modes Are Missing

By Boydo in Android, Interfaces, Linux, Operating Systems, Technology, USB

I’ve had some time on my hands the last couple of days due to the flu so I thought I would put some of that time toward working out why the download and recovery modes are seemingly disabled in some Samsung Galaxy S units around the globe. It’s been established that the download and recovery …

Android, download, Galaxy S, JTAG, Linux, NVRAM, PBL, recovery, Samsung, SBL, SDK, USB, XDA Developers
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