As you may know, I have started to use a Samsung Galaxy S instead of an iPhone and have been going through the process of settings things up and moving across my content. When I got around to setting up my Hotmail accounts I wanted to use the newly available Exchange ActiveSync interface. What I found …
Category: Operating Systems
Sep 03 2010
Samsung Galaxy S – Check For System Recovery Mode Before Flashing!
- By Boydo in Android, Google, Operating Systems, Technology
For some high level information on why the three button modes are missing, click here. To find a solution for the lag problem, click here. For a solution to the missing system recovery mode, click here. Earlier this week I picked up a Samsung Galaxy S as my first foray into Android mobile phones and …
Sep 02 2010
Windows Phone 7 RTMs
- By Boydo in Android, Apple, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Technology, WebOS, Windows Phone 7
Microsoft officially released its new mobile phone operating system (which it called “release to manufacturing” or RTM) today in what marks a potential comeback for the company. For a long time, the Windows Mobile market had stagnated and vendors had to resort to skinning the aging OS to try and make it keep up with …
Aug 31 2010
Samsung Galaxy S Unboxed!
- By Boydo in Android, Google, Operating Systems, Technology, YouTube
Today I was lucky enough to get a new Samsung Galaxy S and I got a chance to do an unboxing video of it so you know what is inside the box if you choose to get one yourself. I am getting to grips with the phone as it is a bit of a change …
Aug 29 2010
Exchange ActiveSync for Hotmail Almost Upon Us
- By Boydo in Android, Apple, Email, Google, IMAP, iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mail, Operating Systems, POP3, Technology
Smartphone users may have been frustrated by the inability to access their Hotmail accounts using POP3 whilst other services such as Gmail and Yahoo have allowed the use of IMAP and, in the case of Gmail, the use of Exchange ActiveSync technology to synchronise your mail, contacts and calendar and enable the use for push …
Aug 25 2010
Microsoft Security Essentials 2.0 Beta Available
- By Boydo in Anti-malware, Antivirus, Firewall, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Security, Technology, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP
Just a quick update for this evening. In news that might have slipped under the radar, Microsoft has released a beta version of its popular Microsoft Security Essentials software. This version of the software sports a few new features but also keeps down the bloat which is great for low end computers like netbooks. New …
Aug 18 2010
Windows Home Server V2 Beta Available
- By Boydo in Apple, Flash, Hard Drive, Interfaces, Macintosh, MacOS, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Storage, Technology, USB, Windows Home Server
Just a quick one this evening. For those of you who are interested, Windows Home Server “Vail” (for home or home office use) and “Aurora” (for small business use) have been released on Microsoft Connect. What has really got me excited are some of the new features, specifically: the ability to natively backup MacOS X …
Aug 17 2010
Audit Your Computer Security with Secunia Personal Software Inspector
- By Boydo in Auditing, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Security
With software exploits coming out of the woodwork all the time it’s probably a safe bet that most people would find it difficult to keep track of what software is out of date and what is vulnerable on their computers. Windows does a fairly good job of looking after itself but other pieces of software …
Aug 15 2010
Internet Explorer 9 Beta – Coming Soon
- By Boydo in Browsers, HTML5, Internet Explorer, JavaScript, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Programming Languages, Technology, Windows 7, Windows Vista, XML
For those that regularly follow this blog, you will be aware that Microsoft is currently developing Internet Explorer 9 and has released a total of four “platform previews” to show the nerds and developers amongst us the progress made. Microsoft have been on a pretty tight schedule and have released a new preview once every …
Aug 13 2010
Desktop Operating Systems Don’t Belong on Tablets
- By Boydo in Android, Apple, iPad, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Technology, WebOS, Windows Phone 7
Another quick one for tonight. Over the last decade and a bit, we have seen Microsoft attempt to get the tablet form factor to be a success in the marketplace but a Windows tablet just didn’t get any legs. I believe this is due to three reasons: Computing power at the time was insufficient for …
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