Jul 23 2013
I am the absolute first to admit that I am not a bookworm. I am very picky about the books that I will read and usually they have some sort of a technology or mathematical angle to them. If the subject matter doesn’t really fit into my interests I can find it hard to stay …
Jul 21 2013
These days, when you’re browsing websites there can be a stack of cookies being downloaded to your computer by ad tracking sites in order to serve up targeted advertisements. Social network applets, whilst they can make it really convenient to share content with friends and see what friends have liked. can also do the same …
Jul 20 2013
If you read a lot of articles at SMH then you may find that you’ve already hit the limit of thirty free articles per month before being stopped and forced to sign up and pay in order to read more articles. No doubt, news organisations are having to find ways to monetise their business as …
Jul 19 2013
iTunes can certainly present a challenge when syncing content to your iPod but can be unforgiving if you need to get content off an iPod which has not been associated with a given computer. Most people would give up thinking their music is unable to be retrieved and proceed to wipe their iPod and start …
Jul 18 2013
Just a quick note. If you’ve signed up to a Microsoft TechNet subscription or were looking to signup you may no doubt be disappointed by the recent news of its phased cancellation leaving the only real alternative to be rather expensive MSDN subscriptions. This is hardly ideal for anyone other than developers associated with larger …
Jul 17 2013
If you’re like me and you forget to recharge your Fitbit you might need something to jog the old memory. Whilst the Android app does give you a reminder when the battery is getting a bit low it doesn’t help me too much given that my Android tablet plays second fiddle to my Windows Phone …
Jul 16 2013
Another quick update. I had an unexpected acquisition last week when Samsung visited my workplace and, to cut a long story short, I managed to score myself a Samsung Galaxy Express in a competition. It’s not from the top shelf of the Galaxy range where you would find the Galaxy S4 and the Galaxy Note …
Jul 14 2013
Here’s a quick tip. I’m a big fan of paperless billing but one thing it did disrupt was my filing system where I would put bills in order on my desk and pay them as they fell due. Since these were in my e-mail (and printing them out sort of defeated the purposed of going …
Jul 13 2013
These days we hear “cloud services” bandied around as the next big thing and there is no doubting their convenience in terms of accessibility and pricing (often free). However, there may not be much consideration given to the security of such services particularly if they are located in another country where you may have few …
Jul 11 2013
Here’s a quick tip if you happen to use remote desktop. If you’ve got a monitor of particularly high resolution (such as 2560 x 1440 in the case of my monitor at work) then modern desktop or laptop computers should have little problem driving the pixels necessary to make it work properly. However, if you …
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