The title really says it all but I thought I would share my experience with the Touch Cover and Type Cover for Microsoft Surface. To put it plainly, they are chalk and cheese. You can type far more easily and efficiently with the Type Cover compared to the Touch Cover with a minor increase in …
Category: Technology
Apr 16 2013
TPG IPTV Playlist and Setup Guide
This is mainly to refresh my own memory but thought others might benefit from it. If you are on TPG ADSL2+ and you want it use their IPTV service then you might like to use the channel playlist for VLC player which you can find on this page. You can also find a setup guide …
Apr 15 2013
How to Check for Updates on Windows Phone 8
Here’s a quick tip if you want to force a a check for updates on Windows Phone 8 which can be handy if you have a Nokia handset which tends to receive more firmware updates that handsets from other manufacturers. Anyway, here is how you do it: Hit the Start button, Swipe from right to …
Apr 13 2013
A Kinder, Windows Themed Alarm for Windows Phone
One gripe I have about Windows Phone is that there is only one volume setting which covers general sound volumes, ringtone volumes and headphone volume. This means that if you have the alarm set you might need to adjust your phone volume to suit just so you’re not jolted in the morning by the alarm …
Apr 12 2013
Gaming Successfully with a Mouse
The PC is still a major platform for gaming particularly when it comes to cutting edge graphics afforded by the unrelenting leaps in video card processing power. Whilst top notch graphics can be an important aspect to gaming it would also be fair to say that effortlessly interacting with the environment and prevailing against the …
Apr 11 2013
Disable Programs With High Start-up Impact
Here’s a quick tip for Windows 8 users out there. If you want to help ensure that your computer is always quick out of the blocks you might want to check out what programs impact that ability. This is really simple to do in Windows 8 as follows: Press Alt + Ctrl + Del on …
Apr 10 2013
Paypal Australia Now Accepting American Express
Maybe I missed this a while ago but today I noticed that Paypal Australia is now accepting American Express cards again after removing the ability to add or edit AMEX cards several years ago. That’s really the long and the short of it apart from the fact that it really annoyed me that Paypal refused …
Apr 09 2013
Nokia Music Arrives on Windows 8 and Windows RT
Just a quick note for those into Nokia Music on Windows Phone 8 and also use Windows 8/RT. Nokia has seen fit to release a Nokia Music app for these additional platforms to get some further traction in the music market against the likes of Spotify (who are still yet to release an app for …
Apr 08 2013
Looking Up E-mail Headers in Outlook 2010 or 2013
Here’s a quick tip for Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013 users out there. Love it or hate it, the Office ribbon was a big change from the traditional menus of old which made accessing some functions easier whilst others just seemed to disappear altogether. One such function that seemed to disappear was the ability to …
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