Even after the launch of Windows 8 for MSDN and TechNet members the complaints about the Start Screen still persist along with calls for the Start Menu of old to return for better or for worse. We’re still seeing various pieces of software coming out to mimic the functionality or presence of the old Start …
Category: Technology
Aug 29 2012
Attempts to Download Office 2013 Preview Send You to Bing
Here’s a quick tip for those of you attempting to download the Office 2013 Preview here. Normally, when you click the “Try” button and then click on the country in which you live (in my case, Australia) it should download the Office 2013 Preview installer. However, when I have tried that over the last few …
Aug 28 2012
Flash Hanging Google Chrome
After moving to Windows 8, I reinstalled Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox alongside Internet Explorer. However, a week after getting Windows 8 up and running I found that Chrome would freeze whenever Flash content was present on a page (which is still quite often). The source of the problem was clear but the solution had …
Aug 27 2012
Second Generation Toyota Prius – Interrupted Rear View Camera Viewing
Despite owning a second generation Toyota Prius for nearly four years now I’ve not experienced this issue until this week. When you put a Prius into reverse gear the touch screen automatically switches to the rear view camera. This has always worked well for me however when a phone call comes in and your phone …
Aug 26 2012
Play Nintendo DS Games at Native Resolution on the 3DS
Here’s a quick tip. The Nintendo 3DS and 3dS XL are compatible with nearly all Nintendo DS games however one drawback is that the graphics are stretched to fill the higher resolution screens on these later consoles. This can make the graphics look a little distorted or grainy. Anyway, if you want to play a …
Aug 25 2012
Nintendo 3DS XL Unboxing and Preview
The larger sibling to the original Nintendo 3DS just hit the shelves yesterday and I just couldn’t help myself from getting one. However, that left me in a situation where I would have two 3DS consoles when I really only needed one so I decided to trade in my original Nintendo 3DS to take care …
Aug 24 2012
Samsung Galaxy S III, Recharging and Microphone Problems
By no means have I proven this to be a hard and fast issue but I have encountered this a few times now. I have noticed on occasion that when I have the phone recharging and a phone call comes in that the person on the phone has trouble hearing me until I disconnect the …
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