Category: Technology

Samsung Unveils its Music Hub Subscription Service

It looks like Aussies will start to get more of a taste of subscription music to go head to head with Sony’s offering, Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity. This comes in the absence of an offering from Microsoft and its Zune service and Google preventing people from outside the USA from signing up to its …

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Access Non-Standard Keyboard Characters on Windows Phone

Here’s a quick tip for Windows Phone users tonight. Similar to my tip for getting access to non-standard characters in Mac OS X 10.7 sometimes you want to access those special accented characters or other symbols (like the copyright symbol) on occasion. On Windows Phone, all you need to do is hold down a key on …

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Post and Comment Translation Coming to Facebook

In what might seem a blow to Google, Microsoft and its Bing search engine will get a leg up with Facebook integration in the form of post and comment translation abilities. In a nutshell, if you come across a comment that is in a language other than your selected Facebook language then a “translate” button …

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Door to Door Sales in a Digital World

It might seem a bit odd that companies still employ the use of door to door salespeople  in an age where people can research and purchase a wide range of goods and services online without actually having to speak to anyone. However, if you do need to speak to someone you can do that online …

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Find Out About Daylight Saving Time Changes in Windows

System Time Settings

Here’s a quick tip for tonight. If you like in a part of the world which observes daylights saving (which I personally find annoying) you can easily find out what happened or what will happen with regard to the system clock (whichever is closest). Under Windows Vista and Windows 7 all you need to do …

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Farewell Steve Jobs

Boing Boing Tribute @ boingboing.net

It should come as no news that Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, died today just one day after the iPhone 4S was announced at Apple HQ in Cupertino. Love him or hate him, he made a profound impact upon the world of technology with things such as: the iPod and the major push into digital …

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Incoming Gadget – Current Cost EnviR Power Monitor

Just a heads up that there is a new gadget on its way to help keep tabs on the electricity usage in the home. It will require professional installation by an electrician so that might slow down how quickly I can get it up and running. I’ve also purchased an additional cable to connect the …

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Opt Out Confirmation for the White Pages

Confirmation Card (Back)

Last year I wrote an article on how to opt out of receiving paper telephone directories and I thought I would write a follow up on how the confirmation of that opt out process works. You should have received a card advising that the folks dropping off the phone directories were in the area but …

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Panasonic 803 Series Premium DECT Cordless Phone

Panasonic 803 Series Premium DECT Cordless Phone

Last time, I covered the Panasonic washing machine that was shown off at the recent Panasonic home appliance launch last week. Today, I am going to cover off the new cordless phone that will be added to the existing lineup. Granted, these days landline telephony might be viewed more as a legacy service compared to …

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Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) and Internet Sharing

I guess one of the big features that Windows Phone users have been hanging out for is a friendlier solution for internet sharing. Since the initial release, you could make it work by dialling a string of numbers into the phone and manually assigning the APN but it was hardly an elegant and easily invoked …

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