It’s been a while since I have done any formal study after graduating last year from university with my Masters of Science in Information Technology but it’s time to start reactivating the old grey matter. This time around, I am focusing upon something that I covered in Information and Communication Technology Processes (ZITE8144 at UNSW@ADFA), …
Aug 16 2013
Dealing with the End of Car Registration Stickers
Well, the registration on the Prius is due for renewal in roughly a month and the process itself isn’t very difficult to complete particularly for vehicles under four years old as there is no need for a pink slip. However, at the start of this year the humble registration sticker was abolished by the NSW …
Aug 15 2013
Handling NTLM Proxies on Android Without Rooting
This might be a bit of a bugbear if you’ve tried using your Android tablet on the Wi-Fi at work only to find that the corporate proxy server uses NTLM (NT LAN Manager) authentication instead of basic or plain text authentication. Android doesn’t have native support for NTLM authentication for proxy server which means that …
Aug 14 2013
Trying Out 64-Bit Firefox
For those that aren’t aware, there is a 64-bit version of Firefox lurking in the nightly builds of the browser which you can grab over here if you’re feeling adventurous. I say that because the nightly builds are usually for testing purposes only and may have numerous bugs and other issues and cannot be expected …
Aug 13 2013
My Printouts are Terrible!
If you’ve owned a printer at home then you may have faced frustrations with poor quality printouts at one point down the line. Printers are awesome when they work properly with great quality documents and photos appearing almost magically in the tray. What happens when that magic seems to go astray? There are a couple …
Aug 12 2013
A Raft of Windows 8 Bing Apps Arrive on Windows Phone 8
If you’ve used Windows 8 you might have noticed that it comes with a few bundled apps including four Bing apps: Bing Finance, Bing News, Bing Sport, and Bing Weather. These apps are pretty slick and set the bar high for other Metro apps in terms of interface and quality. Anyway, the team that brought …
Aug 11 2013
Keep Your E-mail Address Private
Not too long ago I wrote about DoNotTrackMe from Abine which blocks all sorts of tracking cookies from being accepted by your web browser. It’s a good way to stop targeted advertising as well as companies building up a profile on your browsing habits. However, it can be just as bad when you have to …
Aug 10 2013
SkyDrive Pro is Not SkyDrive
If you’re an Office 365 user on the Small Business plan or higher then you may have noticed that you get access to something called SkyDrive Pro – when using the web interface it is listed as SkyDrive which may lead you to think that SkyDrive Pro and SkyDrive are related or perhaps the same …
Aug 09 2013
Check Sydney Roads for Upcoming Road Closures
With the City2Surf coming up this weekend you might like to check the various road closures from the CBD out to Bondi just so you don’t get caught up in any traffic jams along the way. Planning ahead is always a great idea during such events as you can allow for extra time and map …
Aug 08 2013
Windows Phone 8 Book by Paul Thurrott
I am somewhat agnostic to the mobile operating systems I use on smartphones and tablets in that I can pick up any of the mainstream platforms and start using them fairly quickly. That said, I do hold Windows Phone and Android in favour over iOS but they they all have their strengths which align better …
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