Nov 26 2012
After you get your shiny, new Wiindows Phone 8 handset one of the first things you should do is enabled the ability to track it down should it ever become lost or stolen. For whatever reason, this is not enabled by default so here is how you do it. Tap the Window key to get …
Nov 25 2012
As promised, here is the unboxing video for Nokia’s flagship Windows Phone 8 handset – the Lumia 920! Nokia is betting big on Windows Phone. While Nokia seems to have navigated the potential disaster of original Windows Phone 7 devices ultimately being stranded on Windows Phone 7.8 with some incremental updates the refinements incorporated into …
Nov 24 2012
… the Nokia Lumia 920 🙂 I shortlisted three flagship Windows Phone 8 handsets as a potential new smartphone given my recent acquisition of a Microsoft Surface tablet and using Windows 8 on my desktop computer at home. For the record, there was nothing wrong with my Samsung Galaxy S III (which is going to one …
Nov 23 2012
Just a short and sharp update for today 🙂 I’ve updated the Insider Guru blogs page with my latest article for Panasonic Australia after a small break. I share my experiences with our new fridge and cover off some of the key aspects that I reckon regular people would think about when choosing a new …
Nov 22 2012
I thought I would add my voice to the chorus of those concerned about audio stuttering in Windows RT particularly on the Microsoft Surface. I stock up on video podcasts during the week and I have noticed that audio stuttering and choppy video playback when using various apps including the Microsoft video app. This becomes …
Nov 21 2012
At work, I am attempting to scrape a table off an intranet webpage so that I can import its contents into Microsoft SQL Server so I can obtain more frequent updates for a small but critical subset of data that I would normally only receive once a day. Using this information I would also be …
Nov 20 2012
With the approaching release of Windows 8 and Windows RT for tablets, Microsoft is upping the ante with its newly rebranded Xbox Music service (formerly known as Zune) to try and get a slice of the music market and really go toe to toe with the likes of Apple’s iTunes and other big names such …
Nov 19 2012
It’s been known for a little while that Microsoft is planning to lay Windows Live Messenger to rest in favour of Skype. Microsoft has already made the first step by allowing Skype to merge account information with Messenger and also Facebook (which has been available for a while now). Of course, there may be early …
Nov 18 2012
For whatever reason, you may want to enable Bitlocker on the internal drives on one or more computers to prevent others from getting access to your data should they attempt to read those drives on other computers. This isn’t such a bad idea if you use a laptop for business use. However, once you kick …
Nov 17 2012
Another quick Windows RT tip. There are a couple ways to close an app on Microsoft Surface or other tablets with some being more convenient than others depending upon which mode the tablet is in. Choice is good as some people will find some methods easier or more natural than others. So, here are your …
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