Unthaw Frozen Mac OS X Lion With an Automatic Reboot

Here’s another quick Mac OS X Lion tip. Sometimes, you can be left staring at the spinning beach ball on your screen completely uncertain as to whether or not you will ever get control of your Mac (often called the “spinning beach ball of death”). Sometimes it will come good but other times it won’t …

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“About This Mac” Just Got Friendlier

Here’s another tidbit of information about Mac OS X Lion. If you are unaware, the “About This Mac” screen has been refreshed to be a bit more user friendly compared to versions of Mac OS X prior to Lion First up is the “Overview” screen which looks a bit cleaner and even includes a picture …

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Unlimited Photos and Documents for Windows Live SkyDrive

Here’s a quick update for those users of SkyDrive out there (and that includes you too Windows Phone folk). It seems that Microsoft will be uncapping the allowed storage for photos and documents for its SkyDrive cloud storage service. This could be seen as a form of response to Apple’s forthcoming iCloud service (which uses …

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Extra Spotlight Search Capabilities in Mac OS X Lion

Here’s a quick tip for the Mac OS X users out there who have migrated to 10.7 (Lion). Spotlight has been a while for a while courtesy of the little magnifying glass icon up the top right-hand corner of the screen. Traditionally, you’ve been able to search for applications, documents, folders, messages and other local …

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AVG for Windows Phone 7 is a Farce

There’s not much in the way of security software on Windows Phone 7 partially because the operating system already does a good job sandboxing third party app. However, AVG released a scanner this week for Windows Phone 7 which sought to fill a perceived gap in virus security for the platform. Unfortunately, it seems like …

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How to Guide – Redeeming Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console Games

Okay, so this is the second “how to” guide on the blog and perhaps something handy for early adopters of the Nintendo 3DS who have been looked after by Nintendo after the $100 price drop in Australia (and similar drops around the world). As promised, Nintendo has released a number of Virtual Console titles for …

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Boydo Becomes a Panasonic Insider Guru

Here’s a bit of news that I have been sitting on for a few weeks that I can now finally share with the world. I have been involved with the Panasonic Insider Crew since late last year and my membership application saw me win the Panasonic VIErA Full-HD 3D Neo Plasma TV that I unboxed …

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Toshiba Unveils FlashAir

I came across this tidbit while trawling the web this evening. Apparently, Toshiba have been working on an SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) card that incorporates two-way Wi-Fi connectivity. It is designed to be used in digital cameras that specifically support it (so you just can’t chuck it into any old SDHC compatible camera unfortunately) …

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Disable “Natural” Scrolling in Mac OS X 10.7 (Lion)

Here’s a quick tip for people moving across to Lion. By default, the scroll gestures that we have become accustomed to are now inverted to simulate what would happen on an iPod Touch, iPhone or iPad. Scrolling from bottom to top on your trackpad will scroll the page up will scrolling from top to bottom …

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Restore a Missing Local Scout Tile in Windows Phone 7

A new feature in Windows Phone 7 Mango is “Local Scout” which is a location based service powered by Bing. Think of it of something like a mashup of Urban Spoon and Google Maps allowing you to find local eateries, shops and landmarks. Depending how your phone is configured when Mango is installed you may …

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