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Chris Duckett

Chris Duckett

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Chris Duckett

Chris Duckett
Chris started his journalistic adventure in 2006 as the Editor of Builder AU after originally joining the company as a programmer. He left CBS Interactive in 2010 to follow his deep desire to study the snowdrifts and culinary delights of Canada and returned to CBS in 2011 as the Editor of TechRepublic Australia, determined to meld together his programming and journalistic tendencies once and for all.
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    AtG: ABC gets Rails, Australia tax on Kinect, Firefox ESR

    A study on the ABC online store about moving from ASP to Ruby on Rails; Aussies will pay more for Kinect for Windows; and Firefox gets an extended support release.

    Posted by Chris Duckett | January 10, 2012, 9:05 PM PST | Latest comment by dogknees

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    Will Android get a root store?

    CyanogenMod mulls whether it should take the next step and create an app store for root apps.

    Posted by Chris Duckett | January 10, 2012, 7:40 PM PST

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    PyCon Australia opens call for topics

    In a twist on the standard conference call for proposals that conferences have, PyCon Australia is seeking to hear what users want before the proposals are sent in.

    Posted by Chris Duckett | January 10, 2012, 5:13 PM PST

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    Go cross-platform with PhoneGap:Build

    One reason to use PhoneGap is to develop for multiple mobile platforms easily, but do you really want to create a separate development environment for each platform? I thought not.

    Posted by Chris Duckett | January 8, 2012, 5:15 PM PST | Latest comment by BuySellWordPress

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    AtG: Aussie slim wires, wiping Windows 8, is net access a human right?

    Today's Around the Grounds features Aussie universities creating wires only four atoms wide; Vint Cerf claims that net access is not a human right; Ed 1.6 appears; and Windows 8 comes with wipe...

    Posted by Chris Duckett | January 5, 2012, 5:31 PM PST

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    Creating a quick and easy GNOME 3 extension

    One of the good aspects of GNOME 3 is its extension framework. We take a baby step into this world by making an icon for the top panel.

    Posted by Chris Duckett | January 4, 2012, 8:24 PM PST

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    Linux Mint launches Cinnamon desktop

    Not content with its Mint GNOME Shell Extensions (MGSE), nor with GNOME 2 replacement MATE, Linux Mint has decided to launch a new GNOME 3-based desktop dubbed Cinnamon.

    Posted by Chris Duckett | January 3, 2012, 9:47 PM PST | Latest comment by bni1369@...

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    Fixing Fedora's Wi-Fi with Wicd

    If you've had trouble getting Fedora to connect to WPA2 Wi-Fi access points, then throw out NetworkManager and replace it with wicd.

    Posted by Chris Duckett | January 3, 2012, 7:24 PM PST | Latest comment by pgit

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    AtG: Work with Hawking, .NET hash fix, 28c3 and Pi vids

    Microsoft has released an out-of-schedule fix for a hashing vulnerability; there's a technical job going with Professor Stephen Hawking; and plenty of security videos to watch over the holidays.

    Posted by Chris Duckett | December 29, 2011, 6:13 PM PST

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    Around the Grounds: iiNet buys Internode, Raspberry Pi update, and VNC in JS

    The Australian ISP landscape just gotten a bit smaller; pictures arrive of the $25 computer that could; and now we can have VNC in a browser, thanks to Node.js.

    Posted by Chris Duckett | December 22, 2011, 3:24 PM PST

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    Firefox 9 launches with type inferred JavaScript

    The cries of Firefox being slow will be subdued with the release of an improved JavaScript engine for Mozilla's browser.

    Posted by Chris Duckett | December 20, 2011, 7:07 PM PST

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    Try these languages in your browser

    If you want to learn a new programming language, its possible to get a small taste by visiting one of these websites before you start creating a new development environment.

    Posted by Chris Duckett | December 18, 2011, 5:04 PM PST | Latest comment by TexasJetter

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    Australia to lead IE6/7 sunsetting

    Automatic upgrading of Internet Explorer is coming to a desktop near you in 2012.

    Posted by Chris Duckett | December 15, 2011, 3:07 PM PST | Latest comment by CharlieSpencer_Palmetto

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    Microsoft opens up Messenger with XMPP access

    An XMPP interface has been exposed for Windows Live Messenger, allowing standards-compliant communication clients to make use of the MSN protocol.

    Posted by Chris Duckett | December 14, 2011, 8:56 PM PST

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    Victoria heats up for January conferences

    Come January 2012, Victoria will be the place to be for technical conferences.

    Posted by Chris Duckett | December 14, 2011, 6:37 PM PST | Latest comment by Michael Jay

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    LinkedIn turns presentation to dust.js

    The social network for professionals has moved its presentation layer from off the server to the client via the dust.js library.

    Posted by Chris Duckett | December 13, 2011, 9:03 PM PST | Latest comment by seanferd

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    Atlassian uses FaceTime to create portal

    Admit it: you want your office to have portal video conferencing, too.

    Posted by Chris Duckett | December 12, 2011, 6:43 PM PST

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    Use sessionStorage for quick form storage

    Rather than having lines of code on the back-end reserving form data, a couple of lines of JavaScript can make life easier.

    Posted by Chris Duckett | December 11, 2011, 9:20 PM PST

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    Around the Grounds: WebSocket becomes RFC 6455, Geelong gets $100K

    One of the cornerstone technologies of the next generation of websites, WebSockets, has become standardised by the IETF, and the Victorian State Government has stumped up for ICT funding in Geelong.

    Posted by Chris Duckett | December 11, 2011, 3:56 PM PST

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    AtG: CityRail's USB woes, RIM double whammy, and Windows Store

    Did you know Sydney's RailCorp sells USB keys in pristine condition, complete with user information?

    Posted by Chris Duckett | December 7, 2011, 4:02 PM PST | Latest comment by HAL 9000

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    Dealing with Windows 8 Mail

    The Mail app that arrives with Windows 8 is essentially a web mail system and has no tools to set mail rules or automate spam deletion. But can one man get by on that alone?

    Posted by Tony McSherry | January 28, 2013, 4:00 PM PST | Latest comment by erikaf

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    Combining Windows 8 and a Retina MacBook

    A new Microsoft operating system meets new Apple hardware; what's the worst that could happen?

    Posted by Chris Duckett | August 21, 2012, 4:47 PM PDT | Latest comment by arch_aya

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    Using placeholder text in HTML5 forms across all browsers

    The placeholder attribute on input elements is a handy timesaver, once we've dealt with old versions of Internet Explorer.

    Posted by Chris Duckett | September 6, 2012, 4:10 PM PDT

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    A lesson on piracy, distribution, or marketing?

    Independent software companies have a hard task of getting their wares in front of an audience; has a pair of brothers cracked that nut?

    Posted by Chris Duckett | April 29, 2013, 11:20 PM PDT | Latest comment by aidemzo_adanac

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    App by app, Google is bringing self-serving Intents to iOS

    Google makes it easier for iOS app developers to integrate with Chrome.

    Posted by Chris Duckett | May 7, 2013, 7:31 PM PDT

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    How to set up printing from tablets and phones

    More and more user time is spent nowadays with mobile devices, but the lingering need to print remains for many.

    Posted by Tony McSherry | February 4, 2013, 7:22 PM PST | Latest comment by erikaf

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    Installing Windows 7 from USB

    As netbooks get more popular and optical drives become less and less of an assumption, there are many times when a USB install of an operating system is a far better choice than the old DVD/CD we...

    Posted by Chris Duckett | November 10, 2011, 9:06 PM PST | Latest comment by wizard57m-cnet

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    Programming for Android on Android

    Although it may sound counter-intuitive, it is possible to create fully fledged Android applications on Android devices. We take a look at the apps that allow it to happen.

    Posted by Chris Duckett | April 3, 2012, 8:02 PM PDT | Latest comment by jkameleon@...

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    Get some JSON in your database

    If you deal with JSON day in, day out, at least have a database that can handle JSON as well.

    Posted by Chris Duckett | April 16, 2013, 10:24 PM PDT

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    The realities of mobility and hitting the road

    Over the past couple of years, the increase in connectivity has even changed the way people go on holidays.

    Posted by Tony McSherry | May 6, 2013, 6:03 PM PDT | Latest comment by mongocrush

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    Android Studio can fix Android development

    Google has finally decided to get rid of the Eclipse albatross from Android's neck.

    Posted by Chris Duckett | May 16, 2013, 7:29 PM PDT

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    Claim 25GB from Microsoft on updated SkyDrive

    Microsoft has updated SkyDrive to support Windows desktops, OS X and iPad -- but at the same time has revised the storage limit from 25GB to 7GB, unless you claim to reserve the existing 25GB limit.

    Posted by Chris Duckett | April 23, 2012, 10:14 PM PDT | Latest comment by SkyDriveBad

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    Control Vim with voice commands

    Struggling to grok Vim from the keyboard? Maybe voice commands are the solution.

    Posted by Chris Duckett | May 12, 2013, 6:43 PM PDT

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    Hands on with HTC's Windows Phone 8X

    There's a lot to explore in Windows Phone, and the integrated UI across multiple Windows platforms, the familiar tools, and SkyDrive are hard to beat.

    Posted by Tony McSherry | January 7, 2013, 9:02 PM PST | Latest comment by Neon Zeon

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    Moving to Arch Linux from Fedora

    Chris Duckett details his move from Fedora to Arch Linux and learns that testing in a virtual machine is one thing, actually committing to change is another.

    Posted by Chris Duckett | August 7, 2012, 4:29 PM PDT | Latest comment by lsatenstein@...

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    Set-up an environment for Android, Eclipse and PhoneGap

    PhoneGap is the cross-platform framework that allows developers to create mobile applications using HTML, CSS and JavaScript -- but getting going with the platform requires a few hoop jumps.

    Posted by Chris Duckett | October 31, 2011, 6:25 PM PDT

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    Getting your Firefox tabs back

    Next time you get that sinking feeling that you've lost all your Firefox tabs, don't despair; there is a solution.

    Posted by Chris Duckett | January 29, 2013, 3:26 PM PST | Latest comment by Yorkshirelad90

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    Making a sortable ListView in Android

    Creating a list of items in Android is simple, but what if you want to make those items sortable by dragging them? Now things start to get interesting.

    Posted by Chris Duckett | February 21, 2012, 9:39 PM PST

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    Using Tor and Firefox config on Android

    It is possible to use Firefox and Twitter on Android with full Tor anonymity

    Posted by Chris Duckett | June 28, 2012, 6:40 PM PDT

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    A look at Internet Explorer 10 on Windows RT

    The new version of Internet Explorer comes in two varieties: a well-known desktop version and the new Windows RT version.

    Posted by Tony McSherry | January 20, 2013, 4:31 PM PST | Latest comment by Duke E Love

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