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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Keeping an eye on Chrome's memory usage

    Keeping track of Chrome's memory usage is easier said than done when it is spread over multiple processes.

    Posted by Chris Duckett | October 14, 2012, 6:12 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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