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Chris Duckett
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Around the Grounds: US$35 Raspberry Pi to cost AU$51
Australians have learned the cost of having a Raspberry Pi delivered; Thunderbird gets instant messaging abilities; and there's news of Python 2.8.
Posted by Chris Duckett | March 12, 2012, 10:59 PM PDT
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Azure leap-year bug detailed: year++
Microsoft provides a lesson in what happens if you increment a year variable and do not test your fixes appropriately.
Posted by Chris Duckett | March 12, 2012, 7:58 PM PDT
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Installing Configuration Manager 2012 on Windows 8 Server
James Bannan casts an eye over Windows 8 Server by setting up an instance with System Center Configuration Manager 2012 and SQL Server 2008 R2.
Posted by James Bannan | March 11, 2012, 8:46 PM PDT
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Aussie iPad details, Chrome pwned
While iPad announcements are nice in theory from California, what will it mean on the ground in Australia? And Google Chrome gets pwned by a group of French hackers.
Posted by Chris Duckett | March 7, 2012, 6:21 PM PST
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Adding SQLite to a sortable ListView
Having a sortable ListView in an Android app is one thing, but its not really useful unless it is persistent across activity instances — and that's where SQLite comes in.
Posted by Chris Duckett | March 6, 2012, 10:10 PM PST
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AtG: phone JS releases, Allphones FTP openness, X on Android
One Melburnian has got X running on Android; new mobile JavaScript frameworks have appeared; and one phone retailer's open FTP back-end.
Posted by Chris Duckett | March 6, 2012, 5:30 PM PST
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Sensis and Pollenizer team up for hackfest
The last two Saturdays of this month will see teams hacking away in Sydney for a chance to be taken under Pollenizer's wing.
Posted by Chris Duckett | March 1, 2012, 7:29 PM PST
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Windows Azure: leap year bug as a service
Microsoft's Azure platform has fallen foul of that old leap year bug.
Posted by Chris Duckett | February 29, 2012, 10:44 PM PST
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AtG: did someone say launches?
While Australia slept, the wraps came off a quartet of technologies; plus, we see when the NBN is heading your way.
Posted by Chris Duckett | February 29, 2012, 5:15 PM PST
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BlackBerry Playbook 2.0 review
After a long gestation, RIM has finally delivered the long-awaited 2.0 software update to its PlayBook line. Is it enough to turn the device's fortunes around?
Posted by Chris Duckett | February 28, 2012, 9:14 PM PST | Latest comment by PurpleSkys
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Facebook headlines new mobile working group
A new W3C community group focusing on mobile browsing has been formed, without any participation so far from Apple or Google.
Posted by Chris Duckett | February 27, 2012, 8:37 PM PST
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Time zone database lawsuit dismissed
The lawsuit that shut down the venerable time zone database, tz, which powered the majority of Unix-derived software across the globe, has been dismissed.
Posted by Chris Duckett | February 23, 2012, 8:15 PM PST
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Visual Studio 11 beta due on Feb 29
Developers will be able to get their hands on the next version of the venerable Visual Studio IDE next week.
Posted by Chris Duckett | February 23, 2012, 10:32 AM PST | Latest comment by Gisabun
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AtG: NBN support, bizarre MS vid, and Ubuntu on Android
Australians clearly support an NBN, Microsoft marketing makes more crazy, NSW and Victoria sign up for brand TLDs, and a dockable Android phone runs Ubuntu.
Posted by Chris Duckett | February 22, 2012, 7:07 PM PST
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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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AtG: Single-atom transistors, Windows 8 logo, and got props?
UNSW has created a single-atom transistor, an Aussie movie is looking for old school props, and Windows 8 gets its logo.
Posted by Chris Duckett | February 19, 2012, 5:40 PM PST | Latest comment by Slayer_
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Abandon Mac App Store to maintain UX
On 1 March 2012, Apple will require all apps in its App Store to be sandboxed; should you remove your app to maintain its experience?
Posted by Chris Duckett | February 16, 2012, 9:27 PM PST | Latest comment by beaverusiv
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AtG: Gov 2.0, gaming R18+ referred, and more NBN
The NBN has added 191K homes to its 2012 roll-out plan, former US CIO talks Government 2.0, and an R18+ rating for video games has been referred to an inquiry.
Posted by Chris Duckett | February 15, 2012, 5:38 PM PST
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ReactOS: the open-source Windows NT
Need a free replacement for Windows 2000 or later? Then maybe ReactOS could help --- in a few years from now.
Posted by Chris Duckett | February 14, 2012, 9:48 PM PST | Latest comment by nelsonhoover
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The languages of Debian Wheezy
How many lines of COBOL or Ada do you think make it into a Debian distribution?
Posted by Chris Duckett | February 13, 2012, 8:39 PM PST | Latest comment by Computer_User_1024
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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 | Latest comment by jannie.nel
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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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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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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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A stuttered start with Office 365
Weeks went by, and Tony McSherry was not able to finish his Office 365 set-up, all thanks to an intransigent domain registrar. One that was in the same corporation selling Office 365 subscriptions.
Posted by Tony McSherry | May 26, 2013, 10:51 PM PDT | Latest comment by Gisabun
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Assigning tasks your developers will want to do
Getting developers to emotionally invest in tasks is the fastest way to improve motivation and performance.
Posted by Ben Evans | June 2, 2013, 8:22 PM PDT | Latest comment by Tony Hopkinson
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Prepare your https sites for Firefox 23
An upcoming release of Firefox will prevent non-SSL non-display content loading on SSL pages.
Posted by Chris Duckett | April 9, 2013, 9:47 PM PDT | Latest comment by Deadly Ernest
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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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What applications are available on Windows RT?
Tony McSherry looks at the desktop applications available on the Windows RT Surface tablet.
Posted by Tony McSherry | December 17, 2012, 8:12 PM PST | Latest comment by spookyone1
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Video editors in Windows RT: Cinelab and Movie Edit Touch
Windows Movie Maker is available for free for Windows 8, but not for Windows RT. A search for 'video editor' in the Windows Store came up with two examples to look at.
Posted by Tony McSherry | June 10, 2013, 11:52 PM PDT
