Australian Technology
When the sun sets in North America, that means it is time for Australia to take centre-stage and talk about development with an Antipodean view.
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Using Multimedia, Maps, and Skydrive apps in Windows RT
In this column, Tony McSherry covers more of the apps available in Windows 8 RT. This week, it is time for Photos, Video, Music, Maps, Camera, and Skydrive.
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Making videos in a Windows 8 ecosystem
Armed with a pair of cameras, a Surface RT, and a WP8 phone, Tony McSherry shows how to make and distribute video in a Microsoft environment by way of a wedding.
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Australia is Windows server territory
Server shipment numbers show that Microsoft dominates the server environment in Australia.
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What enterprises need to know on cloud deployments
Krishan Sharma details the most critical pieces of advice for any organisation thinking about making a transition to the cloud.
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What Australian skills shortage?
The number of industries suffering from a skills shortage in Australia is decreasing, and IT doesn't even rate a mention.
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The Upside: Talking mobile with Nat Friedman
On this episode of The Upside, we speak to Nat Friedman, CEO of Xamarin, a company that is taking C# to Android and iOS.
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Using Windows RT Store, Calendar, People and News apps
In our continuing look at Windows RT's stock apps, Tony McSherry turns his attention to the Store, Calendar, People, and News apps.
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Ubuntu Phone, Tizen, Firefox OS: The mobile battle for fifth
Last year, there were three "modern" mobile OSes, and now with BB10, we have four. Can any of the upcoming OSes make it five?
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Catch up on Linux.conf.au session videos
If you missed out last week on LCA 2013, fear not; the session videos are starting to appear.
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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.
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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.
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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?
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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.
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Ditch the problem router and move to Wireless-N
If you've been having problems with your Wireless-G Wi-Fi, it might be time to consider an inexpensive upgrade to Wireless-N.
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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.
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Decoding VP8 and H.264 video with JavaScript
A couple of new JavaScript libraries show a different way to route around the codec bickering for online video playback in HTML5.
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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.
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Use installLocation to help out older Android devices
A simple line in your Android app's manifest can save much user frustration.
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Raspberry Pi: are you one of the lucky 57?
If you've been lucky enough to receive your Raspberry Pi, then well done; you've beaten the gauntlet that is the Pi supply chain.
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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.
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Google's sneaky Adobe partnership
A preselected checkbox on Adobe's Flash upgrade page moved Tony McSherry to stop using any Google products.
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The neckbeard sysadmin as an endangered species
Cloud and virtualisation technologies have changed the way sysadmins work, and impacted the number of them. If you haven't thought about it already, it's time to diversify.
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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.
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Watch Curiosity rover land on Mars without Flash
Those clever folks at NASA are providing more than one way to skin the Curiosity viewing cat.
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Using picture passwords in Windows RT
Typing in a password of decent strength can be irritating when using Windows RT. Fortunately, Microsoft has included an alternative: Picture passwords.
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Why are we still trusting user input?
A report released this week has shown the problems present in parsing PHP superglobals, but also the bigger issue of trusting user input at all remains.
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Starting life with the Surface
Tony McSherry goes through his first week of using a Microsoft Surface.
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Australian IT salaries show steady growth
For the second year running, ICT salaries in Australia have grown by approximately 4 per cent.