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Tackling the usage of DRM and textbooks
Tony McSherry looks at DRM and the electronic publishing of textbooks.
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Twitter quietly switches off HTTP connections to API
If your Twitter API requests were having issues over the past couple of days, changing to an SSL connection should fix your problems.
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4G to the rescue from slow broadband upload speeds
Wireless-N routers and adapters can give your network a speed boost, but the more connections you have in-house, the slower you go. If you need better upload speeds, consider your 4G phone.
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Catch up on Linux.conf.au 2014
If you failed to make the trip to Perth for LCA this year, you are able to watch most of the talks online.
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An exercise in fragmentation: Limiting Android installs to device models
As if there were not enough fragmentation issues with Android, app makers go out and make it worse when they limit installations to specific devices.
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Australian enterprises turn focus from BYOD to apps
Having come to grips with consumerisation and BYOD entering the marketplace, Australian businesses have set their target on creating apps to serve internal and external customers.
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Good accessibility is good web page design
Accessibility isn't something that should be added onto a web page, it should be baked in.
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Take your app on the road, put it in a car
Looking for a new market or adding a unique edge to your app? Then support for in-car usage could be just the ticket.
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Navigating the morass of systemd, NetworkManager, and GNOME 3.10
The world of Linux: Where making a laptop engage its wired connection when attached to a dock is an exercise in frustration.
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Google opens App Translation Service to all Android devs
Android developers are now able to purchase app translation services from the Android developer console.
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Microsoft unifies Windows and Windows Phone store dev accounts
Redmond continues down the long path of moving its phone and desktop environments closer.
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Cisco to release open-source H.264 codec, Mozilla makes tactical retreat
Mozilla has yet to completely win or lose the war on video codecs, but has made a tactical retreat to preserve its forces, according to Ogg Vorbis creator Monty Montgomery.
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Amazon brings Glacier and Redshift to Australia
Data archiving and warehousing services arrive in antipodes, but, once again, at an increased cost.
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Stallman celebrates 30 years of Free Software by decrying SaaS
To the GNU project founder, it doesn't matter whether the cloud is using a free software stack, as it is still evil.
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Using IP cameras to create a security system
Not all security is in software, and Tony McSherry shows how to make a home camera system on the cheap.
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Cisco to release open-source H.264 codec, Mozilla makes tactical retreat
Mozilla has yet to completely win or lose the war on video codecs, but has made a tactical retreat to preserve its forces, according to Ogg Vorbis creator Monty Montgomery.
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Take your app on the road, put it in a car
Looking for a new market or adding a unique edge to your app? Then support for in-car usage could be just the ticket.
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Microsoft unifies Windows and Windows Phone store dev accounts
Redmond continues down the long path of moving its phone and desktop environments closer.
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Google opens App Translation Service to all Android devs
Android developers are now able to purchase app translation services from the Android developer console.
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Navigating the morass of systemd, NetworkManager, and GNOME 3.10
The world of Linux: Where making a laptop engage its wired connection when attached to a dock is an exercise in frustration.
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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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Lack of DNS redundancy takes down award-winning system
No matter how much cloud is used, if DNS is your single point of failure, you're going to have a bad time.
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Taking BitTorrent to Windows RT
There are many BitTorrent clients available on Windows and other operating systems, but none were previously available for Windows RT.
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An Outlook on Office 365
Office 365 has just been given a facelift and UI changes, as well as improvements to the social and communication aspects. Tony McSherry takes a look at the new Office 365, starting with Outlook.
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Lack of accessibility should kill CAPTCHAs, but where's the replacement?
Several Australian consumer groups have combined to call for an end to CAPTCHAs across the web.
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Using IP cameras to create a security system
Not all security is in software, and Tony McSherry shows how to make a home camera system on the cheap.
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Android is the next platform of choice for Windows developers
Google's open-source mobile operating system pips iOS as the next platform that developers want to deploy to, according to a survey by Embarcadero.
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Amazon brings Glacier and Redshift to Australia
Data archiving and warehousing services arrive in antipodes, but, once again, at an increased cost.
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Stallman celebrates 30 years of Free Software by decrying SaaS
To the GNU project founder, it doesn't matter whether the cloud is using a free software stack, as it is still evil.
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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.
