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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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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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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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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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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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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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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?
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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Control Vim with voice commands
Struggling to grok Vim from the keyboard? Maybe voice commands are the solution.
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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.
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Error handling in JavaScript: Rarely done, often needed
Error handling is one of those neglected practices in programming, and JavaScript developers, more than any other, seem to omit it from their projects.
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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.