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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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Nitrous.IO: Community coding with gas
The age of the commodity development VMs has arrived.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Control Vim with voice commands
Struggling to grok Vim from the keyboard? Maybe voice commands are the solution.
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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.
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All the good money is in government websites
Being able to charge millions of dollars for a new government website - it's good work if you can get it.
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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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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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Windows 8 secure boot to block Linux
Windows 8-certified 64-bit hardware will be forced to carry security measures to stop the installation of other operating systems, such as Linux, until the software is regarded as trusted, according t...