October 5, 2012
by ianforrester
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Ars Technica has a great piece about the scammy calls I sometimes get when I pick up my house phone (currently broke). When the call came yesterday morning, I assumed at first I was being trolled—it was just too perfect … Continue reading
September 25, 2011
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Recently I’ve had the joy of taking the tram into work everyday. I keep meaning to buy a monthly pass but having to get a photocard done at the GMPTE (greater manchester transport, like TFL is to London) but forget. … Continue reading
December 7, 2010
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I love my pacemaker but Tonium have really screwed the community of pacemaker djs. It started when they moved lets mix from a pacemaker community to a generic dj community. I understand the reason why they did it but the … Continue reading
December 6, 2010
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Just read about the changes to the Windows Home Server on my Kindle via Ars Technica. Microsoft’s Windows Home Server is a funny little product. The company’s ambition when developing the product was to have us all run little home … Continue reading
November 7, 2010
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App referrer sends app links to your friends via qr codes via Lifehacker We’ve all been in that situation: you’re sitting next to your friend, with both your phones out, and you tell them about this "awesome new app you … Continue reading
February 16, 2010
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I actually like the new interface of Windows phone 7. The Zune type interface works well on a small device and to be fair it all makes a lot of sense. I’ll be honest and say its fresh and somewhat … Continue reading
August 22, 2007
by ianforrester
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It took quite a long time but I finally got fed up with Windows XP when weird services started showing up plus it would take 1min to suspend. I could have reinstalled XP, upgraded to Vista or moved to Ubuntu … Continue reading
July 31, 2007
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So I'm still having problems getting my XP laptop to back up to the home server but while looking around I found a load of ideas for what could be added to Windows Home Server to improve its experience even … Continue reading
January 14, 2007
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So the truth is starting to trickle out. First a note on openness via Kid666. In The New York Times, Steve Jobs confirms every developer’s worst fears about the iPhone: ‘These [iPhones] are devices that need to work, and you … Continue reading
September 22, 2006
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After listening to Security now Episode 58, I had write a quick blog post to warn people about this very (I would say) critical flaw in Windows XP and IE. I have temporarily patched my systems by unregistering the VGX … Continue reading
January 13, 2006
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So while in the shower today I was listening to Leo Laporte and Steve Gibson's Security now number 22. I almost fell in the shower after hearing the possibility that Microsoft maybe covered up a backdoor in Windows. Simply put … Continue reading
October 22, 2005
by ianforrester
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This post to slashdot by Zonk sums up my thoughts too, As the owner of a PocketPC PDA I am a very happy camper, with wifi internet access, Skype Voip, video playback, and of course the ubiquitous mp3 playback. In … Continue reading
September 19, 2005
by ianforrester
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So after a long wait details about Windows Vista's RSS ability are starting to emerge. Amar Gandhi (Group Program Manager of the Windows RSS team) presented “Windows Vista: Building RSS-enabled applications” at PDC 2005 just a few days ago. Sean … Continue reading