How do I remove a picture photo gallery from Windows RT? One of the first things that struck me when I started using surface / Windows 8 was how “unified” and available all my information from all my Windows 8 devices was. This definitely has its benefits but one of the drawbacks was things like the Photo Library. It gathered ALL the …
Windows 8 RT Surface screen capture.
How to Screenshot on Windows Surface RT If you are looking at how to do a screenshot or screen capture on the Microsoft Surface Tablet then just use this combination of Keys Touch and hold the “Windows logo” on the face of the Surface. (Use your right hand) Whilst still pressing the logo click the “Volume Down” The screen will dim …
Command Prompt color change
After spending more than 16 years behind a computer from and engineer to CTO it amazes me just how much there is to learn. Some days I come in and learn something very technical or discover better ways to do challenging things. Today’s challenge was automating IIS 7 backups and making sure that if any of the web servers were to fail …
Apple quietly change from UDID to two new Identifiers and start tracking you
In IOS 6 Apple have quietly changed from the old UDID to two new identifiers. Before I go into any detail its important to understand what the old and new acronyms are or you may as well be reciting the alphabet in a random order. Old Identifier UDID – Unique Device Identifier New Identifiers IDFA – Identifier For Advertising IDFV …
Apple discontinue PING
I have just opened iTunes and done the 10.7 update and the first thing that I noticed on the right of the screen was that PING, Apples music social network was being discontinued. So as of September 30th if you were an avid PING fan you will be left to use the other several hunder options available to you. We …
Apple Release iPhone 5 – Live Updates from theLaunch
Stay tuned as we release up to date live info straight from the Apple September 2012 media event Start time – 18h00 GMT (for us European folks) [info]This page will automatically refresh every 30 seconds whilst the Apple event is happening – The latest update will be at the top. After the first refresh the adds will also disappear, click one …
Apple prematurely release iPhone 5 and iTunes info
Apple just quickly retracted two pages from the website that were accidentally added! A quick search though will show you the following two pages for a new iPhone 5 and brand new iTunes About 2 results found for ‘2012/09’ http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2012/09/12Apple-Introduces-iPhone-5.html http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2012/09/12Apple-Unveils-New-iTunes.html [info] STAY TUNED AFTER 18h00 GMT for live info from the Media Event releasing the iPhone 5 [/info]
Recover from OSX Mountain Lion Crash
Over the last few days I have noticed OSX Mountain Lion crashing a bit. If your Mountain Lion crashes do not fear, you dont need to turn the whole thing on and off again. Simply press these three keys together CMD + ALT + ESC and a “Force Quit Applications” window will open up. Now just find the application that is not …
Latest Gadget News
Latest Microsoft News Analyst sees sharp decline in Intel, Microsoft influence Microsoft and Intel influence is waning in the age of the iPad. And market researcher iSuppli says their share of the “new computer market” will continue to shrink. Intel 4th gen Core chips to slash power consumption Chip giant will talk about a new series of mainstream chips next …
Windows 8 Upgrade to cost the same in pounds as dollars
Back in July Microsoft announced the upgrade cost for Windows 8 from any version of windows since XP would be $39.00 and if you convert that at today’s exchange rate, it would be £25. We know Microsoft take in to account localized costs and taxes so we expected the cost to be a little higher in the UK. However, …