I recently noticed I was having a problem with Windows 8 Metro apps. Some of them worked and some just refused to connect to the internet for updates. All I kept getting was an error – “There was a problem. Please try again.” This is because I have two network cards in my machine, one ethernet and one wireless. The …
Google launches Handwriting
Google have made their handwriting service available to UK users, if you open up Google on your iPad/ Android Tablet of smart phone chances are you will now also see the “Try Handwriting” feature that our friends over the pond have had since July… You can view more on the official Google Handwrite page – http://www.google.co.uk/insidesearch/features/search/handwritinginput/mobile.html To get started you …
Windows 8 RTM has landed
16 August 2012 – Why do I start off with the date? Well today is the day that the highly anticipated Windows 8 RTM has been released to MSDN subscribers. From tomorrow Volume License users will also be able to download and install Windows 8. As an early adopter of almost all new tech the very first thing I did …
Yahoo has 450,000 Usernames and Passwords stolen
Yahoo has admitted that around 450,000 plain text user names and passwords were stolen by attackers identifying themselves as ‘D333Ds’ Yahoo’s statement – ‘We confirm that an older file from Yahoo! Contributor Network, previously Associated Content, containing approximately 450,000 Yahoo! and other company usernames and passwords was compromised yesterday, July 11,’ This reminds me of a conversation I had yesterday with …
Facebook Account temporarily unavailable – How to solve
Every now and then you may find you are unable to access Facebook. Believe it or not they too need to upgrade and make changes to the hardware that runs “Facebook” So if you come across a message when you are trying to log on that goes something like this. Or the Firefox version The solution Wait… theres is nothing …
How to solve the Alan Turing Google Doodle
If you are stuck trying to solve today’s six puzzles in the Google Doodle for Alan Turing then here is a quick simple guide for you. Solution 1: 01011 Change both orange circles from 0 to 1, press the play button. Solution 2: 00011 Make the only available orange circle blank. Solution 3: 00011 Click the orange circle twice! no more. the orange button should have four …
Where is the Hash Key on a Mac
Where is the Hash # key on my Mac? Its this easy?
IOS 6 No Google Maps but what Else is new
After what was a rather painful start to installing IOS 6 SDK Beta I have managed to have a quick look at some of the major changes. The first thing I check on the home screen is the “Weather” Luckily its still 23 degrees! In reality its about 10 degrees and pouring with rain but the weather on the phone …
Where are your Contacts Stored – IOS
I have spoken to several people who have lost all their contacts on their iPhones/ iPads and it seems to all be the same problem. Nobody knows where their contacts are actually stored. If you setup your phone and only ever had one contact source, then you are probably ok (check anyway). But if you have several mail addresses all …
FOPE vs Postini who filters better
Historically we have been massively pro Postni for filtering spam and virus’s and now that we have been actively using Office 365 for just under a year, nothing has changed. Mid 2011 we started switching to the 365 beta’s and testing how the system runs. By early November 2011 we could see clearly that everyone who had come off of …