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Installing Windows 7
Oct 23, 2009 11:50 - 0 Comments
Well I am still on Windows XP despite having had two copies of Windows 7 for a couple of days now. The problem stems from the fact that the version of Windows 7 I want to install on my XP machine has been downloaded (legally) but I need to run it from a DVD as [...]
Isn’t this due on Thursday?
Oct 19, 2009 19:40 - 0 Comments
When I got home this evening there was a parcel awaiting for me. Much to my surprise it contained my copy of Windows 7. I had been told by the supplier (PC World) that they had been embargoed by Microsoft from delivering these before the official launch day of October 22nd. I’m not sure [...]
The Gadget Show Apps
Oct 15, 2009 13:38 - 0 Comments
On the Gadget Show this week they had an interesting challenge. Suzy and Jason were pitted against each other to produce an application for a mobile device. The winner would be the one that got the most downloads.
After almost 30 seconds of deliberation they both chose to develop an application for the iPhone, simply because [...]
So Now What?
Oct 14, 2009 21:10 - 0 Comments
So I received my invitation to Google Wave today and for a full thirty seconds there was much excitement as if I’d had an invite to the party of the year. So I logged in and then the realisation hit me that I have no one to connect to on the service and not [...]
WifiPhoto for iPhone
Oct 8, 2009 15:49 - 0 Comments
Getting pictures off an iPhone can be a bind, particularly if you don’t have a sync cable to hand. The most reliable way is to email yourself the pictures but if you do this directly from the Photo app it reduces the size of your pictures. The only way round this is to cut and [...]
My “other” USB Key
Oct 7, 2009 9:17 - 0 Comments
Following on from yesterdays post the above is what I carried around before the “Key” key.
While it did have the advantage of being credit card sized and so would fit into my pocket and did have some sort of geeky street cred (or so I like to think), it was when I pulled it out [...]
USB Key Key
Oct 6, 2009 11:35 - 0 Comments
Yes it looks like an ordinary house key (well if you don’t look too closely) but in fact it is a USB memory stick cleverly disguised to look like a house key.
I don’t often have call for a memory stick these days but when you need one they are invaluable and to have one always [...]
3 mifi Review
Oct 5, 2009 13:25 - 1 Comment
For a number of years now I have been using mobile broadband with my laptop using a usb dongle. I have taken service from mobile provider 3 and it has been a pretty reliable and cost effective way of getting web access when I have been out and about. My current contract gives me 1gb [...]
Moving to Windows 7
Oct 4, 2009 13:25 - 0 Comments
So I have slowly been getting my PC ready for the arrival of Windows 7.
I have had my existing machine for about four years now and it is beginning to show its age with it being slow to start and, at times, sluggish in operation. The underlying architecture of the machine is still fine [...]
Querying the Skype SQL Database
Oct 2, 2009 11:33 - 0 Comments
I discovered recently that the latest version of Skype (v4) now holds all users session data, such as your chats, in a SQL database. What’s more it is easy to write queries using standard SQL to query the database and extract data. Here I’ll show you how.
Skype uses SQLite as its database engine and you [...]
