Tomorrow is Anzac Day, so stay tuned for more posts from Thursday onwards. Windows Vista Ultimate Edition: DreamScene Ultimate Extra This review relates to the release preview edition, may not be applicable to the final edition. It’s a pretty neat idea, playing video files as desktop wallpaper, […]
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Hotmail: celebrating circa 12 years of account ownership.. See attached image – looks like I’ve had a hotmail account since January 1995. In reality it is closer to September or so, but a nice touch in live mail is to show the length of time the account’s been active […]
Hi all, So recently I’ve come to the conclusion that Vista and Flash aren’t a match made in heaven. If you’ve got or used Vista, you may be aware that most flash powered sites don’t detect your flash version on Vista (for whatever reason) even though it’s […]
I’ve long held a belief that people who work in the IT industry ought to work because they really enjoy it, and to a lesser extent, because there is a sizable financial incentive. However, it’s not always the case, and eventually you end up working with people who treat […]
Continuing my baffling series of unbalanced, insane and yet thoroughly enjoyable rants on Windows Vista, we’ve reached Part 3 – the bit they(ve) missed or perhaps under or overstated. There are number of convincing benefits which may make Vista an attractive migration/upgrade today (i.e. from consumer launch on […]
Part 2: Rebutting (or agreeing with) the Top Ten Reasons Why You Should Get Vista (or, “why isn’t this a Late Show Top Ten List?”) Yesterday, I posted my thoughts regarding an article from APC on why users shouldn’t migate to WIndows Vista. For the sake of balance, today […]
Slashdot has a decent thread going currently about the blessings and curses of Microsoft’s newest platform, Windows Vista. Now, as a [basically] impartial blogger (who just happens to make bread off Microsoft technologies) I’m in a position to be critical and to kowtow at the same time. Make your own judgement […]
..from Vista Help: What is User Account Control? User Account Control (UAC) is a feature in Windows that can help prevent unauthorized changes to your computer. UAC does this by asking you for permission or an administrator password before performing actions that could potentially affect your computer’s operation or […]
After a wait of roughly 3 years I finally replaced my trusty 19" CRT monitor. Arriving yesterday a new killer LCD monitor from ProView which is a whopping 22"! The important thing is the 5ms refresh, which makes it usable for basically most applications; games, video etc. Best […]