In recent years, we’ve seen some outstanding developments in mobile telephony. One such innovation has been the introduction of Qi (inductive power standard) wireless charging. For the most part, the majority of modern mobile handsets (except iPhones!) now include Qi wireless charging as standard. For most others there are phone […]
Yearly archives: 2015
45 posts
I’ve been a bit remiss lately of not getting some more articles out here on Sanders Technology. It’s not for a lack of inspiration – I’ve been doing a fair bit of work lately which would be blog-worthy, but have just been snowed under getting a fairly substantial maiden release […]
Today I went on an unusual journey, and it involved paying the price for configuring Microsoft’s web server (specifically, IIS 8.0 and 8.5) with scant regard for why it works the way it does. Let me start at the beginning.. As of Internet Information Services (IIS) 8.0 (Windows Server 2012) […]
“Tech-savvy admirers of the late Terry Pratchett have hit upon an idea for a particularly appropriate memorial. It will be everywhere and nowhere, hiding in the code of the internet. Pratchett’s 33rd Discworld novel, Going Postal, tells of the creation of an internet-like system of communication towers called “the clacks”. […]
The two major parties in the Australian Government are scrambling to hash together amendments to the controversial Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill 2014 which is currently before the House of Representatives. We haven’t seen any amendments over the past few days (and a few independents haven’t too […]
There’s a post up on Labor leader Bill Shorten’s site addressing Labor’s position in regards to the draft mandatory metadata retention legislation and specifically to recommendations included in the Parliamentary Joint Committee report, released late Friday. Honestly, it’s not very encouraging. I really think Labor should be outright blocking the […]
It doesn’t seem to be discussed too much, but I think there’s great value in establishing a quiet, comfortable space in your home environment where you can work and focus. As a developer or architect your environment has a large impact on your creativity, your thinking and ability to concentrate. […]
Attorney-General George Brandis has faced criticism over a lack of consultation on his metadata legislation. Telecommunications and Internet industry groups have criticised what they describe as a lack of consultation from Attorney-General George Brandis on metadata legislation, as the bill’s future is set to be decided this week. The Parliamentary […]
Windows Server 2012 R2 comes with IIS 8.5, and in this release an issue has been found in relation to the Dynamic Compression module. The module sets the “Vary” header which is used to specify caching properties that the browser uses to determine whether the response should be cached or […]
NEWS RELEASE The Internet Society of Australia has urged its members and all interested parties to take advantage of the opportunity to comment on the draft Online Copyright Infringement Code released today. Following a period for public comment a finalised Code will be submitted in April for registration by the […]
Introducing the LifeProof Fre iPhone Waterproof case Earlier last month I happened to be in the market for a new mobile phone after I managed to destroy my old phone whilst on holidays in New Zealand. As it turned out, I elected to update to the latest iPhone (the iPhone […]
You might be unlucky enough to occasionally run into issues with a hard drive which has issues, and Windows will attempt to warn you via the System Log. However, as the issues are logged from a low level (below the UI level), the disk identifier can be a bit cryptic. […]
Welcome back, old friend. Well, it’s now official – sort of – given that we’re looking at pre-release software, but the start menu is set to return after an absence since Windows 7. It’s clear in the most recent preview (9926) that there are big changes in store for the […]
Recently I was asked about diagnosing deadlocks in SQL Server – I’ve done a lot of work in this area way back in 2008, so I figure it’s time for a refresher. If there’s a lot of interest in exploring SQL Server and deadlocks further, I’m happy to write an […]
Welcome, 2015 – may you be an improvement on your predecessor. Today’s article focuses on the deceptively non-trivial task of reading from the Windows Event Logs using the Microsoft .NET Framework. For those who haven’t looked there in a while, here’s a quick look at the Event Viewer: The Windows […]