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Cross Browser Challenges

October 29, 2013
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Today I was made aware of an interesting issue with older Peter Blum Controls, apparently the latest changes to ...

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Never Pay for a MAC OS Upgrade

October 28, 2013
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From Blair Hanley Frank: Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer said that the company is now changing the way it is accounting for ...

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Can the Xbox One really run generalized Windows 8 apps?

October 22, 2013
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Excerpt from an article by Kyle Orland: Could Microsoft really have kept a potentially game-changing feature like ...

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Creating iOS7 Icons in Microsoft Word

October 22, 2013
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Creating icons in Illustrator and Photoshop is par for the course, however, I was just shocked at the versatility of ...

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Windows 8.1 Update Issues

October 17, 2013
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I only had two PCs to update to the much improved Windows 8.1, and my IdeaPad ran through the new install without a ...

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NFC Ring

October 16, 2013
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I have been aware of Nokia’s NFC Windows Phone app for a while, it allows you to read/write to any standard NFC tag ...

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Your Profile Name and Photo May Appear in Ads

October 14, 2013
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Starting next month your Google profile image and endorsements may show up in Google ads, this is just the latest in a ...

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Inversion Of Control

October 11, 2013
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I currently work for a small company that provides software services to the financial and banking industry. We provide ...

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PC Market Beats Expectations

October 09, 2013
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The numbers on PC worldwide shipments have been announced by the IDC more or less in line with expectations (-7.6% for ...

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