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The ability for web browsers to automatically detect proxy settings is really useful when you have to switch between multiple networks all the time.  With Internet Explorer, proxy settings are being detected in both XP and Vista, but things aren’t going so well with Firefox!  If you are using Vista and Firefox happens to be [...]

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Before I got my MacBook, I’ve heard people complaining that their MacBook / MacBook Pros are getting a little too warm at times. After I got my MacBook…I’ve noticed that the default fan speed is a little too low…thus the CPU could get quite warm when you open up quite a few apps. [...]

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I still remember the times we had in Auckland last year when we competed for the Microsoft Imagine Cup NZ Final…although its nearly one year on…but to me, it feel like everything just happened yesterday (more… ;)

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I’ve downloaded and installed the Internet Explorer 8 Beta1 (IE8 Beta1) this afternoon…the interface looks very similar to IE7 (of course), with a few enhancements (E.g. the Zoom feature)… (more… ;)

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Lately I’ve noticed that quite a few people searched for the WPA2 Patch and actually came to my blog instead of the download page from Microsoft. So I’ve decided to put the link (to the download page) here and hopefully it will save you a bit of time. (more… ;)

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When are you NEW to computers, no matter its a PC / a Mac, it would be great if someone is sitting beside you and show you around on your new computer. But finding someone like that is not easy, let alone considering the cost. So what can we do? Well, video [...]

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The Dictionary Application (Dict App for short) is really helpful at times when you are reading an eBook / web page. I even define my own shortcut key so that when I high light a word and press “Control + Command + A”, the dictionary app will come up straight away and show me [...]

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Q. Say you have a Solution in Visual Studio with a few Projects…and you’ve finished debugging with the first one…how do you move on and debug your next Project? (more… ;)

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Summer is here! And with it is coming new technology from Microsoft that will affect how we design and build infrastructure and applications.Come and join [...]

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Found a very interesting article today:
CrossTalk - Computer Science Education: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow? - Jan 2008
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Chinese translation (although the title might be misleading): http://news.csdn.net/n/20080109/112571.html

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After receiving a port scan this morning (thanks for the new year present):

I’ve came to realize that I need to setup the firewall on my Mac asap before someone decided to take a tour of my iMac. (more… ;)

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I have been keeping an eye on my Blog Stats and interestingly enough, I’ve discovered that there is a fair amount of people coming to my blog because they searched the term “k lite codec pack mac“. The actual search term may vary (E.g. some people might search for k codec mac instead), but [...]

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Boot Camp is the first thing that come to people’s mind when they need to use Windows on the Intel Macs…but what if you want to use your Windows Programs inside your Mac OS? (more… ;)

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Most of the eBooks nowadays are in either PDF or CHM format. While Windows have native support for CHMs (of course…), Macs have native support for PDFs. If you want to read PDF files under Windows, all you have to do is to install Acrobat Reader, but what if you want [...]

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Looks like Microsoft is giving us “an early present” by releasing the SP1 for Office 2007 before XMAS The first service pack for Office 2007 is suppose to be out on the 11th of December…but the link doesn’t seem to be working tonight
Check out this link: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx
At the time [...]

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Lately I’ve been busy learning Office 2007. So far I’ve finished Excel and I am now half way through Word 2007. Currently I am planning to finish PowerPoint, Publisher and Outlook before Christmas.
I am learning these things for two reasons: 1st: we can’t get away from Microsoft Office…its everywhere! [...]

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Is this a joke? All you have to do is to connect the USB cable to your Mac and that’s it…right?
Well, not quite unless your external hard drive is pre-formatted as Mac OS Extended / FAT32. Since most external hard drives are pre-formatted as NTFS; Mac OS X can only read [...]

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The Apple Remote is really useful at times when you want to watch / listen to something but don’t want to go near your computer. For me…I use it every time I have lunch in front of my iMac….I will sit far back with my lunch and use my remote controller (with the help [...]

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Changing the system languages in Macs are really easy. So if your friends / parents aren’t comfortable with your English system, you can always switch the language to suite their needs. Below is a step by step guide that will show you how to change the system language in Mac OS X.
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From time to time, we have to perform some checkups on our computers to see whether they have any problems. If you have previously use Windows, you probably got quite a few software that will help you to do the job or you simple just use Check Disk (a built-in software in Windows) [...]

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