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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[University of Otago] Firefox’s Proxy Auto Detection Problem in Vista
Posted in Computer Tutorials, IT, ITS @ Otago, Microsoft, Software, University of Otago on July 5, 2008 | No Comments »
Controlling your Mac’s fan speed with SMC Fan Control (with step by step guide)
Posted in Apple, Computer Tutorials, IT, Software on April 21, 2008 | No Comments »
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. [...]
Imagine Cup 2008 - Vote for your favorite team!
Posted in IT, Microsoft, Software, thoughts, tagged Imagine Cup 2008, Microsoft New Zealand on April 20, 2008 | No Comments »
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… 
Internet Explorer 8 Beta1 pass the Acid2 Test!
Posted in IT, Microsoft, Software, tagged Internet Explorer 8 Beta1, Microsoft on March 6, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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…
University of Otago: WPA2 Patch for Windows XP
Posted in IT, ITS @ Otago, Software, University of Otago, tagged University of Otago, WPA2 Patch, University of Otago ITS on February 4, 2008 | No Comments »
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…
“Find Out How” videos from Apple (with download links)
Posted in Apple, IT, Mac 101, Software, tagged apple.com, Find Out How, iLife, iWork, Leopard, videos on January 31, 2008 | 3 Comments »
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 [...]
Adding dictionaries to the built-in Dictionary Application in Leopard
Posted in Apple, Computer Tutorials, IT, Mac 101, Software, tagged Apple, dictionary, Leopard, Mac OS X 10.5 on January 24, 2008 | 40 Comments »
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 [...]
Setting the StartUp Project in Visual Studio 2008
Posted in IT, Microsoft, Software, dot net, tagged Microsoft, Visual Studio 2008 on January 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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…
2008 Summer Road Trip - register now! - Dunedin 18/02/2008
Posted in IT, Microsoft, Software, University of Otago, tagged Microsoft, Dunedin, 2008 Summer Road Trip on January 22, 2008 | No Comments »
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 [...]
Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow?
Posted in IT, Software, Study, tagged Computer Science, Software Engineers on January 10, 2008 | No Comments »
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
Setting up the firewall in Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard)
Posted in Apple, IT, Mac 101, Software, tagged Firewall, Leopard, Leopard Firewall, Mac OS X 10.5 on January 1, 2008 | 6 Comments »
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…
K-Lite Codec Pack for Mac?!
Posted in Apple, IT, Mac 101, Software, tagged 10.5, K-Lite Codec Pack, K-Lite Codec Pack for mac, Leopard, Mac OS X on December 30, 2007 | 19 Comments »
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 [...]
Parallels Desktop or Fusion? Which one should you use?
Posted in Apple, IT, Mac 101, Software, thoughts, tagged 10.5, Fusion, Mac OS X Leopard, Parallels Desktop, Virtualization, VM on December 29, 2007 | 1 Comment »
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…
Viewing CHM files under Mac OS X
Posted in Apple, Computer Tutorials, IT, Mac 101, Software, thoughts, tagged CHM, chm files, Mac OS X on December 21, 2007 | 17 Comments »
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 [...]
Service Pack 1 for Office 2007
Posted in IT, Microsoft, Office 2007, Software, thoughts, tagged Microsoft, Office, Office 2007 SP1 on December 11, 2007 | 8 Comments »
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 [...]
How to connect a new external hard drive to your Mac
Posted in Apple, IT, Mac 101, Software, tagged External Hard Drive, FAT32, Format, Leopard, Mac OS X on December 2, 2007 | 11 Comments »
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 [...]
How to pair your Apple Remote with your Macs
Posted in Apple, IT, Mac 101, Software, tagged Apple, Apple Remote, Mac OS X, pairing on November 24, 2007 | 5 Comments »
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 [...]
Changing the system language in Mac OS X
Posted in Apple, Computer Tutorials, IT, Mac 101, Software, tagged Leopard, Mac OS X, System Language on November 19, 2007 | 3 Comments »
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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Repairing Disk and Disk Permissions on Macs
Posted in Apple, IT, Mac 101, Software, tagged Apple, Disk Utility., Mac 101 on November 16, 2007 | No Comments »
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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