Posted in IT, Microsoft, Software, tagged Azure, Office 14, PDC, Visual Studio, Windows 7 on January 15, 2009| Leave a Comment »
February 2009 MSDN UNPLUGGED Dunedin – Take your Applications to the Cloud and Beyond – PDC, Visual Studio, Azure, Office 14 and Windows 7
Time: Wednesday, 18 February 2009 4:00 p.m – 5:30 p.m.
Welcome Time: 3:45 p.m.
Scenic Circle Southern Cross Hotel
Speight Room
Cnr Princes and High Streets
Dunedin
Click on the Google Maps / Street View for more details on directions.
Click here for more details / register.
Posted in Apple, IT on October 2, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Have you got an iPhone / iPod Touch? Did you know that you can use the device that you have to chat with your friends on MSN? Its so cool! You can keep in touch with your friends while you watch your favorite TV show / enjoy the sun outside. You don’t have to sit in front of your computer anymore! If this sounds something you want to do, just follow the step by step guide below and you will get connected in no time.
Step 0: Make sure your iPhone / iPod Touch is connected to the Internet.
Step 1: Click on the Safari app:
Posted in IT, Microsoft, Software on September 29, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Visual Studio 2010 and the .NET Framework 4.0 mark the next generation of developer tools from Microsoft. Designed to address the latest needs of developers, Visual Studio and the .NET Framework deliver key innovations in the following pillars:
- Democratizing Application Lifecycle Management
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) crosses many roles within an organization and traditionally not every one of the roles has been an equal player in the process. Visual Studio Team System 2010 continues to build the platform for functional equality and shared commitment across an organization’s ALM process.- Enabling emerging trends
Every year the industry develops new technologies and new trends. With Visual Studio 2010, Microsoft delivers tooling and framework support for the latest innovations in application architecture, development and deployment.- <Click here to read more>
Posted in IT, thoughts on September 25, 2008| 1 Comment »
I don’t use twitter very often……so I seldom have the chance to see the picture below:
This is what you will see when Twitter is down! But……I really like picture 😀
Twitter is down (at the time of this writting) when I really needed it!!! On a side note……maybe I should twitte more often!
Posted in IT, Microsoft, Software on September 11, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Imagine Cup is a competition held by Microsoft every year to encourage the students all around the world to use technologies to solve real world problems. The competition have a different theme every year, and this year, the theme is:
Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems facing us today. (more…)
Posted in IT, Microsoft on September 11, 2008| Leave a Comment »
In September and October, Nigel Parker will present MSDN UNPLUGGED sessions created specifically for web focused developers to “get ready” for what is coming next. Nigel will discuss readiness and enhancements with Internet Explorer 8. Nigel will introduce Silverlight 2 and WPF 3.5 for developers focused on service enabled rich client development and then lead into a discussion on cloud based services including WCF, REST and JSON. (more…)
Posted in IT, Study on September 9, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Maintaining productivity can be a struggle, yet there are a number of ways to remove the obstacles that may be keeping your developers from working at full capacity
Programmers are expensive employees to hire and employ. They make better-than-average salaries compared to other office workers with similar experience and education levels. Needless to say, with the cost of developer time being what it is, it makes sense to take steps to improve the efficiency and productivity of your development staff. Here are 10 tips to help you do just that.
1. Minimise distractions
Most managers are aware that programming is a job that requires long periods of intense concentration. What they don’t realise is they are not doing a very good job at letting their team focus on their work.
Posted in IT, Study, thoughts on September 2, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Apple, IT, thoughts on August 25, 2008| Leave a Comment »
Just got this post from cnBeta: http://www.cnbeta.com/articles/63023.htm
Will have to wait till next month to see how accurate its……
Posted in Computer Tutorials, IT, Microsoft, Software on August 24, 2008| 23 Comments »
Last Friday I went to a friend’s place to take a look of their computer because they think it have viruses on it. Their computer wasn’t as bad as I thought……but then again the computer was quite fast; so having a few viruses / Trojans running at the background probably won’t make much difference 😉 I ran a few virus / Trojan scanners on the computer and found a handful of spywares plus a Trojan! (more…)
Posted in Computer Tutorials, IT, ITS @ Otago, Microsoft, Software, University of Otago on July 5, 2008| 8 Comments »
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 your default browser, you have to manually configure the proxy settings for it to work on our student network…which is NOT convenient at all! (more…)
Posted in Apple, IT, Mac 101 on July 5, 2008| 7 Comments »
Recently I’ve been trying to write a post on Firefox in Windows Vista using my MacBook…but there is this one little problem…my MacBook..and so as everybody else’s…doesn’t have the Print Screen key on the keyboard! (more…)
Posted in Apple, Computer Tutorials, IT, Mac 101 on May 26, 2008| 5 Comments »
It’s not he first time that I hear people saying:
If you install Windows (using Boot Camp) on your (Intel) Mac, it will make your Mac run really slow!
I always thought this is some kind of a joke because they (the two operating systems) are sitting on different partitions…so how can they interfere with one another? Well, it turns out that with / without installing Windows (using Boot Camp) on your (Intel) Mac DOES make a difference…at least it makes a difference on the Restart / Shut Down process. (more…)
Posted in Apple, Computer Tutorials, IT, Software on April 21, 2008| 14 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. My friend Chaks, who also owns a MacBook, recommended a software to me (thanks Chaks) 😀 Its called SMC Fan Control (SMC stand for System Management Controller). Here are some details about the software:
Posted in IT, Microsoft, Software, thoughts, tagged Imagine Cup 2008, Microsoft New Zealand on April 20, 2008| Leave a Comment »
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…)
Posted in INFO 404, IT, Linux, Study, University of Otago on March 24, 2008| 4 Comments »
Posted in Apple, Computer Tutorials, IT, Mac 101, tagged 10.5, Leopard, Mac OS X, reinstall on March 23, 2008| 5 Comments »
Reinstalling your own operating system is kind of like a standard task nowadays if you are using your computer(s) extensively. No matter whether you are using a Mac or a PC, your operating system is kind of like “aging” everyday…getting slower and slower until the point you can’t stand it anymore and decide to do a reinstall.
Also…sometimes it takes less time to solve a problem by reinstalling the system rather than taking your time to find the solution itself…although you won’t learn much…but at least you will get the job out of the way.
Reinstalling Windows should be easy because most people are PC users; when you have a problem regarding your installation, it shouldn’t be too difficult to find someone to help you…but what if you are using a Mac? (more…)
Posted in Cisco, INFO 404, IT, Study, University of Otago, tagged Cisco 2600, Cisco PIX, Dr Noria Foukia, Firewall, INFO 404, University of Otago on March 21, 2008| Leave a Comment »
If you are doing INFO 404 this year and you are preparing for the Practical Test, you might find the following links to be quite useful. (more…)
Posted in Apple, IT, ITS @ Otago, Mac 101, University of Otago, tagged Authoxy, ITS HelpDesk, Microsoft Messenger, proxy, SHA, Skype, University of Otago on March 14, 2008| 14 Comments »
From what I’ve seen this year on the ITS HelpDesk (@ the University of Otago), there are more and more students having Mac laptops…and I got a fair number of students asking for help with their Skype / Microsoft Messenger. Since the university network is behind a proxy, you need to have some proxy related settings in the software to allow it to go through the proxy. While you can use Adium for the MSN part, its hard to find something to replace the Skype on the Macs. So what can we do about it?
Posted in IT, Microsoft, University of Otago on March 6, 2008| Leave a Comment »
DEV JAM is Microsoft‘s yearly orientation event that starts on the 4th
of March. The Microsoft Academic Team Paul, Ryan and Tarryn will be
visiting the Otago Campus on the 13th this month. This year the event
is focused on showcasing some of the new technologies including
gaming, user experience and streaming videos. There will also be a
chill out session involving XBOX consoles and the new SCENE IT Game!
To find out more info on the DEV JAM Demo’s please go to:
http://blogs.msdn.com/nzstudents/pages/dev-jam-orientation-2008-find-…
Date: Thursday, 13th of March
Where: Commerce Building 2.07
Time: Session 1 starts @ 12pm, Session 2 starts @ 2pm.
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