Dell Laptop Keyboard: Backlighting Timeout
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I have recently read a few posts on other blogs and forums, discussing an ‘annoyance’ of not being able to disable the ‘fade-out’ or time-out
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Game Photo Album
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Although it has been around since the conception of this site, the Shadow Productions: Game Photo Album hasn’t really had much ‘show’ on the main
Programmer Comics
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One of my friends sent me a link to a ‘collection of good programmer web-comics’…. So I picked the best of the best :D Collection sourced
Retrieving Bookmarks from Enhanced Bookmarks (iGoogle Gadget)
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Recently, the Enhanced Bookmarks gadget has been un-usable due to un-expected changes made by Google to its Gadget API. This has rendered Enhanced Bookmarks useless
Apple Tax: The Proof
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A recently released white paper titled “What Price Cool?“, sponsored by Microsoft, has provided the proof that Apple Mac’s do in fact cost more to
Apple Tax: “Paying $500 more to get a logo on it?”
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At a conference mid-march, Ballmer (Microsoft CEO) re-fueled a PC vs. Mac debate by commenting, “Now I think the tide has really turned back the
I’m a PC and I dislike Apple :)
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Late last year Microsoft started their ‘I’m a PC’ campaign to try and alter the stereotype given to PC users partially by Apple from their
The Alternative Energy Revolution
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The dangers of alternative energy… xkcd
Dell XPS M1730 – How to enable Stereo Mix
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The guys over at XPS-Wiki have found a way to enable Stereo Mix on a Dell XPS M1730. Originally, Dell reported that Stereo Mix was not
Windows Media Player 11 Skin for WM5 Media Player
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I was tired of combing through forum posts for this skin on the Internet so I decided to post it where I (and hopefully others)
Custom Right Click (Context) Menu on the Taskbar for your Program
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Sometimes it may be required in your program that you need to alter the right click menu, otherwise known as context menu. With this following
Microsoft rolls out ‘Emergency’ patch for all currently supported versions of Windows
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I received an email alerting me to the release of a ‘Critical’ patch to address a vulnerability in all currently supported versions of Windows. This includes
SQL Injection Comic
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This one still makes me laugh :D From http://xkcd.com/327/
PDA/Pocket PC Screen Alignment Woes – Inaccurate Taps
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A PDA or Pocket PC screen is most infuriating when the alignment goes ‘out of whack’. I own a Dell Axim x51 and found after
Super Mario Bros. meets Kumikyoku Nico Nico Douga
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Epic… ~8:40… Lol
Visual Studio 2008 SP1 Released
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SP1 for Visual Studio 2008 has progressed from the Beta workbench. It is now publicly available for download from Microsoft. Download Visual Studio 2008 SP1
Google Maps visits Australia
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I knew that Google Maps were ‘street-viewing’ Australia however I had no clue that it was going to be released so soon. Google Maps has
Play locally stored DVD’s on Media Center (DVD Library)
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Sometimes you may have all your DVD’s stored locally on your computer harddrive, this means you can easily play any of your DVD’s without having
Web 2.0
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I was at a lecture today and as part of an IT open day and this video was being shown representing the internet as it