Business and Technology news of the day
On Friday Intel Announced and then clarified that while they will continue to manufacture their existing and next generation of motherboards they will not produce new boards past 2014. Intel is focusing on “NEXT UNIT OF COMPUTING” aka NUC which are small form factor systems you can read about HERE. Read more…
QUALCOMM (apparently) accidently released a 2013 product roadmap showing Android 5 (code named Key Lime Pie) being released sometime between April through June of 2013. The Samsung Galaxy S4 is supposed to be released in March of 2013 and I just can’t imaging the S4 not being capable of running the Read more…
The Samsung Galaxy S4 will have the following hardware spec according the image I received (see below): Android 4.2 Jelly Bean with TouchWiz 5″ 1080p Super AMOLED+ Screen 2.0 A15 Exynos 5450 Quad Core CPU – I wonder if like the S3, there will only be a dual core in Canada and Read more…
Bill Gates interview covering energy innovation, Windows and how his foundation is serious about wiping out Polio by 2018
I recently needed to identify a graphic’s HEX colour so I could use it on a website. After quite some research I found the following two web sites provided quick and accurate hex conversions and color pallets for me: cssdrive.com/imagepalette/index.php : told me exactly what color a solid colour graphic was Read more…
In a word, no. However it is expected the CIRA’s addition of 16 French characters to their supported characters list will have little usage. So, if you own www.abc.ca but your legal name (or marketing name includes an accent like) www.Àbc.ca, you have the option to register that too. Note that you Read more…
The solution (assuming you have already uninstalled lync, or never had it) is to go through the registry and delete the two or three references to Lync_CoreFiles: Click START > RUN, type regedit.exe and press the ENTER key Click on HKEY_CURRENT_USER (as HKCR contains no references) Click EDIT > SEARCH Read more…
The Exchange Control Panel or ECP is the IIS virtual directory that provides an interface to change settings in the Outlook Web App (OWA). It SHOULD open after you sign into OWA and click OPTIONS > MORE OPTIONS but instead sometimes it redirects you to the login page. However if Read more…
The short answer is, in UPDATE ROLL UP 2 or 3 or 4. Nearly all of the documentation on this points to Update Rollup 2 KB2554629 containing the Office 365 add-in. The problem is that if you install a fresh SBS 2011 today in 2012 or 2013, you can not Read more…
Our Chestermere In Winter Theme contains more than 40 images my daughter and I took from various parks and common areas around our beautiful Town. Most of these images were taken in December 2012 but there are a few images from other winter periods like our Olympic Rings on the Ice in 2008. This Read more…
Microsoft is apparently working on eye glasses which will allow “users” to access the internet AND view augmented reality (like what was in the line of site 100 years ago, or the weather forecast or wholesale prices of the item being looked at). This is similar, but far superior to Google’s Read more…
ANSER: The week of November 20th! Late yesterday Telus told me “off the record” that the update will be released the week of November 20th. This morning I received an official notice from Samsung business support. Jelly Bean ver. 4.1.x being released by all carriers commencing sometime during the second half Read more…
Does anyone really like to be bullied? Is arrogance something most people aspire to achieve, or behavior socially embraced? You know the answers. But these qualities too much describe Apple since its sudden success starting in 2010. The company continually sticks a middle finger in the face of competitors, judges, Read more…
The graphic below shows the briefest of comparison between the iPad Mini and the Amazon Kindle: The table below is from mashable.com/2012/10/16/microsoft-surface-vs-ipad-kindle-fire/ Microsoft Surface RT Apple iPad Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 Screen Size 10.6 inches 9.7 inches 8.9 inches Resolution 1,366 x 768 2,048 x 1,536 Read more…
You may have seen hundreds of SMART FORTWO blue and white cars driving around your city and wondered who is behind this pay by the minute car sharing operation. Wonder no more… it is Mercedes itself and they have some SMART Electric cars on the way. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwvpB8gVVFo
Apple’s Secret Chip In Official Lightning Cable & Adapters Revealed, Knock-offs Probably Won’t Work Apple has placed a chip between the cord’s USB contact and the power pin on the Lightning plug, which seems to be the key to keeping Lighting cables and adapters proprietary and its the first time that Read more…