Monthly Archives: June 2008


Return of the TyTn

Well – it was completed knackered. Not booting and not able to be reset. The Tytn II was no more……. So I rang Orange Business and had a chat with the support team. “Dead. Defunct. Disaster” was the verdict and “which time slot would you like tomorrow for your new handset” was the next remark. […]


Three strikes and you are out Tytn !!

I have come close to throwing my Tytn II handset from Orange in the bin this week. After repeated “texts of death” or “SMS of destruction” – the handset has now ceased working. The symptoms range from a simple freezing of the handset – which gets sorted with a reset through a need to hard […]


Managing your support

If you have a large number of remote or local machines that you are using VNC or rdp to support – you really should take a good look at SmartCode’s VNC Manager here I’ve been using it for over a year and it was a shock when I realised I hadn’t mentioned here. I have […]


Protecting your property – securing those pdf files

When a client approached me with a requirement to protect pdf files from being copied and used elsewhere I thought it would not be too difficult to satisfy the simple needs of their project. However I discovered that the built in security and the cost of the drm offerings from the major players both left […]