Monthly Archives: July 2011

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Poor signal on Orange Iphone ? Try turning off 3G

This entry was posted in Hardware Tips and tagged Iphone Orange on July 19, 2011 by HAL

I have suffered with poor and annoying service with Orange since replacing handset about 6 months ago. Previously I had no issues with Blackberry handset and Orange. The only saving grace was that I have a second handset on the same contract. With the joining of forces between Tmobile and Orange into EveryThingEveryWhere – I have […]

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Viewing your movies on an IPAD from PC library

This entry was posted in IPAD Must Have Review Software and tagged IOS Ipad StreamToMe on July 18, 2011 by HAL

On returning from holiday wanted to review some of the footage that was shot while away. I wondered what options were available for video from Itunes and lo I found StreamToMe. The server component is free for windows and Mac bus you do have to buy the IOS application form the Apple Store . The […]

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Vsphere 5 – whats new ?

This entry was posted in Software Virtualisation and tagged VMWare Vsphere on July 15, 2011 by HAL

Have been digging around a bit deeper to see what the changes are in the new VMware Vsphere 5 release. I suspect there will be a few more articles around this but initially … my comments in brackets Vmware say vSphere 5.0 continues to build on the rich set of capabilities provided in vSphere 4.1. […]

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Cocoon yourself for safety

This entry was posted in Review Software and tagged Cocoon Firefox on July 14, 2011 by HAL

I thought I would mention a useful looking piece of software called Cocoon. Its a safety oriented Firefox browser add-on and its free. The developers describe it as Cocoon protects your identity so your data trail leads nowhere. Now you can enjoy the  Web knowing you are safe from prying eyes. Cocoon stops companies from […]

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IOS updates

This entry was posted in IPAD and tagged IOS Iphone on July 13, 2011 by HAL

Interesting to find a few IOS updates and changes while I was away. having a couple of IOS devices can actually be a pain to administer since each requires the updates and its not easy to see if they have all the same apps installed. I find it amazing that Apple haven’t streamlined some of […]

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3.2.1 go (wordpress update time)

This entry was posted in Interesting and tagged Wordpress on July 12, 2011 by HAL

WordPress have issued an update that fixes an issue with JSON and also some general improvements. As always worth keeping your site updated and patched

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Trilead explorer updated

This entry was posted in Internet Software Tips Virtualisation and tagged backups ESXI Trilead VMWare on July 11, 2011 by HAL

Great to see a new release of one of my favourite tools for VM backups in the ESX(i) environment. Trilead explorer 3.6 has a few items that I had thought would improve the product. New: option to backup multiple VMs in the same task New: warning message on VM Explorer startup if last scheduled tasks […]

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IOS5 looking good

This entry was posted in Development Gadgets and tagged IOS Ipad Iphone on July 8, 2011 by HAL

Have been looking at the range of changes and additions that are coming in the next IOS release probably in september. Most are small but overall it seems that the OS for Ipad and Iphone is maturing and becoming a bit less “gadgety” and a bit more “businessy”. I’m glad to hear the suggestion that […]

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