Monthly Archives: October 2011

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Two outages – one day

This entry was posted in Comment Internet and tagged DNS2Go UTV on October 19, 2011 by HAL

Today I was investigation some issues regarding non resolution of a domain. It had started intermittently yesterday but became more prominent when  I was off site. Checking I found the name servers in question for the domain were DNS2Go’s – a supplier I have used many times to deal with dynamic dns addresses in projects. […]

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Getting your ducks in a row – approaching a new project

This entry was posted in Tips and tagged Project Management on October 18, 2011 by HAL

A new project for a client kicked off a few weeks ago with the agreement  between the client and software supplier. Over the next few weeks the project will ramp up and this is the time in a project where the tone for the whole project can be set. The approach a client adopts at […]

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Sitting on ICloud 9 ? Not quite yet

This entry was posted in Tips and tagged Icloud Outlook 2010 on October 17, 2011 by HAL

Have been experimenting with the ICloud service and Outlook 2010. Few oddities to report. Was convinced it wasn’t updating tasks added from the task list in Outlook but discovered it was in fact a dfferent task list created when the Icloud Control Panel for windows was installed. Note same with the calendar – so watch […]

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1 down – two to go

This entry was posted in IPAD Tips and tagged IOS5 on October 14, 2011 by HAL

I managed to get my IPhone 4 updated to IOS 5 yesterday morning once the load on Apple subsided. However the process has to now be repeated twice for two other IOS devices. The first attempt on an Ipad 1 failed with an unknown error 3200. The time needd to do the upgrade should not be […]

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Safari 5.1 sneaks out

This entry was posted in Tips Web and tagged Apple Safari on October 13, 2011 by HAL

In the race to see the new IOS 5 appear – some missed the swift launch of Safari 5.1 About Safari 5.1 This update contains new features including: Reading List: Easily add webpages and links to your Reading List to browse when you have time. New Process Architecture: Safari has been re-engineered for improved stability […]

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Apple servers under heavy load

This entry was posted in Comment IPAD and tagged IOS5 on October 12, 2011 by HAL

Downloads of the IOS5 update are taking a lot longer than expected and are not completing. Might be worth waiting until US and other regions have finished giving the servers a kicking with the obvious demand for IOS 5. Will be interesting to see figures for the total numbers of downloads of it. My itunes […]

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IOS 5 is here :)

This entry was posted in Software Tips Web on October 12, 2011 by HAL

iOS 5 Software Update This update contains over 200 new features, including the following: • Notifications ◦ Swipe from the top of any screen to view notifications in one place with Notification Centre ◦ New notifications appear briefly at the top of the screen ◦ View notifications from lock screen ◦ Slide the notification app […]

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IOS5 – still “coming soon” ?

This entry was posted in Interesting Storage Tips Web and tagged IOS5 on October 12, 2011 by HAL

The widely awaited update to IOS 5 may well be on the horizon. A number of  unconfirmed tips have suggested that it will be here today but I have to say I’m not anticipating it as yet. But its early yet. The downside I do see is that with multiple IOS devices the update will […]

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