Monthly Archives: October 2011

Itunes 10.5 is here – get ready for IOS5

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The release of itunes that supports Icloud and wifi sync is upon us. With IOS 5 support and the other speed and stability improvements – this release gets us ready for the imminent delivery of the new improved IOS. The upgrade is pretty painless and is well worth getting in place before the IOS update […]

Cherokee as an alternative web server ?

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If you are working in the web deployment field and want something other than Apache or IIS and don’t neccessarily want a Windows platform – take a look at Cherokee. You can download from here Their blurb says Cherokee is a very fast, flexible and easy  to configure Web Server. It supports the widespread technologies  […]

Goodbye Steve and Thank You !

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It was sad to hear that Steve Jobs has passed away so young. He has been a larger than life character in the IT field since I started in the 1980’s and has never failed to bring something to the show every time that he was in the headlines. I am so sorry that his […]

Iphone 4s finally arrives

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After yesterdays announcement we have a new arrival. You’ll be able to pick on up in a week or two. So whats new or useful ? Dual core A5 chip – should make a difference to the sometimes juddery performance 8 MP camera – with 1080P HD video – could be handy in some circumstances […]

Notes 8.5.3 is here

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Whats new and improved in Notes ? New    Java Design Element for XPages Source    Control Enablement in Designer Improved    JavaScript Editor for XPages New   Preferences to control what is displayed in the Applications Navigator and   Controls Palette New    Designer Perspectives for either XPages development or Forms/Views  development Easier   deployment of extensions such as the Extension […]

Hi Ho Hi Ho its off to XWORK we go

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You wait for an announcement  and then three come along at the same time. Ed Brill announced the licensing and naming of the xpage server offering that allows developers to deliver xpage apps to the public and clients via the cloud. The announcement here shows that thought has gone into the release and that once the […]