Monthly Archives: July 2012


Thunderbird(s) are gone !!

After nearly choking on my coffee after reading that Mozilla are reducing their efforts on the Thunderbird email client – I spent some time trying to think of the logic behind this and other shifts from client based development. The MD of Thunderbird (the project that Mozilla carry on the development under) says   “However, […]


Noisy fans and other short stories

You know that line – Could you take a look at my pc for me ? You’re on holiday and haven’t fixed anything for a week so you are in withdrawal. So what seems to be the problem ? The pc – a dimension 4700 – about 6 or 7 years old – sounds like a […]


Coding on Cloud 9 ?

I mentioned this to a colleague for an upcoming project. Its an online line coding ide… Key features in the latest release of Cloud9 IDE include: Real-Time Collaboration – Enables real-time editing, debugging, and chat functionality for distributed teams. Offline Support – Cloud9LOCAL is a small app that connects to hosted projects and keeps them […]


No more SBS – long live SBS !!

Microsoft  will offer the upcoming Windows Server  – in four editions that it said will provide “dramatically simplified licensing.” Microsoft also disclosed that it’s retiring the Small Business Server Edition, a product that had been popular among small and midsize businesses and the solution providers that sell to them. The release candidate version of Windows […]


Find my Iphone – not in a forest

A recent temporary loss of an iphone showed the flaws in the Find my Iphone app. Having had a number of devices registered to the Icloud – when one went missing it was an opportunity to test the app for real. However – then you see the issues. No signal on the device means no […]


Eye-Fi with my little eye ?

Well this was actually a question I was asked about being able to transfer photos directly from a camera when taking photos of products for online shop fronts. The user asked if it was possible to enable a camera to send the photos to a PC directly without the need to remove the card and […]