Run a website and ever wanted to create your own favicon but not sure how? Do you even know what a favicon is??
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Look's like I've always been keen on the idea of blogging, but as per now, not very good at doing it on a regular basis...
Why do I say that - I've literally just falling across a blog that I started back in 2004 and had completely forgotten about!
See my pointless ramblings at http://cheekie.blogspot.co.uk/!
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Here's a quick way of creating a macro in Dragon NaturallySpeaking Professional that will allow you to navigate a word document quickly.
You will probably have to view this fullscreen unless you have fantastic eyes!
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These days we all like to use our smartphones for many different tasks and in my case a few of those tasks are in my car. I have the ubiquitous iPhone and in my car I use it as my SatNav, (using the fantastic and free CoPilot GPS app), and obviously as a music player.
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For those that have started dabbling with Visual Studio 2012, you may be interested to learn that there is already an update available for this IDE.
Available from http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/downloads#d-visual-studio-2012-update.
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Recently I came across Barlow's Manifesto which was written by John Perry Barlow.
The manifesto was written as a direct criticism of the Communications Decency Act in 1996. Barlow and others saw this act as a threat to the "independence and sovereignty of cyberspace".
I find it a fascinating read as this was a time when the Internet was barely visible to most of society, yet John Barlow, (who was also a lyricist for the Grateful Dead), could see that any level of governance could have huge ramifications on the growth and scope of "the net". Barlow was clearly an early visionary of what cyberspace would become, and it's interesting how much of what he said back in 1996 is still relevant today.
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If you ever fancied learning how to program, why not take a look over at Channel 9 where there is a series of "how to" videos dedicated to doing just this.
Most of the videos are by Bob Tabor from LearnVisualStudio.net which generally is a paid for resource, but Microsoft have obviously seen the value and quality of his training and have obviously sponsored him to create content for the Channel 9 website.
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The new releases continue to flow! According to http://www.itpro.co.uk/643489/microsoft-releases-office-2013-to-manufacturers Office 2013 has now been released to manufacturers, which means general availability should be sometime in Spring.
No news yet for Technet, MSDN and MAPs subscribers.
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Microsoft have finally released Microsoft server 2012 essentials, the spiritual heir to Windows Home Server, (WHS), according to http://redmondmag.com/articles/2012/10/09/essentials-released-to-manufacturers.aspx.
I will be heading over to TechNet shortly to download my copy to evaluate on my HP N40L mini server.
Although this is the direct replacement for WHS, it is likely that most WHS 2011 users won't move across, simply because of the associated cost of a server operating system. Previous versions of WHS, were hugely discounted because of the intended home market. However, this product is primarily intended for small and medium-sized businesses, although it does have most of the functionality of the previous WHS product, but unfortunately not the cost…There is little doubt it will succeed in its intended market, but whether the average home user will upgrade remains to be seen.
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