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Continue reading →: Have I been Hacked by Nokia? Weird MS Account IssueI am in the habit of regularly auditing my MS Account information as I want to know where my threat vectors are coming from. I am looking at you guys from Russia, please leave my account alone, will you! :) Anyways, seriously now, I took a look a minute ago…
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Continue reading →: Pen Showcase NYT Crossword Puzzle App ReleasedA while back during Surface Pro 3 launch Microsoft showcased a special Crossword App from NYT that perfectly showed why Active Pen is not a pushover on a tablet. Doing Crossword puzzle on a tablet with a pen gives such a natural feel to it. It is like writing on…
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Continue reading →: Microsoft Garage details Microsoft’s Cloud Security Strategy
I mentioned yesterday that Microsoft doesn’t hide the fact that any system can be broken, they embraced the fact and built their security initiatives that bad can and will happen to data. Now you can hear it for yourselves from a Lead Architect of Microsoft Cloud Computing platform Mark Russinovich.…
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Continue reading →: Microsoft Details it’s Online Safety History
While Apple is today busy burying it’s head deeper into the sands, Microsoft chose to detail it’s track records with Online Safety initiatives of its Trustworthy Computing Policy efforts. What a marked difference between the two Internet giants. One is too busy denying they’re vulnerable, the other is accepting the…
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Continue reading →: Apple pushes its head further into the sand
Boy, I knew this was coming, still it was disappointment when it comes. The wait is over, Apple has come to town on the rootcause of the Celebrities nude breach, yes, it wasn’t Apple’s fault as usual. How could we have guessed different. Apple confirmed there was a breach, but…
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Continue reading →: OneNote Power-User Tips – Part 2I have decided to publish my compilations of tips on efficient use of OneNote. I published Part 1 a few weeks back.
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Continue reading →: Apple Painted itself into a Corner
With all the nude leaks going on these last days, all linked to iCloud breach, and the thundering silence of Apple to respond officially to the allegations, I am smelling a rat. It is two days after the fact, and Apple is yet to go to town with their manipulative…
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Continue reading →: Updated! Posting to WordPress Blogs with OneNote OnlyWhat do you as a blogger in a Universe where Windows Live Writer doesn’t exist? You use OneNote of course.
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Continue reading →: Dusting off McAkins Online
Credits: TQN.com Ladies and gentlemen, we want to thank you for your patience with us for going AWoL on you these past two months. Naz was going through physical expatriation, and I was going through a hard time at work before going on a much deserved vacation of full 4-weeks.…
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Continue reading →: High System Interrupts CPU Usage in Windows 8This past period I re-loaded my Desktop PC to use one of the modern APU from AMD. I went from a powerful Quad-Core system to an APU On-board low power system. I did this out of a conscious choice to start limiting my impact on carbon emission and of course…
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Continue reading →: Windows Fundamentals For Legacy PCs
In this bonus episode, I take a look at Windows Fundamentals For Legacy PCs (“FLP”), a little-known official Microsoft modification of Windows XP, designed for businesses still using hardware designed for Windows 9x to be able to run a more modern, safe and stable OS on their PCs. I…
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Continue reading →: MicroXP
In this bonus episode, we take a look at an unofficial modified version of Windows XP known as MicroXP. The main aim of MicroXP is to provide all of the main functions of XP whilst taking up the minimum of hard drive space. But how functional is it compared to…
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Continue reading →: Where Is Windows XP Still Being Used Today?
In this bonus episode, I ask where YOU have seen Windows XP still in use in the world today. Leave a comment below and let’s keep a record of XP’s whereabouts in 2014 and beyond! In this episode I also discuss the origins of XP’s famous “Bliss” wallpaper.
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Continue reading →: Windows XP — A Look Back
In this bonus episode, I provide a quick overview of Windows XP’s end of support and reflect on one of the world’s most-loved operating systems. …Be thankful you never knew of “YOLO”, XP…
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Continue reading →: Windows XP Build 2481: “The Homestead Run”
In this video I wrap up our tour of the development of Windows XP with build number 2481, a pre-RTM build that heralded the completion of the GUI and out-of-box hardware compatibility for Windows XP, and was handed out to testers on 1st June 2001. Over the next few months,…
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