Month: December 2015
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Debunking the cult of Apple
Of course, I don’t believe in any kind of personality cult. This article debunks the cult of Steve Jobs to quite an extent by suggesting he was just another capitalist like Gates. I don’t know anyone who idolises Gates that much. Apple have made some great hardware, but the prices they charge help to create…
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Checking a mobile phone’s IMEI status
All mobile phones have an IMEI number (International Mobile Equipment Identity). This number is part of an international system to uniquely identify each mobile phone. With the IMEI number phones can be identified and traced if they are stolen, or they can also be locked to a particular mobile operator’s network. The IMEI number can…
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Resolving long path errors deleting files in Windows
One of the most detested situations in just about any version of Windows is to receive the message that the path to a file or folder is too long. There are a number of variations of this message but one that is commonly seen when trying to delete files is “The source filenames are larger…
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How to stop the popup notifications in Windows 10
If you have computers that are used continuously or exclusively for presentation then you may want to look at ways of stopping popup or toast notifications in Windows 10. After all one of the most annoying notifications is the one for new updates which is modal and therefore unable to be ignored, then it opens…
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Using Windows 7 Photo Viewer in Windows 10
There is a great reason for this 🙂 I like the Windows Photo Viewer which offers one-handed zooming with the mouse wheel and you just use the arrow keys on the keyboard to move to the next image. On the new Windows 10 photo viewer you have to press Ctrl to zoom with the mouse…