Recently we acquired a nice Tandberg Video Conferencing system, we normally stick with the Sony range as its menu interface is very easy to use, but we decided to give Tandberg a try. What a beast, great slick menu system, loads of options, built in MCU (Multipoint Conference Unit), 2 XLR mic inputs (Phantom Powered), [...]

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What a terrible idea… and yet very useful. Let me explain. If you are a web developer you will have to test you web apps or sites on IE, specially because IE lives in it’s own little world but still a lot of people use it. Anyway, I came across this application IE4Linux which installs [...]

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By pure curiosity I decided (at 2am last night) to look into creating a search plugin for my Google Adsense Search. Well it was a very successfull adventure. It can be created for any site search, even your personal blog. There are 2 ways of doing it (maybe more) I found . 1 – Create [...]

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Ever wanted to see your control panel as a flyout menu in Vista rather than having to click on it, wait for the whole window to load and then sort though the applets? Fortunately, the solution is very straightforward. First right click on the Orb and select properties. Then simply choose ‘Start Menu’ from the [...]

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On startup a computer goes through a whole bunch of checks to see if the vital Hardware (Motherboard chipset, RAM Modules, Video Card Controller, PCI Cards, etc..) are in working order, this process is called POST (Power-ON Self Test) . If all goes well then the Bios will run it’s mini OS and call upon [...]

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I was approached by a work colleague about the very interesting Open Source initiative. Wiki on a stick is a very small (to start with) self modifying XHTML file that lets you create notes on a portable WiKi. It can be stored on your HD or better on a USB stick which makes it a [...]

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