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Set up your own Linux LAMP server painlessly as a Windows virtual machine

david — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:07:04 +0000

iTWire: Even the most Microsoft-ardent developer will know web hosts favour Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP over Windows, IIS, ASP.NET and SQL Server. Thanks to virtualisation the days of dual booting are over. Here is how to set up a streamlined LAMP development environment on any Windows PC.

Linux wall warts – small on size, big on possibilities!

david — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:58:35 +0000

iTWire: Every geek and technology lover will undoubtedly have stumbled across online adverts for tiny headless Linux-powered devices that are barely larger than the power point they plug into. What can you actually do with them? Plenty, it seems!

SlashDotted! Yeah!

I’m a BlackBerry abuser

david — Mon, 10 May 2010 03:47:28 +0000

Over the last 6 years or so I’ve quite literally – according to server statistics – based out tens of thousands of e-mails on my various BlackBerry handhelds.

The BlackBerry has given me “BlackBerry thumb” in the past on the earlier thumbwheel versions. Looks like I’m hitting it back with my relatively new BlackBerry Bold 9700 giving up the ghost on its enter key.

No doubt this will be a warranty repair but I don’t know if I can be without it long enough to send it back to Telstra !

Testing the iPhone WordPress app

david — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 09:55:03 +0000

Well, if this works then the WordPress app for the iPhone works! I notice that iTunes marks it as being an iPad app too, presumably offering enhanced functionality on the bigger screen.

Torvalds quits Linux, joins Microsoft next-gen OS team

david — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 21:39:51 +0000

iTWire: In a move certain to surprise, shock and even anger many, the creator of the Linux kernel, Linus Torvalds, today signed up as Chief Software Architect with Microsoft to work on the Redmond Giant’s next-generation operating system with Dave Cutler.

Simple Exchange Server SSL certificate management

david — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:51:30 +0000

iTWire: To give your Microsoft Exchange users the most flexible access options you really need an independent verified SSL certificate. Here’s how to do it fast and efficiently with a minimum of fuss and confusion.

SAP releases Google-Wave for the enterprise

david — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:30:06 +0000

iTWire: The biggest name in the high-end enterprise market has released a beta version free online collaboration tool, aiming to bring business the level of teamwork expected from Google Wave.

1 in 10 Internet users now on Windows 7 – but only at home

david — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:47:27 +0000

iTWire: Just three months after its general availability to the public, Microsoft’s latest Windows 7 operating system now accounts for 10% of all Internet browsing. Yet corporations are still unmoved.

What could have been the iPad killer app …

david — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:51:38 +0000

iTWire: The Apple iPad is official. Yet it just missed one ingredient that could have been its killer app.

iPad features iDon’t want to see …

david — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:35:41 +0000

iTWire: Hype and rumour abound as to the nature, price and design of the highly-expected Apple tablet – or iPad or iSlate. I won’t add to the false predictions but I’ll certainly tell you what I hope it isn’t.