September 2011 - Posts

• Apple - Security is for non-turtleneck wearing folk

  Seems that Apple have introduced some glaring security holes to OS X Lion ... this is classic text-book stuff. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/19/apple_password_security_exposed/ I don't think we'll be hearing many whines from the fanboys about Microsoft security for a while :-) Or at least until they patch up their own mess and act like it didn't happen ;-) Posted Sep 20 2011, 08:47 AM by Robs Blog - MVP in the dark arts Filed under: Apple, Security

• Windows 8 - a new BSOD screen

  Worth checking out for a laugh! http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/14/windows-8-bsod-ditches-confusing-error-codes-for-uninformative-f/ Cute, but not very informative ... that's ok, as BSOD's usually happen in front of a humble user, and a minidump plus debug tools helps us to determine the issue remotely most times (unless you have DEM maybe?) ... still, maybe it'd be nice to see the (not so) cryptic error's thrown during a BSOD Posted Sep 15 2011, 11:24 AM by Robs Blog - MVP in the dark arts Filed under: Windows 8, BSOD

• Windows 8 – Try it yourself now

  Windows 8 preview is here, and its getting a lot of liking! Check it out from here http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/home/ Posted Sep 14 2011, 01:24 PM by Robs Blog - MVP in the dark arts

• Single mouse and keyboard across multiple machines

  Check this out, Mouse without Borders, a pet project at MS that lets you drive up to four machines using a single mouse and keyboard. http://blogs.technet.com/b/next/archive/2011/09/09/microsoft-garage-download-mouse-without-borders.aspx Its available for download right now! Love toys like this, will check it out over the weekend :-)     Posted Sep 14 2011, 06:12 AM by Robs Blog - MVP in the dark arts Filed under: Mouse without Borders

• Windows 8 (cough) tablet

  These toys are not for sale, those lucky developers attending BUILD were given one free! http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/14/samsung_windows8_tablet/ Another write up which includes pictures can be seen here courtesy of Neowin. Core i5 processor 4GB of DDR3 RAM 64GB SSD hard drive Wifi and 3G 11.6-inch Super PLS 1366-by-768 display Punchy spec's, only drawback is that it weighs 2 pounds and won't be retailing near you soon, but those that got their hands on one gets some KICK ASS hardware for their trouble. The article says these won't be retailing, its more a tool for developers to use for debugging Windows 8 applications.   Posted Sep 14 2011, 04:22 AM by Robs Blog - MVP in the dark arts Filed under: Build, Windows 8, samsung