July 2012 – The Zedman

Windows Phone 7 – Jump Lists

July 26, 2012May 20, 2017 James Robinson

There is now a very easy way to navigate around your Windows Phone 7. This is by using a small feature that usually goes unnoticed – the Jump List. The Jump List is the letter indexing found on the Windows Phone 7, and is now active in the apps, People (contacts), and Music+Videos lists – and I find it incredibly... Read More

Mozart gets to Tango

July 24, 2012May 20, 2017 James Robinson

I was surprised to get an update alert on my Mozart WP7 yesterday – and then eager to get home to find out what was in store for me. Once plugged in to Zune I discovered I had two updates waiting for me: · 7.10.8112 Windows Phone 7.5 Consumer Refresh 2 · 7.10.8773 Windows Phone 7.5 Refresh – codename “Tango”... Read More

Groundswell is building for cloud services

July 20, 2012May 20, 2017 James Robinson

The groundswell is building for cloud services like Microsoft’s Office 365. Even more so with the upcoming release of Office 2013 (now in customer preview as of 2 days ago) and how it completely interfaces into the all new Office 365 experience (that is fully cloud delivered), and into Windows 8 (due October 26 to a store near you). A... Read More

Downfall of the SMH. How a once quality newspaper has lost its way.

July 12, 2012May 20, 2017 James Robinson

Editorial and quality control standards at the Sydney Morning Herald have dropped dramatically, and it’s really annoying me. Do you remember about two months ago the big brouhaha of how Fairfax were going outsource all subediting work for its flagship Sydney and Melbourne newspapers, losing 82 jobs in the process. And then about a month ago Greg Hywood, CEO and... Read More

Hackers expose 453,000 credentials allegedly taken from Yahoo service

July 12, 2012May 20, 2017 James Robinson

Hackers posted what appear to be login credentials for more than 453,000 user accounts that they said they retrieved in plaintext from an unidentified service on Yahoo. (sounds like it’s time to change your password if you use a Yahoo service). The dump, posted on a public website by a hacking collective known as D33Ds Company, said it penetrated the... Read More

Custom ringtones on Windows Phone 7

July 10, 2012May 14, 2017 James Robinson

You can have a custom ring tone on your Windows Phone 7, but it takes a bit of effort. To create your own custom ring tone: The file type must be either MP3 or WMA The file size must be less than 1MB The file length must be less than 40 seconds You must change the ID-Tag to “Ringtone” Once... Read More

Create your own radio station

July 8, 2012May 14, 2017 James Robinson

A couple of weeks ago one of my best friends started his own radio station. George Mihalos is the Program Director for radio station 2GN/Eagle FM in Goulburn NSW (Australia). He didn’t quit his day job to achieve this. But “through the power of the internet” was able to set up an online streaming radio station very easily – he’s... Read More

ARE WE NOT MEN? The DEVO documentary

July 7, 2012May 14, 2017 James Robinson

Fans of the electro-postpunk-synth band DEVO, like me, will be ecstatic to know that an official authorised movie length documentary about the band is currently in production and will be released in January 2013 at the Sundance film festival. This is the first-ever documentary about the band. The boys in the red Energy Domes have employed the power of crowd... Read More

My first post from the Windows Phone 7 app

July 5, 2012May 14, 2017 James Robinson

Ok, just installed the new WordPress app onto my Windows Phone 7. This is the first post using it. Do you post blogs from your mobile devices? I’m thinking this might be an easier and quicker way to post, as normally I get too involved in crafting my posts, and therefore it takes ages. So let’s see if this is... Read More