Up until about 5 years ago, I’d never used Microsoft Netmeeting, at least not in anger. I knew it was there, built right into Windows, but had never had a need to use it. Then I took a job at huge multinational company where I discovered Netmeeting was used extensively.
Last week I delivered an online presentation for the North West Regional Group of The Institute of IT Training called “Office 2010 Revealed“. It was, as the title suggests, a sneaky peek at what’s coming in the soon-to-be-released Microsoft Office 2010.
Following a legal agreement between Microsoft and The European Competition Commission, from March 1st 2010, Windows users across Europe are able to install the web browser of their choice, rather than having Internet Explorer as a default.
A while back I wanted to automate updating my podcasts in iTunes. Up to that point, I had to remember to open iTunes and click the Refresh button. Some of my subscribed podcasts are released daily so If a few days had passed by since the last update I would find that I had missing [...]
Now that the football season has started, why not treat yourself to iFootyPlus or iFooty for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Both apps allow you to keep a track of league tables and match results and provide news and minute by minute updates of live matches (via text commentary) involving English and Scottish teams.
On a recent edition of MacBites we discussed alternatives to Finder. Elaine’s pick was Path Finder, whilst mine was Forklift. Although I still do use Finder for basic file management operations, the main reason that I use Forklift is that it provides a dual-pane view.
I spend about 2 hours a day walking my dog. In order to ensure that this time is used effectively, I usually listen to a podcast on my iPhone. If it’s not raining, I’ll also use the phone to check email, send texts, surf the web and Twitter.
Gone are the days when a mobile phone was just a phone. I prefer to think of my iPhone as a mobile computing device. Excluding the applications that come as standard, I’ve got almost 40 apps on my phone. These are split over 4 screens.
Being a football fan (or soccer as non-Brits call it), I can recommend a FREE app for the iPhone / iPod Touch called iFooty (at this point I’d like to publicly thank Elaine Giles for finding the app).
Are you frustrated by the amount of time it takes to export video to the H.264 format? Are you unable to use your Mac for other purposes while you are converting videos to the H.264 format?