Sunday 27 September 2015

Telstra Home Phone App

Combine your fixed line and a smartphone app ...
telstra-t-voice-2015-01Presumably this will not work for those connected to the Internet over the Foxtel cable as it has no access to the fixed telephone line.

Telstra connects the home phone with your mobile, tablet - Gadget Guy Australia:

How Linux was born

Birth of Linux just for the computer historians ... 
Interesting background to Linux that now forms the base for most consumer and commercial computing today.

How Linux was born, as told by Linus Torvalds himself | Ars Technica:

Facebook Hits 1 Billion

Certainly a significant Facebook milestone ...
Whilst not a Facebook user, I do appreciate the significant contribution Facebook has made to social networking!

Facebook Hits New Peak Of 1 Billion Users On A Single Day | TechCrunch:

Windows 10 upgrade?

Interesting OEM perspective on Windows 10 upgrades ...
Three year and older laptops, in particular, may find themselves short of certain drivers which could turn out to be problem for a Windows 10 upgrade.

Windows 10 is an easy free upgrade (if your PC maker is on board) | Ars Technica:

Android & iPhone 98.6 percent

Smartphone market is basically a two horse race ...
Android and iPhone have the mobile phone Operating System cornered with a total of 98.6 percent.

96.8 percent of new smartphones sold are either iPhone or Android devices | The Verge:

Delta in emergency landing

Must have been terrifying for the passengers ...
Makes you wonder what it sounded like in the cockpit of this plane when it was hit by a hailstorm.

Delta pilots make an emergency landing in Denver after aeroplane is smashed in hailstorm:

Google bigger than you think

Computing power of Google bigger than you think ...
Don't often get some glimpses of the inner working of the Google machine.

Google secrets: It’s much bigger than you think:

Acer’s “Cloudbooks”

Chromebooks and now we have Cloudbooks ...
Limited storage Windows 10 laptops. Important that you don't pick one of these up when you think you are getting 500 GB or 1 TB of hard disk!

Acer’s “Cloudbooks” are Windows 10 laptops starting at $170 | Ars Technica:

Saturday 26 September 2015

Microsoft Windows 95 Launch

Windows 95 launched 20 years ago ...
Some nostalgia for those old enough to remember it!

Windows 95 is 20 years old today | The Verge:

Windows 10 upgrade cleanup

Going back or cleaning up after Windows 10 upgrade ...
Windows 10Useful article that is best read read before you do your Windows 10 upgrade from Windows 7 or Windows 8.

How to delete Windows 7, 8 after upgrading to Windows 10 | TechRadar:

Windows 10 - 9 key updates

Good summary of what's new in Windows 10 ...
Although this article is a bit old, it is still a good summary of what is new in Windows 10. 

The nine most important updates in Windows 10 | The Verge: