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XBox 360 - Home Media Center

Steven Smith, February 2, 2012
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Recently I picked up an HP MediaSmart EX470 Windows Home Server to help consolidate my files at home and to provide a simple backup solution.  It’s been great and it’s an extremely ec...

PC verses MAC (let the debate continue)

peterkellner.net, January 24, 2012
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  So, I know its hard to believe, but I am actually considering getting a Macbook to use as my main development computer.  The reason is Im using some beta mobile development tools that onl...

Mobilism announces Lyza Danger Gardner

QuirksBlog, January 17, 2012
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On 10th and 11th of May the second edition of Mobilism will take place in Amsterdam. Like last year, it will concentrate on all aspects of the mobile web. For an idea what we’re going to do, see last ...

QuirksMode.org reader survey, part I

QuirksBlog, January 16, 2012
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In December I held a QuirksMode reader survey on Urtak. It had 69 questions, and about 55,000 answers were given by about 1,100 respondents. Here’s a partial summary of the findings.About one quarter ...

The four device classes

QuirksBlog, January 9, 2012
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I’ve been thinking a lot about device classes recently, and decided on a provisional four-class scheme. I have no idea if the scheme is going to survive, but we have to at least try to order the bewil...

Using the Cloud to Enable the Next Generation of Mobile Enterprise Applications

Chris Love's Official Blog - Professional ASP.NET, January 6, 2012
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Next week we, Tellago, will be holding a live Webinar discussing how the Cloud will enable Enterprises, any company for that matter, to create the next generation of mobile enterprise applications. If...

The Liike project. Mobile Web guidance from Microsoft P&P

Pablo M. Cibraro (aka Cibrax), January 2, 2012
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Microsoft Patterns & Practices has recently started a new project whose codename is Liike (pronounced as LEEE-keh) for delivering guidance and a reference application in the mobile web space. As m...

The FED's Secret Bailout of Europe

Peter Brombergs UnBlog, December 28, 2011
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America's central bank, the Federal Reserve, is engaged in a bailout of European banks. This operation is going pretty much unnoticed here in America. The Fed is using what is called a "tem...

Mobilism early bird ending

QuirksBlog, December 28, 2011
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If you want to come to Mobilism 2012, 10th and 11th of May in Amsterdam, it’s best to buy your ticket before Saturday. Early bird prices, which knock off €100 of the ticket price, ends with the outgoi...

Position: fixed revisited

QuirksBlog, December 20, 2011
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Now that iOS, Android, and BlackBerry all have a new implementation of position: fixed let’s see what changed since the last time we looked.Because it’s fairly hard to describe what mobile and tablet ...

A Revolution in My Lifestyle

Keyvan Nayyeri, December 19, 2011
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I grew up in a family with discipline as one of the most important values. Both my parents were very serious about being organized and clean. Later on, serving in the armies and being exposed to fie...

Happy Holidays!

Laurent Duveau, December 19, 2011
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Here at RunAtServer, waiting for Windows 8 we have built our Metrofied Wishes Card! http://www.runatserver.com/voeux/2012/wishes.htm www.runatserver.com / Web, Mobile and Touch Solutions ...

IE market share

QuirksBlog, December 19, 2011
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Microsoft announced it is going to automatically upgrade IE starting in January. In order to track their progress (or lack of it) we have to establish a baseline.So here are the market shares of the v...

Lync 2010 Mobile Clients

Colt Kwongs Blog, December 17, 2011
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I used both Microsoft OCS 2007 and Lync 2010 at work and at Microsoft network. It's good to see that the official Lync 2010 clients for Windows phone is released: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/nandal/archiv...

What is a Job Creator?

Peter Brombergs UnBlog, December 13, 2011
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There is considerable political noise surrounding the idea of job creation. The right wing uses the job creator argument to push the position that increasing taxes on the rich will burden job creators...

webOS open-sourced to death

QuirksBlog, December 9, 2011
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So HP open-sources webOS. That may sound like good news, but I doubt it. This is HP’s last resort. Apparently no one was interested in buying or licensing webOS. No word as to whether the webOS UX, by...

So You Want To Build Apps?

HackingSilverlight, December 6, 2011
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If you want to build apps for any number of mobile devices we thought we would provide those resources to you. The emerging mobile application space has exploded in recent years with developers even a...

jQuery Mobile (a basic form elements library for touch devices)

Clarity Blogs: ASP.NET, December 3, 2011
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Let me first tell you the background for the need of a this new library and how jQuery Mobile falls short. Background The full jQuery Mobile is a difficult beast to migrate a site to use. Its auto-ini...

outerWidth and finding iOS’s orientation

QuirksBlog, December 2, 2011
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Yesterday James Pearce published important research into the nature and measuring of the mobile browser viewports. One finding is so important that I write this quick entry even though I haven’t yet f...

Linux Server OS information

DBA DB2, November 23, 2011
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The following commands are useful to gather Linux server  information.  The Linux system information is useful for such scenarios as : a) The Server Engineer requests a spec for a new Linux ...

Wallpaper Gallery One

Radical Development, November 21, 2011
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Wallpaper (also desktop picture and desktop background) is an image used as a background of a graphical user interface on a computer screen or mobile communications device. On a computer it is usually...

How to Install Firefox Mobile on the Amazon Kindle Fire

MS-Joe, November 18, 2011
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I’m working on a review of the Kindle Fire. Though it’s taking some heat on the net right now, I love the device. Of course, I wanted to run Firefox on it. On the Kindle Fire you install Apps from the...

Linkbait 29

QuirksBlog, November 17, 2011
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Three weeks since the last one. It’s conference season.Your donation for keeping this series up and running would be much appreciated.If you’re a web developer, please take the A List Apart Survey 201...

Mobilism announces Scott Jenson

QuirksBlog, November 15, 2011
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On 10th and 11th of May the second edition of Mobilism will take place in Amsterdam. Just like last year we’ll be informed about the current state of affairs on the mobile web from the world’s most re...

Creating a Mobile Web Application on the iPhone and iPad

Chris Love's Official Blog - Professional ASP.NET, November 11, 2011
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What seems like one of the least known features in the mobile web space is the ability to create a web app on the iPhone and iPad. If you hit the button in mobile Safari you will have several options....

WP7 GeoBlog: Geo-Blogging on the Windows Phone

Softwaremaker, November 7, 2011
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After so many months of starts, stops and many distractions, I finally took the time over the (long) weekend to port my Windows Mobile 6.0 GeoBlog application over to Windows Phone 7. I had searched ...

6 Steps to a Successful Smartphone Website (part 4 / 7)

Joe Brinkman, November 4, 2011
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Step 3 - Repurposing Your Desktop Website vs. Building a Custom Mobile Experience Jane is a small business owner. She man...

Announcing DotNetNuke 6.1!

Shaun Walker, November 2, 2011
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I am pleased to announce the launch of DotNetNuke 6.1. This release marks the next milestone as we continue our journey to redefine C.M.S. as Cloud, Mobile and Social. Continue reading to learn mor...

howtogomo.com : who’s abused the Google logo?

QuirksBlog, November 1, 2011
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Today’s hot story seems to be the supposedly Google-initiated howtogomo.com website. I heard some complaints, and decided to take a look myself.Oh. My. God.First comes a kind of load script that takes...

Nokia Reveals Windows Phone 7 Devices

Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine Online | Todays Top Picks, October 26, 2011
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The Nokia Lumia 800 and the Nokia Lumia 710, the first two devices running Microsoft's mobile OS, were introduced today....

Forum Oxford

QuirksBlog, October 20, 2011
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Friday 28th of October I’ll be speaking at Forum Oxford, the annual mobile conference organised by Tomi Ahonen and Ajit Jaokar. This is an extra-special event for me since it’ll be the first time I sp...

Updates to Windows Azure MSBuild post for SDK 1.5

Tom Hollanders blog, October 19, 2011
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Just a quick note that I’ve edited my previous post Using MSBuild to deploy to multiple Windows Azure environments based on some changes to the platform that have come with the Windows Azure SDK...

Mobilism ticket sales open

QuirksBlog, October 18, 2011
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On 10th and 11th of May the second edition of Mobilism will take place in Amsterdam. Ticket sales are now open; and we have a few very cheap tickets for you — if you hurry.Just like last year we’ll be...

ParisWeb slides

QuirksBlog, October 17, 2011
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Here are the slides (PDF; 900K) of my ParisWeb presentation about the mobile browser world.I’ll probably repeat this presentation a few times, but will update it whenever the mobile platform or browse...

Mobile HealthVault Apps and Sync

Eric Gunnersons C# Compendium, October 14, 2011
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I have been working with some developers working on mobile applications that connect to HealthVault, and the issue of synchronizing data between the mobile device and HealthVault has come up a couple ...

6 Steps to a Successful Smartphone Website

Shaun Walker, October 12, 2011
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This is part 1 of a 7 blog series that will give you the information you need to turn an idea into a Smartphone Website that captivates your audience. In this blog series you will learn 4 key areas n...

Mobilism free tickets and contest solution

QuirksBlog, October 11, 2011
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Today we have given away free tickets for Mobilism 2012. To get an idea of why you’d want a free ticket, here’s Antony Ribot’s session from the previous edition.We have randomly selected three of our ...

MonoX CMS 4.5 is released with new mobile features

ASP.NET Announcements, October 10, 2011
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A new version of MonoX is just released, so we thought that this might be a right time to give you a taste of things to come. Here are the most important new features that are available in the new ver...

Mobile APIs in 6.1

Shaun Walker, October 8, 2011
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While developing Mobile solution in DotNetNuke 6.1, one of the key objectives was to ensure that the Mobile APIs are part of Core Framework, and available to entire DotNetNuke Community. Module and ...

4S

QuirksBlog, October 4, 2011
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Back in May I went on record saying that Apple would announce two iPhone models this year. It didn’t. I also said I’d eat crow in public if I was wrong, so even though I don’t think anyone actually re...

Linkbait 27

QuirksBlog, October 4, 2011
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Last week’s. I stupidly forgot to add half of my links to #26; here they are. No Tizen, that merits a separate article.Your donation for keeping this series up and running would be much appreciated.In...

Apps vs Mobile Web

Joe Brinkman, October 3, 2011
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Weve all seen the numbers. There are currently over 1 billion smartphone users worldwide and many analysts predict that by 2014 more people will be accessing the web from their phones than from their ...

Linkbait 26

QuirksBlog, September 29, 2011
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This week’s. Nothing about Amazon Silk (I already talked about that), and nothing about Tizen (I’m still studying it).Your donation for keeping this series up and running would be much appreciated.At ...

Page Events in jQuery Mobile

Clarity Blogs: ASP.NET, September 28, 2011
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One of the first hurdles I had with creating sites with jQuery Mobile was figuring out how to run my code when a page loads. Since navigating to a new page no longer requires a postback, the standard ...

Mobilism Call for Papers

QuirksBlog, September 27, 2011
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Mobilism 2012 will take place on 10th and 11th of May in Amsterdam. The Main Track, for which we are inviting thought leaders from both the web development and the mobilist community, is filling up ni...

Confusion in the post-Android market

QuirksBlog, September 26, 2011
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So. Samsung will open-source bada next year so that developers can improve it and other device vendors use it. The Register does not believe the news, while GigaOM correctly points out that Samsung wo...

Mobilism free tickets

QuirksBlog, September 20, 2011
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Yesterday we received the fourth correct answer to the Mobilism contest that allows you to win a ticket for Mobilism, 10th and 11th of May in Amsterdam.Strictly speaking that would mean the end of the...

Linkbait 25

QuirksBlog, September 14, 2011
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This week’s.Your donation for keeping this series up and running would be much appreciated.Ewan McLeod explains once more how hugely important operator subsidies are in the mobile market.Horace Dediu ...

Android in trouble

QuirksBlog, September 13, 2011
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Samsung will not buy MeeGo but instead focuses on bada. Meanwhile HTC confirms it is considering buying its own OS, but “won’t be rushed” — unlike certain other large Android vendors we could mention....

I’m in the Carnival of the Mobilists

QuirksBlog, September 12, 2011
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It is with great pleasure that I saw that I was included in the latest Carnival of the Mobilists with my Twelve steps for saving webOS.If you don’t know it, Carnival of the Mobilists is a linklist of ...