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Amazon accidentally leaks Acer’s 8-inch Windows 8 tablet

May 4, 2013 Michael Archambault 0 Comments Acer, Windows 8, Windows Blue

For a while now, we have known that Acer is working on an 8-inch tablet to be loaded with Windows

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What’s on your Windows Blue wish list?

April 22, 2013April 22, 2013 William Devereux 6 Comments Windows, Windows 8, Windows Blue, Windows RT

The first major update for Windows 8, Windows 8.1 (codenamed “Blue”) is set to deliver a number of nice features

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Five features that should be added to SkyDrive

April 5, 2013 William Devereux 1 Comment SkyDrive, Windows, Windows 8, Windows Blue, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 8, Windows RT

SkyDrive is a fantastic cloud storage service – I use it very heavily – and it’s getting better all the time.

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Microsoft and the context-sensitive search problem

March 28, 2013 William Devereux 4 Comments Windows, Windows 8, Windows Blue, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 8, Windows RT

Microsoft has a problem, and it’s with context-sensitive search. Or, more accurately, it’s with users not understanding context-sensitive features like

Paul King Also on the WiFi connection - something I did was put it behind a router that was not using my ISP for DNS. That seemed to clear up most of the issues with it being unable to connect. I think the ISP...
Midea U Inverter 12,000 BTU Smart Window AC review (week 2) · June 14, 2021
Paul King Where can you turn off the beeping that the AC does when a change is made? I'm in the app now. Hamburger menu "function" has express run setting, schedules, sleep curve, check, units, about device,...
Midea U Inverter 12,000 BTU Smart Window AC review (week 2) · June 14, 2021
Anthony So, uh, you can turn off the beeping. "Sound" toggle in the app. I'll admit it's crap with wifi connections. That aside, it's amazing. The U shape makes a huge difference, it's gorgeous, it's quiet, I...
Midea U Inverter 12,000 BTU Smart Window AC review (week 2) · June 14, 2021
Paul King Might want to check out Lan Speed Test - will give you a little better idea on what the upper limits are without having to guess at your ISP or upstream.
I got WiFi in my garden thanks to Rockspace AC1200 · June 11, 2021
Paul King Thanks to Omar Hijab for pointing out my hotspot recommendation wasn't exactly clear - I have attempted to clarify as much as I can (gotta get kids to camp this morning) in the original piece as well...
How to set up that 2.4GHz device on your dual 2.4/5 network · June 11, 2021