Thursday, December 08, 2011

Tech Review: Thursday, December 8, 2011

Setting up Subversion on Windows


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Turn on or off change tracking in Windows Word 2010


  • done from the review tab
  • change to final set the edits off
  • I don't know how to get rid of them perminantly
    • Copy to an entirely new document?


  • The article is old but the principles are the same
  • In Word 2010
    • File tab
      • Info option
        • Permissions
  • However I see nothing here that would help make a 'clean' document

Finding Files Faster with Windows 7 Search

  • I was hoping to find a way of searching for only file names
    • this confirmed to me that the Win7 search doesn't support the simple clean options that where once available in XP

TouchFire keyboard for Apple iPad improves touch typing experience




 

Huawei-vodafone E220 Unlocked 3G HSDPA USB Modem for Android Tablet


  • what is this?

Bodhi Linux On a Touchscreen Device




  • I want to get one of these and install Ubuntu on it for my non-windows development machine.

Smartphone shake-out looms as hardware herd may thin


  • Claims that company that depend totally on there hardware for profits are going to start hurting 
  • HTC sales fell by 20%

Six Android issues that Google doesn't want to address

  1. out of date Android devices 7/18
  2. hardware failure
    1. 14%
    2. $2 Bill per year
  3. Security?
  4. no flash for Ice Cream Sandwich
  5. patent problems
  6. bloatware
    1. CarrierIQ

AMD, Nvidia introduce "new" mobile graphics card lineups, but Radeon 7000M, GeForce 600M are just rebadges


  • Only clock speed improvement
    • Radeon 7400M => 6470
    • Radeon 7500M => 6630
    • Radeon 7600M => 6750
  • GeForce 6xx same as 5xx with faster clock speed

Adobe gets creative: Touch Apps and the Creative Cloud

  • nice apps designed for touch
    • Photoshop Touch
    • Adobe Debut
    • Proto
    • Collage
    • Ideas
    • Kuler










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