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Great Android applications

Posted on December 25, 2009 by Pål

There are thousands of free applications available for Android based phones. Most of them are avialable though Android market, but where there is a strict policy in the iPhone App Store it seems Android Market is very loose on quality … Continue reading →

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Rooting HTC Hero

Posted on December 23, 2009 by Pål

This article is a guide on how to root a unmodified HTC Hero (European GSM model) running firmware latest generic ROM version 2.73.405.5. I found lots of guides on the net for older firmwares, but they did not work on … Continue reading →

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XBOX Live Update Preview (Zune)

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Pål

I recently got accepted to the XBOX Live update preview program. This update is to be made available in Norway in November. The update contains Twitter and Facebook support as well as Zune video store. Last.fm and news are not … Continue reading →

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Pimp my Home Server

Posted on June 26, 2009 by Pål

Just before Christmas 2008 I bought the HP EX475 MediaSmart windows home server. After reading about it before I purchased it I already knew that the puny 512 MB ram that it came with was too little so I already … Continue reading →

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WHS FileManager Add-In update to v1.1.0.0

Posted on May 16, 2009 by Pål

v1.1.0.0 – Fixed shortcut keys (F5, F6, F8 etc) – Pattern matching for select and deselect of files – New dialog for storage information and server uptime – Revamped user interface to match the Home Server Console style I’ve implemented … Continue reading →

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Windows 7 for developers

Posted on May 13, 2009 by Pål

I recently decided to jump ship and upgrade my developer machine from Vista to Windows 7 RC. I usually do a clean install, but resofting everything would take a whole day, so I tried upgrading and I was very pleased … Continue reading →

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Quick & Easy Windows Home Server Backup and Restore

Posted on April 18, 2009 by Pål

The 31337 guys over at 4Hak3rs have written a guide for Quick & Easy Windows Home Server Backup and Restore. The WHS have duplication support for your data, but not the actual OS itself. So in the event of a … Continue reading →

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Kudos from We Got Served

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Pål

My first release of the WHS File Manager add-in got a rather bad review from Jim Clark over at We Got Served. Well I’m not one to let a bad review keep me from doing what I like. So I … Continue reading →

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Another update for the WHS FileManager Add-In

Posted on April 12, 2009 by Pål

The WHS FileManager add-in just made version 1.0.0.5 Changes in this version 1.0.0.5 – Does no longer show printers as shares – Made current location of each pane to stand out more (easier to see) – Made each folder in … Continue reading →

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The long winded road of XAML

Posted on April 9, 2009 by Pål

I was playing with Silverlight and Expression Blend trying to create a small animated figure to use in a project. I had the image in PNG format, but I needed it in XAML so I could animate parts of it. … Continue reading →

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