<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><!-- generator="WordPress/2.9.2" -->
<rss version="0.92">
<channel>
	<title>Technical Happenings</title>
	<link>http://www.markedgington.com</link>
	<description>news, views and reviews</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:07:11 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss092</docs>
	<language>en</language>
	
	<item>
		<title>Why are Web Applications Superior to their Desktop counterparts?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No need for an  install or to ship updates
The application lives in the cloud and is centrally managed, when you launch the application you will always have the latest version.  This leads to a single point for updates and fixes with the user receiving the updated version the next time they use the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markedgington.com/2009/12/15/why-are-web-applications-superior-to-there-desktop-counterparts/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>What is a QR Code?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[

A QR Code is a two-dimensional bar-code and the name &#8220;QR&#8221; is derived from &#8220;Quick Response&#8221;, as its Japanese creator intended the code  to be decoded at high speed. QR Codes have been very common in Japan, this popularity due to the fact that the majority of  Japanese mobiles can read this code with their camera.
QR Codes can be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markedgington.com/2009/12/10/what-is-a-qr-code/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Can you Predict the X Factor Winner using Twitter?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I thought this was pretty interesting,  the  full article is worth a read, see the link below.
Bil Tancer at Hitwise occasionally tries to predict talent show winners by studying Search activity, but there are now too many dynamics to interpret to be able to use internet data to easily predict X Factor winners and losers this year. When [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markedgington.com/2009/12/09/can-you-predict-the-x-factor-winner-using-twitter/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Accessibility and Flash &#8211; Make sure you add a HTML version of the Site</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are some of the usability and data accessibility issues with Flash.
You can&#8217;t select, copy, or paste any text.
Your browser&#8217;s font override features won&#8217;t work, so you can&#8217;t adjust the font or its size to be more readable.
Your browser&#8217;s built-in in-page search won&#8217;t work
you can&#8217;t use the keyboard to scroll through the text
You can&#8217;t parse [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markedgington.com/2009/12/09/accessibility-and-flash-make-sure-you-add-an-html-version-of-a-the-site/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>2 Billion applications downloaded from 40 million Iphones</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While iPhone is only about 3% of the handset penetration it is responsible for a huge amounts of activity


1.3B Internet users
1.8B Fixed line telephones
2.9B Mobile Phones
4B Mobile users

But out of  4B mobile users there are only 40M iPhones (inc about 20M iPod touch). Howver these 40M  have downloaded 2B apps from the app store. I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markedgington.com/2009/12/05/2-billion-downloaded-from-40-million-iphones/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Flash IE6 and SSL Issues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Flash or data within flash not loading in IE6? Just change the following headers in code]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markedgington.com/2009/10/20/flash-ie6-and-ssl-issues/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>Hash key on a mac keyboard osx</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Having trouble finding the hash key on your Mac keyboard? hold the Alt key down and then press the number 3. 
]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markedgington.com/2009/10/10/hash-key-on-a-mac-keyboard-osx/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>BlackBerry QuickKeys and Shortcuts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Every Day Quick Tips

Alt+O = Outbox (sent items)
Alt+I = Inbox (received items)
Alt+U = Marks messages as read/unread
Alt+P = Phone call log
Alt+S = SMS messages
Alt+V = Voicemail messages
Alt+M = MMS messages.
U &#8211; to cycle through unread messages


Once inside the message and you need to:

 Reply, r.
Forward, f.
Reply to All, L
Go to the next message based on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markedgington.com/2009/09/25/blackberry-quickkeys-and-shortcuts/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>How to repair a VMWare Virtual Disk on OSX</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If your having an issue with your virtual disk it is worth trying the following:

Open a Terminal window
/Library/Application\ Support/VMware\ Fusion/vmware-vdiskmanager -R /Users/(USERNAME_HERE or Directory where VM installed)/Virtual\ Machines.localized/Windows\ Vista.vmwarevm/Windows\ Vista.vmdk

If this fails with a message like &#8216;FILE: FileIO_Lock on &#8216;/Users/Shared/Virtual Machines.localized/Windows Vista.vmwarevm/Windows Vista.vmdk&#8217; failed: Lock timed out&#8217; then:

cd /Users/(USERNAME_HERE or Directory where VM installed)/Virtual\ Machines.localized/Windows\ [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markedgington.com/2009/09/09/how-to-repair-a-vmware-virtual-disk-on-os/</link>
			</item>
	<item>
		<title>HTC Touch Pro2 &#8211;  The Bad Points</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thought I&#8217;d highlight the bad points of an otherwise excellent device.

no D-Pad
Serious lack of buttons
you can&#8217;t customise the buttons
Web browsing isn&#8217;t as good as IPhone
No voice dialing software bundled.
The HTC Touch Flo interface is really nice, but gets in the way of my email.
The memory card is located underneath the casing

Read the full review from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.markedgington.com/2009/07/17/htc-pro-2-the-bad-points/</link>
			</item>
</channel>
</rss>
