Flipped your Windows 10 screen? I’m laughing because I just managed to flip my screen while writing the title of this post. The keyboard shortcut for rotating your Windows 10 display is Ctrl +Alt + one of the arrow keys. Sometimes I manage to trigger this by accident. I’m not holding down Ctrl + Alt,…
Microsoft Band 2 Review – How it’s changed my day
I used a Fitbug Orb for a while. It did a good job of reporting steps & sleep back to an iPhone app but I got annoyed that it had a CR battery to replace (non-rechargeable) and the rubber wrist strap was annoying (it would come off in the night while sleeping). I was tempted…
Fix AVG Anti-Virus Update failed – The update control file is missing
We had a customer’s Windows 7 computer running AVG 2015 Anti-virus, managed by AVG Cloudcare, that was refusing to update its virus definitions database. Update failed. The update control file is missing. Note: This error has been reported on non-Cloudcare versions and earlier versions too. Even getting tough and uninstalling the software with the AVG…
The world is changing and so is Spirent
Sometimes it’s great to sit down for a presentation with no preconceived ideas. It makes it interesting to listen to a guy up the front in a company t-shirt, who you’re not viewing as the ‘Vice President of Marketing & Product Strategy’. The title doesn’t actually do justice to Neil Holmquist from Spirent Communications. The…
Office 365: Mail page blank in Firefox, shows ‘Continue’ on tab
Blogging this one from a colleague in case anyone else hits the same symptoms. User was logging into Mail in Office 365 using Firefox. The page was completely blank. Instead of the browser tab label saying Mail – Username it just said CONTINUE. Worked correctly in Internet Explorer. Could access the same Office 365 account correctly…
Netflix & skill: The magic behind the streaming media provider
I have a whole new appreciation for Netflix. It should be pretty simple, right? I turn on my smart TV. The Netflix app authenticates me & checks I’ve paid my subscription fee. It delivers content suggestions based on my profile & my previous viewing choices. And it does this on an enormous scale, globally. So…