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Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 34

By Richard Hay, on December 19th, 2011

Welcome to Episode 34 of the Observed Tech PODCAST. This is our first green episode as no trees were killed in the production of this show because we are now using a new Acer Iconia Tab W500 as our notes and reference device. In this show we discuss free Skype over the holidays; Google+ improvements; malware making like the police; laptop laziness; embedding tweets; Microsoft and multi-platform releases; new Hotmail features; more Windows Phone 7 accolades; picture passwords in Windows 8; Bing making progress; some smart phones not worth stealing; stop using IE6 already; Kindle Fire selling – well like fire; e-book pricing economics; amateur treasure hunter finds the Viking mother lode; Windows XP on a third of computers out there; lots of DroidRage wanting Windows Phone handsets; rogue security software victims getting refunds; protecting your digital identity in Windows 8; free Xbox Live game Breeze; FCC tells commercials to turn it down; Soluto offers web based PC support solution for everyday users; Microsoft Co-Founder heading to space; teens and the Internet – it is not pretty nor safe sometimes; TwitVid revamped; computer glitch cancels out 57 million dollar jackpot and a Windows Phone SMS attack discovered. As usual we wrap up with a look at the past week on WindowsObserver.com . . .

Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 24

By Richard Hay, on October 1st, 2011

Welcome to our 24th Episode of the Observed Tech PODCAST! This is our first episode in the new weekly schedule of shows. In this episode we discuss Amazon’s new Kindles, Facebook and your privacy (again), the upcoming NASATweetup for Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity’s launch, upcoming Zune Pass changes, Xbox 360’s new Metro inspired dashboard update, Google’s first foray into the retail arena, IE9 usage increases and IE6 usage decreases, new beta service Strawberryj.am to show you the popular links on Twitter, the Mount Everest Webcam, Windows Phone 7.5 Mango rollout, the Windows Phone 7.5 Update trick, Windows Phone 7.5 apps and wrap up with a WindowsObserver.com Week in Review. . . .

Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 22

By Richard Hay, on July 18th, 2011

Welcome to our 22nd Episode of the Observed Tech PODCAST! After letting you listen in on the crowd at Space View Park in Titusville, Florida during the final shuttle launch in the history of Human Space Flight for NASA we get down to business talking planet based technology. Items we discuss include 60% of Adobe users which use vulnerable versions of the software; Microsoft banning common passwords and introducing a new hacking alert system; Using a Microsoft FixIt to address power consumption problems on your laptop; the final 1,000 days of Windows XP; Patch Tuesday Security Bulletins; Versace’s censoring of comments on their Facebook page; websites to check if your credit card is stolen (not); Harley Davidson Museum and technology; Dropbox and Skydrive Terms of Service; Spam dropped by 82% in the past year; Office XP and Windows Vista SP1 retired. We then wrap up with a review of what we have been discussing on WindowsObserver.com. . . .

WordPress 3.2 Released With Internet Explorer 6 Left Behind

By Richard Hay, on July 5th, 2011

On 4 July 2011 Matt Mullenweg announced the release of WordPress 3.2 on the official blog. Improvements were made that we will be able to easily see:

The focus for this release was making WordPress faster and lighter. The first thing you’ll notice when you log in to 3.2 is a refreshed . . .

Observed Tech PODCAST Episode 17

By Richard Hay, on May 21st, 2011

This week’s episode looks back over some interesting tech stories of the week. Amongst the stories we discuss are Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg wanting kids under 13 to be able to use the social website; a Seattle non-profit stands up to a corporate giant; Sony gets hacked – again – two more times; Windows Mobile 6.x first shut down steps happening; Mac defender trojan causing issues for Apple users; Wordpress.com drops support for IE6; Upcoming Windows Phone 7 update will have a consolidated inbox; Twitter fine tuning what devs can access on your Twitter timeline; Xbox Live’s Major Nelson clarifies the new Xbox 360 console and disc format compatibility confusion; Office XP support ending; SmartScreen in IE8 and IE9 is working; GilsMethod.com new Answers website; Windows Phone 7 app of the week Wordrix. We wrap up the show with a review of the posts on WindowsObserver.com for the last week. . . .

Take A Hike IE6

By Richard Hay, on March 5th, 2011

I have talked about the need for users to move on from using Internet Explorer 6 as their Internet browser for some time now. I have even used examples from my own website stats that show the browser is still holding onto a large chunk of users.

Sometimes it is not the . . .

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