Category: Apple
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MvcBuildViews is incompatible with Web Deploy
I implemented Web Deploy Packaging in my Business Intelligence application and found that it breaks MvcBuildViews. This happens because Web Deploy copies the components required for deployment into a sub-folder (under obj folder), duplicating the web.config file. MvcBuildViews then errors with a message about duplicated/nested configuration elements. This is a known issue on Microsoft Connect…
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Windows Phone 7 Dollar Key
I was writing an email today on the Windows Phone 7 and goodness me, where is the dollar ($) key? The keyboard setting for Australia is English (UK) and the only visible currency symbol is the Pound (£). But pressing and holding the Pound key reveals several more options, including the dollar!
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Open standards are good for business
Several large vendor contracts have been renewed recently in the Australian banking sector. They have followed a similar theme with some very public dialogue about the banks wanting to reduce their IT spend e.g. joint buying initiatives, open standards and cloud computing aimed at reducing server hardware costs. The outcomes of the contract rounds have…
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Microsoft Security Essentials
Microsoft have added Security Essentials to the free Windows Live suite and I’ve recently installed this. Security Essentials provides virus and spyware protection in an unobtrusive way. I previously had been using Norton anti-virus but had many unexplained issues e.g. during system idle time my machine (64 bit Windows 7 i7) would crash and often…
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Windows Phone 7
Last week I picked up a Windows Phone 7 running on a HTC Mozart handset. Added a few Apps (Feed Reader, Weather, Adobe Reader) and have been listening to FM Radio. Some highlights include a very fast data connection on Australia’s Telstra Network and an email client that is fully compatible with Hotmail. The Metro…
Mark Brownsword 