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How to permanently delete a Facebook account

Jules — Wed, 05 May 2010 17:49:13 +0000

As I write this, a gaping security flaw has been found in Facebook that allows users to spy upon their Friends’ chats. The flaw looks like it’s in the process of being fixed, but this is just the latest in a long line of problems with the social networking service’s privacy. The security hole in the chat [...]

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How to permanently delete a Facebook account

How to swap left and right speaker output in Mac OS X

Jules — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 11:19:41 +0000

My MacBook is set up as a desktop computer — it’s plugged into a Dell 22in LCD monitor (E228WFP) and sits on a fabulous Rain Design mStand so that I can use its screen as a second monitor. I have a pair of Logitech speakers plugged into the MacBook’s headphone socket, but since the MacBook [...]

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How to swap left and right speaker output in Mac OS X

Safari 4′s hidden preferences

Jules — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:09:26 +0000

The WordPress 2.7 bug makes the Safari 4 beta useless to me, but if you’re a Safari fan who wants to stick with it, but don’t care for the cosmetic changes, head to the Random Genius blog. It has a whole list of hidden preferences for Apple’s new web browser, including one to put the [...]

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Safari 4′s hidden preferences

Safari 4 beta bug with WordPress 2.7

Jules — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:53:24 +0000

The new Safari 4 beta is pretty good, as long as you’re happy with a browser that lacks most of the features that have been standard on the competition for some years (ad-blocking and saved sessions, to name but two). It is a beta though, so it’s bound to be buggy — and I’ve just [...]

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Safari 4 beta bug with WordPress 2.7

How to sync Google Contacts and Calendar with the iPhone using Google Mobile Sync

Jules — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 15:24:55 +0000

Google now offers its own ExchangeSync service for smartphones called Google Sync for Mobile, which means you now now automatically synchronise your Google Account data with your handheld over Wi-Fi or a mobile data connection. If you’re an iPhone or iPod Touch owner, this means you can now synchronise your Google Calendar and Contacts data [...]

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How to sync Google Contacts and Calendar with the iPhone using Google Mobile Sync

How to sync multiple iPhone calendars with Google

Jules — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 12:10:10 +0000

If you’ve recently set-up Google Mobile Sync to synchronise your Calendar and Contacts with your iPhone over-the-air, you may have noticed that only one Google Calendar is being synced. It is possible to set-up Google Mobile Sync to sync up to five calendars, though (the maximum the iPhone supports) – you just need to make [...]

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How to sync multiple iPhone calendars with Google

Backup your iPhone contacts to Google with iTunes

Jules — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:34:10 +0000

If you want to use Google Mobile Sync to keep your iPhone synchronised with your Google Calendar and Contacts, you’ll have to backup any existing contacts on your iPhone first, otherwise Google Sync will delete them. Fortunately, there is an easy way to do this and you can use iTunes to upload your contacts to [...]

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Backup your iPhone contacts to Google with iTunes