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Nokia’s Lumia Event

Today Nokia will be showing off it’s new Lumia devices. Sources say there will be two devices, will we see the Lumia 930 or the Lumia 830?? We’ll know soon. Stay tuned and see the event’s live...

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Amazing Blackberry Website for their Launch

That’s how I thought it was going to be, full of their new Z10 and Q10 mobile specs, showing the new Blackberry 10 features…. but all I got was a 404 Page not found message!! Don’t know if it only...

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Connecting to backup destination – Crashplan

If you’re using CrashPlan for your online backup, and got the following message “Connecting to backup destination” (I have been receiving this message for the last week), the solution to start...

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Top Tricks to know for 2013

Just found this post on Gizmodo listing some tricks you should know for the new year 2013. My favourite one? The above.. How to organise a box of tangled cords. You can find some tricks that you...

Dec 28, 2012 Like

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MVC ActionLink not working after submit

These past days, I was having a problem with links for an iPad web app. The problem was that when I submit a form (step 1) and go to the next form (step 2), the link to return back to step 1 was...

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Rumor has it that Nokia Lumia 800 is receiving the Windows Phone 7.8 update

Any update on the Lumia 900 please!

Dec 17, 2012 Like

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Photo sharing made fun & easy

Today Nokia launched a new, easy and really fun Photo Sharing System. How? There are 3 easy steps: 1. Download and Install the PhotoBeamer app on your Nokia Lumia… 2. Select the photo to share… 3....

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Nokia’s New Lumia 620 and Lumia 505

On Wednesday, Nokia announced a new Windows Phone 8 member at LeWeb 2012 in Paris, the Lumia 620. The entry-level handset has the following specs: 3.8-inch TFT screen at WVGA resolution (800 x 480)...

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Microsoft’s Surface Pro launching in January

Microsoft’s Surface Pro tablet will arrive in Januaryof next year with an $899 price tag. The Surface Pro is the more powerful version of the Surface RT. It features an Intel Core i5 processor and...

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Updated – Windows Phone 7.8 Update expected November 28

Windows Phone 7.8, an update that brings several Windows Phone 8 features to users of Windows Phone 7, will launch this tomorrow, November 28, latest rumours have suggested. The Tonis Tech Blog has...

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First Person to Upgrade to Windows 8! – Updated

We just got news and found who is the first person to buy the upgrade to Windows 8 in Malta. His name is Kurt Borg! We’ll get more updates on this exciting news soon. Update: We’ve found the...

Nov 14, 2012 Like

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Delete Operation in MVC

This week I just started some MVC tutorials which I’m really liking. And after some tutorials I found this “Performing a delete operation in response to a GET request (or for that matter,...

Nov 8, 2012 Like

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Updated | Watching the Windows Phone 8 Event

So finally after months waiting, we will finally know what new features the new Windows Phone 8. You can watch the live event here. Next are these new features: New Live Tiles You can now resize...

Oct 29, 2012 Like

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jQuery Tricks Quickie – Select Images by using Alt tags

In jQuery you have multiple selectors to either select single objects or a whole bunch. I needed to select an image by its alt tag, and guess what, there is also a selector for alt tags. You need...

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Making the Perfect Tea

In Malta it’s Sunday afternoon, and in other places it’s still in morning. So what better time than having a nice cup of tea! I admit it. I love tea! And drinking tea relaxes me. So I’m always in...

Oct 14, 2012 Like

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CSS Tricks Quickie – Multiple Border Styles and Radius

Did you know that you can set multiple border styles for the sides of divs and images. By using the following css script, you can define any multiple borders you want: div { border-width:5px;...

Sep 15, 2012 Like

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Format Date in SQL Server

It’s very common to show the current date (i.e., month, day, and year) in different formats. Although you can obtain the current date with Microsoft SQL Server’s GETDATE function, getting the...

Aug 21, 2012 Like

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A simple custom Tablet stand!

So we where on a plane directed to Egypt with all the gadgets we could get to make a pleasant trip and view movies! The list included:a Tablet,one USB drives full of moviesanother USB drive full of...

Aug 19, 2012 Like

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How to know it’s a Spoof Email?

I’ve had many clients asking if they are safe to open a particular email. Some emails would be really valid, but most emails would be fake. So next are some points to help identify fake emails:An...

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Quickie – Concatenate Rows as a String

Today I needed to concatenate a field from multiple rows in SQL Server to get a list of people names. Instead of doing it in code, you can use the following syntax:DECLARE @Names...

Aug 13, 2012 Like

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Windows 8 launching on October 26

The title says it all. The world is getting Metro-fied on Friday 26th October. Just a few minutes ago, Steven Sinofsky announced at Microsoft’s annual sales meeting that customers will be able to...

Jul 18, 2012 Like

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Problem with Database Restore

Last week, I restored a database from backup and was having the following error when trying to access the tables: “The SELECT permission was denied on the object ‘extended_properties’, database...

Jul 10, 2012 Like

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Did you forget that attachment?

Today I was sending an email from Hotmail, Microsoft’s email service. Upon clicking the send button, the following message loaded: Apparently it found the word attachment, and since I didn’t have...

Jun 5, 2012 Like

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Over 600 downloads and counting…

626 people are now keeping track of their personal and group expenses. Download and keep track of your expenses by getting Expense Box from www.expensebox.net or from the Windows Phone Marketplace....

May 31, 2012 Like

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My Brogrammer Broficiency Quotient is…

In one of the comments for the post “Are you a Brogrammer or a Programmer?“, i found a link to this Brogrammer Quiz, which finds your BQ (Broficiency Quotient)! There are 12 questions that need to...

May 25, 2012 Like

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Malta @ Eurovision 2012 – Updated

Update – Kurt and his group did a great show and Malta made it to the Final! See you Saturday! Check out Kurt’s song representing Malta for tonight’s Eurovision. To the readers of this blog.....

May 24, 2012 Like

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Are you a Brogrammer or a Programmer?

So I was listening to Windows Weekly and heard Mary Joe Foley, from Cnet, mention the word Brogrammer. Hmmm never heard that before! What is a Brogrammer? A simple search sent me to the...

May 16, 2012 Like

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Facebook Cover Photo & Profile Pic Dimensions

So this is a quick post, but I’m always forgetting the exact sizes for Facebook’s Cover Photo and Profile Pictures. Cover Photo Dimensions This is easy, one size and remains the same. Cover Photo...

May 10, 2012 Like

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SMS Viewer for Android

Last Sunday I’ve been using Android all day long, and loved it. My girlfriend has an HTC Wildfire which was very slow, even to write a simple message it would take ages. So I’ve started the rooting...

May 7, 2012 Like

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Published My Facebook Timeline

And just like that, I finally published my Facebook Timeline.. been thinking to do it for a while, and finally on the 5th of May (05/05) at exactly 5:05 PM, I published my timeline.. hehe wanted to...

May 5, 2012 Like

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Clive Ciappara's Blog

Nokia’s Lumia Event

Amazing Blackberry Website for their Launch

Connecting to backup destination – Crashplan

Top Tricks to know for 2013

MVC ActionLink not working after submit

Rumor has it that Nokia Lumia 800 is receiving the Windows Phone 7.8 update

Photo sharing made fun & easy

Nokia’s New Lumia 620 and Lumia 505

Microsoft’s Surface Pro launching in January

Updated – Windows Phone 7.8 Update expected November 28

First Person to Upgrade to Windows 8! – Updated

Delete Operation in MVC

Updated | Watching the Windows Phone 8 Event

jQuery Tricks Quickie – Select Images by using Alt tags

Making the Perfect Tea

CSS Tricks Quickie – Multiple Border Styles and Radius

Format Date in SQL Server

A simple custom Tablet stand!

How to know it’s a Spoof Email?

Quickie – Concatenate Rows as a String

Windows 8 launching on October 26

Problem with Database Restore

Did you forget that attachment?

Over 600 downloads and counting…

My Brogrammer Broficiency Quotient is…

Malta @ Eurovision 2012 – Updated

Are you a Brogrammer or a Programmer?

Facebook Cover Photo & Profile Pic Dimensions

SMS Viewer for Android

Published My Facebook Timeline

Welcome to Bloglovin'

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Clive Ciappara's Blog

Nokia’s Lumia Event

Amazing Blackberry Website for their Launch

Connecting to backup destination – Crashplan

Top Tricks to know for 2013

MVC ActionLink not working after submit

Rumor has it that Nokia Lumia 800 is receiving the Windows Phone 7.8 update

Photo sharing made fun & easy

Nokia’s New Lumia 620 and Lumia 505

Microsoft’s Surface Pro launching in January

Updated – Windows Phone 7.8 Update expected November 28

First Person to Upgrade to Windows 8! – Updated

Delete Operation in MVC

Updated | Watching the Windows Phone 8 Event

jQuery Tricks Quickie – Select Images by using Alt tags

Making the Perfect Tea

CSS Tricks Quickie – Multiple Border Styles and Radius

Format Date in SQL Server

A simple custom Tablet stand!

How to know it’s a Spoof Email?

Quickie – Concatenate Rows as a String

Windows 8 launching on October 26

Problem with Database Restore

Did you forget that attachment?

Over 600 downloads and counting…

My Brogrammer Broficiency Quotient is…

Malta @ Eurovision 2012 – Updated

Are you a Brogrammer or a Programmer?

Facebook Cover Photo & Profile Pic Dimensions

SMS Viewer for Android

Published My Facebook Timeline

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