Monthly Archive: November 2010

Nov 17

Google Maps Navigation (Beta) hits Australia

Woohoo, finally your shiny Android powered device can be used as a GPS Navigation aid in Australia. As of this morning (17th November 2010), Google have turned on this feature that was previously enabled for the USA and UK. Now when you are using Google Maps and try to get directions, you get a choice …

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Nov 12

Movember

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I’m growing a mo for the month of Movember. You can check out my progress and if you’re keen make a donation right here. It looks dodgy, it’s itchy, it takes more time to shave carefully… but hey it’s great fun and for a brilliant better cause. Raising awareness about men’s health issues (mainly prostate …

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Nov 12

Cloud Computing – Scalability

One of the great things about cloud computing from my perspective is the concept of scalability – or elasticity. This is the ability to rapidly add more resources to your system as needed. Let’s say you run an online store and for 11 months of the year you can comfortably run your website with only …

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