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Nokia Lumia 928

Nokia Lumia 928 Windows Phone: First Impressions

Written by ray on May 19, 2013

I just added the Nokia Lumia 928 to The Quest. It’s a Windows 8 Phone (or is that Windows Phone 8 phone?). My primary phone is an iPhone 4S. This isn’t replacing that, at least not yet. Officially it’s replacing a terrible Android phone on a second line. I’m new to Windows Phone, of any version, although I use (and love) a Surface RT and run Windows 8 on my desktop. This article are my first impressions after a couple days. I ordered online due to the pricing, but picked [...] Read more »

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on April 20, 2013
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AFter gathering cobwebs all year there's finally signs of life. Between losing a UPS and wanting to rearrange my electronics I needed to get creative [...] Read more »

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The OS Quest Trail Log #76: What I Use – October 2012

on October 21, 2012
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on August 30, 2012
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on March 31, 2012
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Latest Web & Domain Articles

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on April 15, 2013
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I've been using a self-signed certificate for years in order to encrypt my admin traffic to my websites. Some of my integrations have had problems wit[...] Read more »

WordPress and Other Security Concerns

on April 13, 2013
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There’s been a lot of press recently about increased attacks on WordPress sites, and I run WordPress. At first I considered it BS since it seeme[...] Read more »

Updates, Updates, Updates and More Updates

on December 16, 2012
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Everyone got into the patch game recently. Microsoft patch Tuesday sent a half dozen or more patches to PCs. Windows 2011 got some care with a a rollu[...] Read more »

Latest Windows Articles

Nokia Lumia 928 Windows Phone: Migrating Contacts

on May 21, 2013

I had expected consolidating all my contact lists to be a hassle. I wanted everything moved to my MS accounts, rather than continue the iPhone method [...] Read more »

Nokia Lumia 928 Windows Phone: First Impressions

on May 19, 2013
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I just added the Nokia Lumia 928 to The Quest. It’s a Windows 8 Phone (or is that Windows Phone 8 phone?). My primary phone is an iPhone 4S. Thi[...] Read more »

Updates, Updates, Updates and More Updates

on December 16, 2012
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Everyone got into the patch game recently. Microsoft patch Tuesday sent a half dozen or more patches to PCs. Windows 2011 got some care with a a rollu[...] Read more »

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Adding A Trusted SSL Certificate

on April 15, 2013
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I've been using a self-signed certificate for years in order to encrypt my admin traffic to my websites. Some of my integrations have had problems wit[...] Read more »

Alternative PHP Cache (APC) on Debian 6

on October 22, 2012
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After spending some time reviewing way to increase WordPress performance in ways beyond simple file caching I decided to give APC (Alternative PHP Cac[...] Read more »

Apache File Does Not Exist Error

on May 29, 2012
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I was getting a "File does not exist: /etc/apache2/htdocs" error in my default Apache error log. The error appeared every 5 minutes. All my sites were[...] Read more »

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Updates, Updates, Updates and More Updates

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Everyone got into the patch game recently. Microsoft patch Tuesday sent a half dozen or more patches to PCs. Windows 2011 got some care with a a rollu[...] Read more »

Quick Tip: Unsigned Apps On OS X 10.8.2 Mountain Lion

on November 19, 2012
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Apple introduced Application white listing with Mountain Lion. It's not necessary to permanently disable this useful security feature just to run a co[...] Read more »

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