[TechRepublic] An introduction to Android broadcast receivers

App Builder TechRepublic Member | April 30, 2012

An Android coder's introduction to broadcast receivers Android's version of a party line is its BroadcastReceiver class. This demo shows how to create, register, and use a broadcast receiver to listen for device orientation changes. Read more Resource of the day Video: Panasonic Chooses Collaboration When Panasonic went looking for a system of collaboration tools, they turned to a partner that they knew they could rely on for quality products and support. Check out this video to see who they chose, and why. Using the WP7 progress bar objects Justin James looks at the methods and properties of Windows Phone 7 progress bar controls, and explores how to use the objects. Read more Additional TechRepublic resources   Fixing up ICS on Samsung Galaxy S II Australia's biggest telco released its Android Ice Cream Sandwich update for the Samsung Galaxy S II, but it comes out backwards and ugly. We can fix that. Read more Focus on iPad development instead of Windows 8 for now After studying the details about Windows 8 versions, Justin James encourages software developers to look at iPad development first. Read more Could Linux still usurp Windows Phone as Nokia's saviour? Once-dominant Nokia faces an uphill slog to win back ground from the iPhone and Android, yet hope for a change of fortune may lie in an unexpected quarter. Read more Touch screen, app addiction, and Angry Birds elbow If you play too many games on your smartphone or tablet touch screens, will you get Angry Birds elbow? Read more Seven-inch iPad: How far is Cook's finger from the launch button? Despite the late Steve Jobs' antipathy to smaller tablets, his successor at Apple might just take a different view. Read more Featured multimedia   Android strategy on display in Oracle v. Google showdown (images) Google's lawyers show projections for Android dominating the mobile, music, and ad markets in slides presented to the court this week during the Oracle v. Google IP trial. View on site Today's recommended downloads Case Study: Signature Mortgage and Electronic Paperwork (IBM) E-Form Video Demo (IBM) Why LotusLive Won Out for One Translation Agency (IBM) Video: Panasonic Chooses Collaboration (IBM) Beyond Simple Total Cost of Ownership (SuccessFactors) Connect with TechRepublic Subscribe to SMB Tech TechRepublic's SMB Tech newsletter will feature tutorials and advice on the technical challenges faced by IT pros working for small and medium businesses. SMB Tech is launching soon, so subscribe to it today! TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Tablets in the Enterprise Five Apps Software Engineer Smartphones

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[TechRepublic] A tutorial on the mastered optical disc format

Windows Desktop TechRepublic Member | April 30, 2012

Editor's note Beginning May 7, you will receive the Windows Desktop newsletter on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Use Windows 7 mastered optical disc format for backwards compatibility Greg Shultz shows you how to find and use the Master optical disc format in Windows 7 to make discs readable by legacy systems. Read more Resource of the day E-Form Video Demo We spend so much of our lives waiting. It used to be signing and processing documents was on this list, but no longer. Watch this video for a demo of how leading products in the field handle E-Forms. Review: Universal Extractor If you need a single tool to extract every single imaginable archive out there, Universal Extractor has it covered. Read more Posts from TechRepublic   Change Word's default table properties to suit the way you work By default, Word inserts a table with borders. If that's not your preference, change these default settings. Read more Five uninstallers that really work Remove all traces of unwanted programs with the help of these uninstaller tools. Read more 10 more goofy office pranks Back by popular demand, Brien Posey has gathered 10 additional office pranks he remembers fondly from his long IT career. Read more Posts from ZDNet   Could this be HP's Windows 8 business slate? Business users: How does a 10.1-inch slate running Windows 8 Pro with eight to ten hours of battery life sound to you? Read more Bing, bang, boom: Is Microsoft's search engine secretly for sale? Microsoft publicly says Bing is a core strategic asset for the company. But privately, could the Softies be exploring ways to offload it? Read more Your data, your rights: how fair are online storage services? Google caused a flap this week with seemingly unfair terms of service for its new Google Drive service. But are those terms really different from the competition? I’ve gathered equivalent terms from Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Dropbox, and more, so you can judge for yourself. Read more Featured multimedia   Kids in costume at C2E2 2012 Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2) was held on April 13 - 15, 2012. There were quite a few kids in costumes at this year's event. Here are some photos that were taken by C2E2 attendees. View on site Today's recommended downloads Why LotusLive Won Out for One Translation Agency (IBM) Case Study: Signature Mortgage and Electronic Paperwork (IBM) Video: Panasonic Chooses Collaboration (IBM) E-Form Video Demo (IBM) The Next Generation Cloud and Your Network (Silver Peak Systems, Inc.)   Message to subscribers The Windows Desktop newsletter is now a co-branded TechRepublic and ZDNet offering. In addition to tips and tutorials from TechRepublic Windows bloggers, you will get news and insights about Microsoft from ZDNet bloggers Mary Jo Foley and Ed Bott. We hope you enjoy this expanded Microsoft Windows coverage. TechRepublic's Microsoft Windows blog ZDNet's All About Microsoft blog ZDNet's The Ed Bott Report blog Connect with TechRepublic Subscribe to SMB Tech TechRepublic's SMB Tech newsletter will feature tutorials and advice on the technical challenges faced by IT pros working for small and medium businesses. SMB Tech is launching soon, so subscribe to it today! TechRepublic newsletters   Get product reviews, tech news analysis, tips, and more in the following TechRepublic newsletters. Automatically sign up today! Tech Sanity Check Google in the Enterprise Cracking Open 10 Things

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