As one of my KPI’s I am responsible for implementing a solution to split one of my databases in two… no problem you may think except if I tell you that one table is 100GB’s big (don’t ask I am new here). Having limited experience working with such a cumbersome amount of data I am learning things as I go. So as a first port of call I have decided to ......

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In response to a post from an anonymous individual on one of my posts (http://geekswithblogs.net/... regarding free Microsoft tools I thought a follow up post was required! Anonymous, unfortunately you are mistaken; Websitespark is free and is open to individuals it truly provides ......

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In my seemingly never ending quest to understand what keeps on devouring my BlackBerrys battery I noticed the day after synchronising my BlackBerry to my laptop the battery life reverted to a pitiful 8 hours. From my previous post you will know that I have already removed a number of potentially offending applications, however. After scouring the task ......

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I have posted about this on StackOverflow already but feel it is just too important not post about it here either. If like myself you love cutting code for fun and have found some restrictions with the free editions of Visual Studio why not register for WebSiteSpark (http://www.microsoft.com/w... ) . All of the full flavour development ......

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I am not too sure how long this will be valid, but here is a neat work-a-round to not having to buy the premium editions of the Blackberry “To Go” applications. The basic editions do not allow you to create new documents, so email yourself a blank spreadsheet/document copy this to your device and voila you can now save, copy etc to your hearts content! ......

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I recently upgraded my BlackBerry Pearl’s operating system to the latest supported version (version 6.x) only to find that my battery life dropped dramatically from 24+ hours to 6-7. I had noticed a plethora of new applications that had been installed by default. These applications are mainly instant messenger/facebook related. My suspicion was that ......

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