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After upgrading from Windows 7 to Windows 8 a few weeks ago, I found that my PC would power up from Hibernation at 12:53pm (precisely) every day. Eventually it turned out that a Scheduled Task called mcupdate_scheduled ("Check for Media Center updates") had the flag…

This article attempts to summarize some findings about heap management under 32-bit versions of Windows that I had to learn about the hard way while trying to optimize memory usage of a fairly complex algorithm. While the algorithm was implemented as a portable Python/C hybrid…

Physical link characteristics 115.200 baud, 8N1 The adapter provided by Casio seems to be fixed to these parameters, so it doesn't require any special initialization, like some of the other IR "pods". The adapter appears to be compatible to the Extended Systems "JetEye" products '…

Originally published in Handheld Systems, Vol 5.5 Whenever your programs have to deal with existing data formats or commonly used algorithms, you are faced with the choice between »reimplementing the wheel« or trying to use code that other people (or yourself) have written before. The…

Originally published in Handheld Systems, Vol 5.3 The Nokia 9000 Communicator was the latest publicly available addition to the family of handheld devices running the Geos operating system. Even though the Communicator had already been introduced on the CeBit 96 trade show last spring, it…