Ask Owen

I’ve been using Android for ages now and I’m bored with the default launcher behaviour. I’ve seen a Windows Mobile 7 phone and was wondering if I there’s a similar “skin” or addon for my phone that can make it behave like this?

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I’ve been playing with HTML 5 in FireFox 4 and have been pretty pleased with what I’ve found. However, some sites, like Hotmail don’t seem to work very well. Is there a way to toggle HTML 5 on and off easily?

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One of the things I like about Windows 7 is the way you can get Windows themes to rotate backgrounds. Is there any way I get do the same thing on my Ubuntu netbook?

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I’ve just made the move from Windows to Ubuntu and am looking for a blogging tool like Windows Live Writer. Any recommendations?

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I’m always interested in who’s reading my blog and would like to find out if any Tweets link to it. Is there any easy way to do this?

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I’m pretty keen on my privacy and don’t like it when my boss creeps up on me. Is there any way I can hide all my applications except the one I’m supposed to be working on at the touch of a button?

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I have a new Android smartphone and love installing apps and trying new things. However, the Market application that comes with the phone is a bit fiddly. Can I browse the Market on my PC and install them easily to my phone?

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I’m wanted to try my hand at building an application for Android and am trying to install the Eclipse and the required plugin. I’m getting an error complaining that Eclipse is missing “org.eclipse.wst.sse.ui”. Where do I get this from?

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