Be a successful webmaster
For what should be a dream job, being a webmaster also carries many responsibilities especially if you join a progressive company who are looking to you to improve traffic and convert visitors into buyers.
So now what started out as some ones dream position has suddenly become one of the most stressful jobs on [...]
April 28, 2008Tomorrow is webmaster day
Now this is great thing that is especially designed for webmasters, it’s a new day for us all to celebrate. For tomorrow (29th April) is designated “Webmasters Day” which is not necessarily going to become a public holiday, but you may wish to buy your favourite webmaster a gift.
There are plenty of things that [...]
April 25, 2008The Pirate Bay hits twelve million users
Despite all of the efforts to get it shut down, the Pirate Bay is even more popular now than ever before. It was not that long ago when they celebrated passing the ten million user mark and it was thought that may be the limit, especially as there are so many people trying to prevent [...]
April 23, 2008From fool to fame, again!
What started off as a great April Fools stunt has virtually almost single handily re-launched the flagging career of someone who was at one time one the hottest properties in the UK music industry.
On April Fools day this year visitors to YouTube and other sites who clicked the featured videos link, were magically transported [...]
April 22, 2008How good is your website?
Its okay spend all of that time building a website, but when it is launched and everything is running fine, you need to find out what people are looking at, what they do on your website and where they are from. But in order to this properly there is a need to use one of [...]
April 21, 2008Information gathering for Microsoft
For anyone who has ever wondered how Microsoft gets all of their information about us, the answer is so simple, especially if you happen to be using Windows Vista. We know that by when we buy a new piece of software it normally comes with a huge terms and conditions sheet, which we digitally sign [...]
April 17, 2008What makes a good Linux user?
For a lot of computer users the very thought of switching from Window to Linux is just too much for them to even comprehend as the whole thing is can be a bit complex to new users. But in fact there are some subtle differences and of course there are so many communities and forums [...]
April 16, 2008CAPTCHA cracked in sixty seconds
By now we have all got used to the sign up feature that is supposed determine between a human and a machine, the Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart (CAPTCHA) where there is a series of letters and numbers which are sometimes distorted.
Most of time this has proved a [...]
April 15, 2008Microsoft under attack from Google and Salesforce
Probably two of Microsoft’s oldest enemies who joined forces a while ago, are due to announce that they will be increasing their efforts in the to attract more customers for their customer management and office software, which is mainly directed at business users.
The combined services will include Google’s suite of office programmes and applications, [...]
April 11, 2008Windows Seven for 2010
Could this be it for Vista? Microsoft has announced that once again they have extended the sales of XP until June 2010, which comes as a real surprise considering that this year was supposed to have been the last that we were going to see of XP on the shelves.
So what does this mean? [...]
April 10, 2008BBC’s iPlayer to go on Wii
Ever since its introduction in December last year, the BBC’s iPlayer users have been growing faster than even the BBC could hope for. But despite all of the problems with the ISP’s over traffic, the iPlayer is set to become the latest addition to the Wii
Being available on a games consol like the Wii, [...]
April 9, 2008Google and the Olympic torch
Do Google filter out news that is sensitive to certain people? This is the question being asked of them, as on the day when the Olympic Torch relay passed through London, anyone would have thought that the whole thing went off without a hitch.
Yet other media certainly did not hold back on the coverage [...]
April 7, 2008The internet is under attack
Most of us feel that the internet will last for ever, but could there ever be a time when the internet actually breaks and suddenly we find ourselves with nothing to look at and no way of carry on the work, it sounds like a nightmare. But this could happen one and here are the [...]
April 4, 2008Film makers to use Bit Torrent sites
Now film makers attempt to use Bit Torrents as a way to get their films out there and in the process get some much needed publicity which can in effect make an average film into a cult film that has been seen by millions.
In fact a film producer from Norway found that one of [...]
April 2, 2008Photoshop as used by Pirates
It is estimated that around sixty per cent of all users of Photoshop are essentially pirates, yes that’s right people have the top of the range software from Adobe are using it illegally. Although the question needs to be asked is using the software making you a pirate or is the person who allows the [...]
April 1, 2008Virgin Media cracks down on down loaders
It looks as if the first UK internet company to crack down on illegal down loaders of music and films will be Virgin Media. What the record companies are looking for is a warning system to be put in place, this is expected to take the form of a three strikes and you are out [...]