The top ten computer viruses
Computer viruses were conceived in the late 1940’s but it was not until some forty years later that they started to come into their own. The early editions had to be distributed by hand, a hacker would put it on a disk and simply hand it out, then they were placed on flash drives, which [...]
October 28, 2008Inside the mind of a hacker
Hackers are often looked at as either a seriously bad guy or some young kid who is out to have laugh, but according to some psychiatrists hackers are rattlesnakes but with the rattles. Whatever your take on a hacker is, one thing is for sure they cause no end problems.
The two most noticeable hackers at [...]
Now Gmail offers auto response
At last for some users of Gmail they can sit back knowing full well that their email account will be looking after their friends and colleagues with an auto responder with attitude.
In the same way, that Gmail will not allow you send an email when you have had a late night out, this service allows [...]
Free website tools
One of the main questions that often appear is from people who would really like to have their piece of the web, but have no idea where to start. Well of course, there are many places out there, which offer free hosting and more importantly for some people hep with design.
These applications can in fact [...]
Linux gets Google gadgets
For the first time Google are providing their famous gadgets for the Linux operating system, this is great news for most Linux users who could be forgiven in thinking that they have been left out by Google in the past.
From now on Linux users will be able to use the gadgets that have been initially [...]
Boys Google logo a big hit
When Google announced that they would be holding a competition for youngsters aged between four and sixteen to design one those logos, which Google occasionally use to show different celebrations or events.
The theme for this Google logo was “My Community” and the winner was a schoolboy from Surrey called Daniel Thorne who is aged fifteen. [...]
The under 18 button, clicked
This is a strange thing because most of the sites that would have the “I am under 18” button right there next to the “I am over 18” button the temptation to click the later must be over whelming because of the content of these sites would anyone actually click the other button and get [...]
October 14, 2008What is Windows 7 going to be called?
There are thousands if not millions of Windows users who have been waiting with baited breath for the news of Windows 7, many of these people are users of Windows Vista and to be honest have not been too pleased with the operating system.
Therefore, with Microsoft preparing to release the beta version of their new [...]
What to do after a Google update
Every time a Google make a page rank update, most website owners and webmasters hold their breath to see what the outcome is going to be. However, it is always going to be a nightmare for some and a disaster for others, so what can be done about it?
Bookmarking
Link Development
Leave Comments on Other Blogs
Write Better [...]
Apple sues over logo
The problem with using a fruit as your name and logo is that you cannot really copyright a fruit or can you? It would appear that the power of Apple Corp goes well beyond the confines of the technical world as a college in Canada has recently fund out.
The logo of the Victoria School of [...]
Gmail’s security measures
With millions of users you would have thought that Gmail would have got their act together by now, well in some circumstances they already have, by adding improved security features this makes account hijacking much more difficult.
But many thousands of users are being locked out their own email accounts with no easy way of getting [...]
Apple throws weight around
Despite being the most successful music sales sites iTunes is feeling the pressure from the music industry, but instead of caving in to their demands, the management of iTunes have other more drastic plans.
It all boils down to what happens at the Copyright Royalty Board in Washington, D.C. after the National Music Publishers’ Association had [...]
YouTube increases file sizes
Not much has been happening around YouTube recently, well not up front anyhow. However, behind the scenes there has been some frantic action involving the new video upload tool. What this will enable the user is editing the clips metadata while it is still uploading.
While they have been making these subtle changes, which will clearly, [...]