Wi-Fi at airports essential
It is funny how things change over time, it was not that long ago when business travellers were more interested in luxury than anything else, but those days have long gone.
Sure the business traveller demands luxury and business class travel reflects that, but instead of glamorous food and surroundings, the business traveller today requires Wi-Fi [...]
University records stolen by hackers
The University of California at Berkley Heath have announced that their health services division has suffered a severe breach of security and that there is a possibility of over 160,000 records of people involved at the university getting into the wrong hands.
Around 97,000 records contain the details of social security numbers were stolen, although it [...]
Data recovery tools for free
From time to time virtually, every computer user finds that some data no matter how small has been lost. This is because computers are not totally infallible and therefore sometimes something goes wrong.
The best thing that any computer user can do is to be prepared. If the user has everything in place to ensure that [...]
Webmaster offering links is jailed
A webmaster whose website offered links to copyrighted material has been fined and jailed in Spain after it was found that the operation was illegal.
Some people may find it strange that the webmaster has found himself in such a predicament. However, there is a distinct difference between running a site that offers just links to [...]
CBS complain about YouTube bloggers
There many media groups who utilise the video site YouTube for clips and even reporting, yet one media organisation The Hoop Doctors have found that their YouTube account has been suspended causing them serious problems.
The problem starts with the complaints from CBS who have filed copyright complaints regarding a clip from a basketball match.
This is [...]
Making a wiki work
Surprisingly the first “Wiki” style pages started to appear during 1995, the term is used for a collection of pages that are produced by a number of different people in order to create an informative page.
Yet it seems that business has never embraced this part of the internet as they have done with blogs etc. [...]
Firefox overtakes IE6 and is catching IE7
It may not be much of a record but it is still a mile stone none the less, finally Firefox 3 has overtaken Internet Explorer, but before anyone starts desk thumping it is only IE6 so far but they are catching up at a steady rate.
With IE7 as the next target is will not be [...]
Computers missing from nuclear weapons lab
Over eighty computers belonging to the US nuclear weapons lab at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in the state of New Mexico have mysteriously gone missing, according to the watchdog the Project on Government Oversight (POGO).
The concerns are serious enough to worry people, but what is more concerning is the way that these computers have [...]
The boss will get the message
It had to happen sooner or later a site where employees can offer their employers a little bit of advice all in the name of fun or more serious some constructive criticism. The site is called the Anonymous Tip Giver and surprisingly it has been developed by the job site career builder.
A user gets to [...]
Obama is on White House Twitter
The new president may have messed up the swearing in, but one thing that he has done right is the taking over of the White House Twitter account.
This had been used quite a lot during the Bush era, with around fifteen hundred updates being made during that time. These were mainly links to speeches made [...]
Cutting down on web development time
Today some websites are so complicated that for many users they just take far too long to load, for some visitors this simply means pressing the back button, but for the website owner this means a lost visitor.
However, for many developers the pursuit for perfection this is a price that they are willing to pay. [...]
Virgin Atlantic sacks FaceBook using staff
FaceBook is no doubt a brilliant success and with a hundred and ten million users worldwide, it can be used to get a message out to a lot of people all in one hit. However, this can go terribly wrong when it is used to voice your opinion, especially when it comes to work.
This is [...]
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 [...]
No freedom of speech online
Of course freedom of speech has never really been a right of anyone, no matter where they come from, but ever since the internet became a major part of our lives there has been a feeling that because this is the internet that normal rules do not apply.
Because the internet has been run like [...]
June 17, 2008Shoppers choose unusual gifts online
Imagine one of those stores that only appear the movies, these are places which are a bit like an Aladdin’s Cave where there is always something on one of the shelves that takes you back to your childhood or to some other memorable point in your life.
But alas these stores are few and far [...]
June 13, 2008Get faster loading pages
One of the most annoying things about web pages is the amount of time that some of them take to load up, and when they slow down all of the other activities in the computer. These problems are very frustrating for users and could lead to your website deterring people from sticking around.
Here are [...]
June 4, 2008Media Defender being killed off
Like anyone who sticks their neck out, you are often likely to get it in the neck from the people that you are trying stop. This could be said to be true about ArtistDirect and their company MediaDefender.
Apparently their sales have been hit so much that they could be in serious trouble. But is [...]
June 3, 2008Did hackers get into Commerce Secretary’s laptop?
There are rumours around that while on a recent visit to China, by the US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrz, a US Government laptop was hacked into by persons unknown, while the computer was left unattended.
The US Department of Homeland Security say that they are not investigating the allegations and it actual fact the FBI [...]
June 2, 2008Mission to Mars website hacked
The recent Mars Lander programme has been hailed a success, as no doubt it was the landing craft is on the red planet and searching for signs of life, which is what the mission is all about. This is undoubtedly a great success for the people behind the Phoenix Mars Lander Mission.
But while everyone [...]
May 28, 2008Extras added to Google Maps
Ever since Google introduced the maps these are appearing on many websites, whether these are being used to show customers directions or to simply advertise certain areas like a tourist attraction. These maps come in very handy and are useful tools for webmasters.
However there are some features to be used on Google Maps and [...]