Spam emails. And people still fall for this nonsense?
Reproduced in full. About the only good thing you can say about this glaringly obvious scam is it’s grammar and spelling are reasonably good. I once had a desk drawer full of scribbled air mail letters from Nigeria, most written in pencil apparently by young children, offering to swell the contents of my bank account [...]
Read moreIs Freeloading cafe wifi networks over?
A cosy corner table in a cafe, a large steaming latte and someone tapping away on a laptop hooked up to the free wifi. This is a common scene all over the world. I’ve done this myself in some unlikely places, including a double decker bus at the foot of a glacier and a scruffy [...]
Read moreIE6 Must Die. Report companies still using Internet Explorer 6
As web developers well know, one of the biggest problems we face is making websites work properly and consistently in all browsers. Where the site works as desired in Firefox, Safari, Chrome or Opera it very often exhibits quirks or problems in Internet Explorer. And IE 6 in particular. Unfortunately the most popular web browser [...]
Read moreControl more than one computer with a single mouse and keyboard.
If like me you run out of screen real estate while working then this will help. Especially if you happen to have a spare computer lying around. For me it was simple. Two Apple Mac laptops and a 21″ flat screen monitor on the desk controlled with one keyboard and mouse. Using external monitors to [...]
Read moreIs Big Brother watching you? The UK Government spies on half a million citizens.
Sir Paul Kennedy the Governments Communications Commissioner reports that permission was granted for various UK government agencies to intercept phone calls, letters and emails of over 500,000 citizens last year. That’s 1 in every 78 citizens. The program targets people in the UK and overseas and according to Sir Paul plays a key role in [...]
Read moreThe dangers of cloud computing.
A recent spate of moans on the web about losing access to information and photographs brings home the dangers inherent in cloud computing. If you pay for a service then you can reasonably expect it to continue serving up your data until you stop paying. But the freebies, like Facebook, YouTube and Flickr for example, [...]
Read moreThe Digital Refuseniks. Left in the analogue slow lane.
A recent report by a group of academics known as the “Oxford Internet Institute” suggests a growing number of people are simply not interested in joining the “Digital World”. An estimated 17 million people over the age 15 in Briton are not using the internet. Shock-Horror-Probe. Many over 50′s for example say it would hinder [...]
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