What’s the problem with Flash pages?
Quite a bit if your website is pure Flash. Although Google can index Flash content to some extent, it is highly unlikely a Flash page will get high rankings on Google. Flash content cannot be indexed by search engines. If your website is all Flash then you can be sure search engines won’t be able [...]
Read moreOutlook users lookout for this phishing scam
As reported by Sophos, Outlook users may receive a message telling them their account needs to be reconfigured, and requesting that you enter your username and password into an attached file. If you use Outlook, don’t be fooled by this email. Look out! Outlook phishing form spammed out | Naked Security: “”
Read moreGoogle will abandon older browsers. Time to update.
Microsoft has been trying for some time now to get people to abandon IE6 and upgrade to newer versions of Internet Explorer. If you haven’t done so yet then now is the time to get yourself a new browser, especially if you use Google products such as Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Docs etc. If you [...]
Read moreAmazon Cloud Player. Cloud based music storage and streaming
It’s true to say there is nothing new in this world. Today Amazon launched it’s Amazon Cloud Drive and Cloud Player. You store your music collection on Amazons servers and stream it to your music player, be that on your computer or mobile device. There are Cloud Players to download for access over the web [...]
Read moreHalf of the UK population is now on Facebook
And probably all at the same time which is why my Broadband IS SO DAMN SLOW. Get off the net and get on with your life. Facebook says it has 30 million UK users, that’s almost half the population. Well I’ll throw a spanner in the works and fess up to having 4 Facebook accounts. [...]
Read moreBooby-trapped web ads potentially infected UK PC’s.
Cyber criminals managed to inject booby trapped adverts into the systems used by web ad firm Unanimis. The bogus ads displayed a warning that the visitors computer was infected with spyware, and offered a cleanup service for a fee. This is not a new scam, but it does indicate the usefulness of ad blockers in [...]
Read moreChrome extension to filter content farms out of search results
Are you fed up with your Google search results being clogged up with Content Farms? Well you can do something about it, with Google’s help if you use the Chrome browser. What’s a Content Farm? From Wikipedia to save me explaining. “In the context of the World Wide Web, a content farm is a company [...]
Read moreFacebook usets concerned about privacy.
Almost 70 percent of Facebook users and 52 percent of Google users in the U.S. said they are “somewhat” or “very” concerned about privacy when using Facebook.com and Google’s search engine, USA Today reported on Wednesday. Getting infected with malware worries 65 percent of Facebook users and 54 percent of Google users, the survey found. [...]
Read moreSix out of ten children ‘lie about age on internet’
Six out of ten children ‘lie about age on internet’ – Telegraph: “” Well I say good for them, and doesn’t everyone? You really don’t want all your personal details out in cyberspace, leaving you open to identity theft and fraud. Be economical with the truth, especially on social networking sites. Never give too much [...]
Read moreWhen permissions won’t be repaired
If you habitually check or repair disk permissions in OSX (which, honestly, you don’t need to do) you’ll find some errors repeated over and over. Apple’s advice: Don’t sweat it. You can safely ignore these messages. You can also usually ignore any “ACL found but not expected…” message. These messages can occur if you change [...]
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