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I had a call a couple of days ago from a client who already has a couple of websites. He wanted a quick single page website to promote a new idea that seems to have emerged out of nowhere. He sells hay bales, usually for animal feed or bedding, but had an enquiry recently to [...]

Walt Mossberg reviews Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac: “” And this time Mac users get a useable version of Outlook that for the most part looks and functions like its Windows counterpart. Ideal for those business types looking to switch sides but still need compatibility with the corporate network.

Chrome 8 Adds Google Instant to the URL Bar | Webmonkey | Wired.com: “Google’s Chrome development team has pushed a pre-release version of Chrome 8 into the dev channel for those that would like an early look at the next version of the Chrome web browser. While far from complete, Chrome 8 adds some welcome new [...]

I was recently looking for an alternative to Skype for making calls from computer to landline phone. Particularly for overseas calls as Skype rates to some destinations are a bit high. I regularly use 18866 from the landline phone here but I wanted something similar to Skype on the Mac so anyone in the room [...]

Windows PC users have to be constantly vigilant while on the net, and keep their anti virus software up to date. One of the disadvantages of many anti virus software applications is that they are constantly using system resources while running in the background. This can have a serious impact on the computers performance. Trend [...]

BBC News – Vodafone backs down in Android row: “” One of the reasons people have for not using an iPhone is the strong hold Apple has over the software. All official apps come from the iTunes App store and all software updates come direct from Apple via iTunes. Because of that, this kind of [...]

Opinion: Apple’s Cube was ahead of its time – Digital Lifestyle – Macworld UK: “” “Looking back today, it seems that the Cube was simply ahead of its time. It was an ingenious and striking design that missed the mark by about five years–and $1,000. But don’t tell that to the loyal Cube owners out [...]

Facebook’s Places Feature About to Launch: “There are, of course, complications, which leave the geolocation- and local-services start-up community with plenty of questions about how much of their data they will have to share with Facebook if they tap into the new APIs. And additionally, Facebook’s tendency to garner bad press with regard to privacy [...]

H.264 GPU Decoding in Flash Player on Mac OS X is live [ by Thibault Imbert ] – ByteArray.org: “We just pushed a few minutes ago a new version of the Flash Player 10.1.82.76 containing a nice feature that was in beta until now called ‘Gala’. Yes, H.264 GPU decoding in Mac OSX is now [...]