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Seth Godin describes his experience setting up a PC for a friend. He notes that it’s not really a computer any more, but one big up sell opportunity. He describes it as “ A race to the bottom, […] a sleazy carnival complete with hawkers, barkers and a...
The gloves are off between Google and Microsoft, with Google announcing availability of a tool to migrate from Exchange Server to Google Apps. The problem is, Google Apps is a ‘cloud service’. Lately, I’ve been badly let down by some cloud services, so...
Blogging can be an effective publicity tool for any size business. It can help you keep your customers in the loop, provide a means of support, feedback and customer service, be a marketing channel for distributing announcements, offers and product information...
There is a growing trend of IT consultants selling online backup solutions. While there is no doubt that online remote backup can work if done correctly and with sufficient investment, it is often done in a way that doesn’t adequately protect servers...
Our advice: don’t bother. Keep your money. We’ve never seen any hard evidence that there is any advantage in a so-called registry optimizer. Under some specific circumstances, they can be useful, but they can also do a lot of damage. The Windows Registry...
These days, more and more software companies are releasing “beta test” versions of their software to the general public. People are downloading and installing these betas as if they were released versions. In the right circumstances this can be justified, but I am seeing an increasing number of users – especially in small and micro-businesses, installing beta software without really understanding the implications.
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Every now and then, a new piece of technology comes along that changes the way you work. Many of you will have seen me scribbling notes at the various meetings and events I have attended on my Tablet PC. The built-in handwriting recognition, together...
I saw this article in Microsoft's UK Security Newsletter (which you can subscribe to online). Ed Gibson, chief security advisor, relates the following story: The owner of a '.com' web domain name is telephonically contacted by someone claiming...
Another blog article I've been meaning to write for a long time: how to construct a strong password. Much has been written on this subject, but it is also out of date. To understand what makes a password strong, first we need to be clear what would...
I was driving along the M4 today and I passed this DHL delivery truck. I snapped a photo with my mobile phone but unfortunately I didn't capture what someone had written with their finger in the grime on the rear of the trailer: Don't ask the...
I received the following email today, which is clearly a rather crude hoax: From: <deleted> @hotmail.co.uk To: <24 MSN/Hotmail addresses removed to protect privacy> Subject: PLEASE READ Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:48:22 +0000 Hey it is tara...
"To generalize is to be foolish" I always say. But in general, there are two types of employer. There are those who value their employees as an asset, pay them well and give them the best tools to do their jobs and develop themselves. Then there...
I'm Tim Long and TiGra Networks is my baby. After working for 20 years in technology, I got sick of two things. Employers cynically hiring and firing their workforce at a whim, and Watching companies get things wrong over and over again and never learning...
Over the years, I've seen many people use their word processing software in ways that ultimately makes their life more difficult and results in poor quality documents. This document presents a simple technique of raising your game and producing higher quality documents that can be more easily used and re-purposed....
People are always telling us to be careful who we trust - never open attachments or download files if they are not from a trusted source. But the trouble is, who do you trust? You'd think you could trust Microsoft, right? Well, come on a little journey...
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