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Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
Google admitted earlier this month that it’s Gmail service failed again, just weeks after the company suffered a huge system outage following a data centre cock up.
It confirmed that a “small subset of users” have been affected by the latest downtime, but didn’t provide a definitive number and could not confirm when the service would be back up and running.
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Tags: cloud computing, Google Apps, google cloud, google fail
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Thursday, March 12th, 2009
You might be thinking what is SharePoint? It is a company intranet technology, written and expandable using Microsoft .Net; in layman’s terms it is a place to store company information in the form of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, all standard document formats, providing simple ways to share information, manage version control, blogs, wiki’s and a whole lot more.
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Tags: Dashboards, document management, Hosted SharePoint, Information management, intranet, Microsoft Office, MOSS, Sharepoint, version control, workflow, WSS 3.0
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Monday, February 23rd, 2009
Finding a file is a lot like looking for a pair of socks when you get dressed in the morning. You can’t really start working until you locate those socks, and it’s something you need every single day.Windows can’t help you find your socks any faster, but it can definitely lend you a hand when it comes to finding your files. Here are some ways to find and organize your files, no matter where they might be stored.
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Tags: how to search vista, new feature of vista, vista search, windows vista search
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Monday, February 23rd, 2009
There is no way to guarantee complete security on a wireless network. However, there are precautions you can take to help minimize security risks when you use a wireless network.
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Tags: vista wireless security, wifi, wireless encryption
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Monday, February 23rd, 2009
Ok so Microsoft let themselves down badly with the launch of Vista, but do you really think that they would allow such a fiasco to occur again? Paul Griffiths goes to find out…..
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Tags: 7, microsoft windows, microsoft windows 7 beta, new vista, vista, Windows 7, windows 7 beta
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Friday, January 23rd, 2009
I’m sure like me, having just got back from holiday you are inundated with things to do, both personal and work related (assuming that we even have that distinction these days!). Well along with the standard new year’s resolutions such as joining the gym you could also sit down and work out a productivity system that helps you get things done. (more…)
Tags: getting things done, Productivity
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Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
It is a problem experienced by businesses all over the world. More than one person needs access to SAGE but it’s only installed on one computer in the office…..can ‘The Cloud’ help?
Accounting Software
The small business finance software market is now very mature. Dominated by SAGE line 50 with current estimates indicating a 1/3 dominant market share. Quickbooks and MYOB vie for second place however are often regarded as more ‘useable’ than SAGE line 50.
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Tags: Accounting Software, Business, cloud computing, Sage, Server Hosting, small business, Technology
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Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008

Since the worldwide success of the Apple iPhone, smart phone manufacturers have been desperately trying to take back some of its market share.
With devices recently released from big names such as Sony Eriksson, Samsung and HTC the latest addition to the market is the BlackBerry Storm.
Already widely being compared to the iPhone it is RIM’s first real attempt at a touch screen device.
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Tags: apple, Blackberry Storm, iPhone, RIM, surepress
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Monday, December 1st, 2008
I have been involved in website development for over ten years, from code monkey to project manager and even the poor mug who wants a snazzy new website but doesn’t quite realise what he’s getting himself into!
Today you can go online, find a nice template, pay pennies, plug in some content and by the end of the day you have a great new website that you can show off to your friends and colleagues. You can have flashy animations, interactive blogs and integrated email web forms, all without needing an ounce of knowledge about web design.
“So what’s the problem?” I hear you say….
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Tags: accessibility, Design Costs, google, HTML, page rank, Search Engine Optimisation, SEO, Web design
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