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Stop Sopa Ireland
Minister Seán Sherlock has proposed a new law which is best explained here. It will be enacted by a single stroke of his pen. Why are we opposed to this law? It is vague in the extreme. There are no details of what is considered a transgression. It isn’t clear if the site targeted will [...]
Want your files everywhere?
Syncing files from one computer to another is a big concern for individuals of mostly any industry. You don’t have to be a big shot IT professional to want or need to send important files to a coworker. Programs such as Dropbox have made it substantially easier than ever before to do this. How it [...]
Server Virtualisation technology
If there is anything that the recent recession and the current debt crisis of the United States and Europe have taught us, it is that businesses must save every penny that they can in any way possible.Server virtualisation technology is an advancement which allows businesses, especially those on small budgets, the ability to have the [...]
Cloud Computing pros and cons
Cloud computing, to put it concisely, enables users and organisations to store, retrieve, save and manipulate data and other resources on third-party servers and via the internet. Consider it analogous to the public electricity grid: Consumers pay for the service, without having to possess knowledge about the very complex infrastructure of how that electricity is [...]
Top 5 Twitter clients
Top 5 Twitter clients Even if you are not impressed with the Twitter site itself, the application continues to expand its usefulness by fostering many add on clients which can definitely add to the experience of both the individual using Twitter for personal things or the business using Twitter to promote a product or service. [...]
Google Apps vs Microsoft 365
The fight between Microsoft and Google battling for supremacy is nothing new. Both tech giants struggle for relevance in a world where Facebook gains momentum every day. In the cloud, however, the two behemoths compete with just themselves in the lunch line, each hoping to get the choice business from the lucrative cloud-hungry government and [...]
Have you Klout and what is it…
Klout.com is a professional application that measures how many people utilize the content off an individual’s social media account. Since more employers, businesses, and bloggers are using social media to get information across to a wider audience, a Klout.com assessment is rather fruitful. Klout.com creates a Klout score. The Klout score is a combination [...]
Do you have all of your data backed up?
If you say yes to both of these you really should get something sorted about your backup: Do you have it on memory stick or external hard disk? Do you backup once a month? Or even better once a week? Have you ever missed a day backing up? What happens if the office burns down [...]
QR Codes explained and examples
A QR Code is a matrix barcode, they have been around for some time and are catching on more and more. What you need is a camera or app on your iphone, android phone to read it and convert the image to link, text message, phone number or website. My recommended apps for IPhone and [...]
Setup internet home page
Internet Explorer How To Set Your Browser Start Page in Internet Explorer 1. Open Internet Explorer 2. Go to website your want to set as your home page and hit enter 4. Go to toolbar at the top of browser, and click on “Tools”, then “Internet Options”. 5. Press the “Use Current” button to specify [...]
