September 28, 2007

How to publish RSS feeds

by Brian Turner

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thank you for visiting!
There are a load of different reasons why you may want to publish a RSS feed on your site.
Commonly you may want to publish specific items to a certain page on your site, or else publish latest posts […]



Microsoft extends Windows XP for five-months

by Jan Harris

Microsoft Corp has extended the sale of Windows XP to large computer manufacturers and retailers until the end of June 2008, five-months longer than its original deadline.
Windows XP will now be available from stores and on new PCs until 30 June 2008, rather than 31 January 2008 as previously planned.
Smaller computer sellers, which […]



September 27, 2007

Government should help SMEs go green

by Jan Harris

According to research by ISP, Eclipse Internet, 82 per cent of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the UK would like more guidelines from the government on how to reduce their carbon footprints.
Eclipse Internet surveyed 250 SMEs across the UK and found that 85 per cent of them rated going green as a top […]



September 26, 2007

7 Wordpress plugins for better indexing

by Brian Turner

Wordpress offers a potentially great solution for building a CMS.
However, as the site grows, ensuring that search engines and human users can properly find your content can become a challenge.
Luckily, there are a couple of great Wordpress Plugins already available which can help resolve this issue.
When implemented, they should be able to help improve your […]



AOL founder launches Internet credit card

by Jan Harris

Steve Case, the co-founder of AOL, has joined with other industry leaders to launch an innovative online credit card company.
The company, Revolution Money, is a subsidiary of Case’s investment company, Revolution LLC.
Revolution Money has launched two products, Revolution MoneyExchange which is a money transfer service for online transactions, similar to PayPal; and RevolutionCard, […]



September 25, 2007

Microsoft offers Vista downgrade option

by Jan Harris

Microsoft has changed its licencing terms, making it easier for PC manufacturers to allow customers who purchase machines with Vista installed, to switch to the earlier Windows XP operating system if they wish to.
The offer only applies to Windows Vista Business and Ultimate versions and Microsoft is letting PC makers decide how they want to […]



September 24, 2007

Google may test rival for ‘Second Life’

by Jan Harris

Arizona State University has announced that students will test a new product by a major internet company, which will be launched later this year. The product includes 3D-modelling and video gaming features.
The university has an ongoing relationship with Google, and there are growing rumours that the company in question is Google, and the product to […]



Adobe announces Photoshop upgrades

by Jan Harris

Adobe Systems Inc has announced two major upgrades to its digital photo and video software - Adobe Photoshop Elements 6 for Windows and Adobe Premiere Elements 4 for Windows.
Both applications now feature the Adobe Lightroom interface complete with charcoal grey colours. Customers can access content, such as video clips, from one convenient place, and export […]



September 21, 2007

EU ranks UK e-services fifth in Europe

by Jan Harris

According to a report by IT consultancy Capgemini on behalf of the European Commission, the UK government’s online services have improved significantly since last year.
The services are now rated fifth best in Europe for sophistication and availability, compared with sixth place last year. Austria took first place, followed by Malta, Slovenia, and Portugal.
According to […]



September 20, 2007

Brandsauce revolutionises brand images

by Jan Harris

On-line 3D modelling firm, Brandsauce, has developed an innovative technique which creates high-quality brand images at a significantly lower cost than traditional product photography.
The online technique also gives a faster turnaround time than traditional methods, and allows the client much more control over the production process.
Brandsauce’s web-based technology converts packaging artwork into a […]



September 19, 2007

The Importance of Planning

by Brian Turner

I’m someone who often moves on an ad hoc basis as to whether as project is a good idea or not.
Some ideas seemed like good ideas at the time, but I’m beginning to really appreciate the idea of having a plan of sorts to determine what my actual end goals are, and how I may […]



Intel focuses on low power

by Jan Harris

Intel’s CEO, Paul Otellini, kicked-off the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco with predictions of a low power future for the company.
Otellini promoted Intel’s low-power chips for MIDs (Mobile Internet Devices), which will reduce the power consumption of its handheld computer chips by a factor of 10 compared with the Silverthorne processor, which is […]



SAP joins Web-based business software market

by Jan Harris

SAP is unveiling its new line of Web-based business management programs, code-named A1S, at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco.
Web-based software, also known as on-demand software or software as a service, has traditionally been the focus of smaller companies such as Salesforce.com and NetSuite.
SAP and other large competitors, including Microsoft, have previously combined […]



September 18, 2007

Mozilla invests $3 in Thunderbird e-mail client

by Jan Harris

Mozilla Corporation has spun off its Thunderbird e-mail client into a separate company and invested $3 million to get the business off the ground and expand its programming staff.
Mozilla has dubbed the new organisation MailCo for the time being. It will be a wholly owned subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation and its CEO will […]



September 13, 2007

Researchers develop new HDD read head design

by Jan Harris

Researchers at the National Physical Laboratory in Teddington are developing innovative sensors to quickly read huge amounts of data on a hard disk.
The new sensors are designed to cope with the increasing amount of data being stored on hard drives, which has soared over the past 30 years to around 200 gigabits per square […]



September 12, 2007

How paid bloggers can protect their blogs

by Brian Turner

Paid blog? Protect your site!
Whether you agree with services that pay for blog posts or not, the fact is that these have now become an integral feature of the internet.
The market in paid or sponsored blogging has reached a point that entrepreneurial bloggers can balance earning money while maintaining a valued audience.
What many bloggers taking […]



Microsoft patents digital music watermarking technology

by Jan Harris

Microsoft has patented a technology for digital rights management that is believed to be unbreakable.
The technology, known as ’stealthy audio watermarking’, protects digital content even when it is distributed without DRM protection.
It inserts and detects watermarks in audio signals which identify the content producer. This creates a permanent ‘digital signature’ which is embedded in […]



September 11, 2007

IBM develops nano-scale printing technique

by Jan Harris

IBM and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, ETH Zurich, have developed a method of printing patterns with molecules.
The technique involves precisely arranging particles as small as 60 nanometers on a soft, rubbery template. (To give an idea of the scale, a human hair is 60,000 nanometers wide.)
The soft, rubbery substrate contains microscopic pits, […]



Firefox downloaded 400 million times

by Jan Harris

Firefox, Mozilla’s open-source Internet browser, passed the 400 million download mark on Friday, continuing its rapid growth in popularity.
Firefox was launched in 2004 and took one year to reach 100 million downloads. It achieved 200 million downloads a year later.
Firefox is closing the gap on Microsoft, with data from Xitimonitor.com showing that the latest version […]



September 10, 2007

71% of UK companies discourage flexible working

by Jan Harris

In a YouGov survey of UK workers for Orange Business Services, 71 percent of respondents said that their companies either do not offer flexible working practices, or discourage flexible working even if it is available.
Over a third of the respondents (39 percent) said that their companies do not allow flexible working, while 32 percent […]