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Home – Home on the xpage ?

A colleague mentioned a new OPenNTF xpages project that allows you to give users a web based xpages driven homepage like the Notes Workspace. You can download it from here. Instructions are fairly simple to follow. XPage Applications Homepage allows users to create their own workspace on web. They can add ‘n’ number of bookmarks on their workspace. All bookmarks give […]


Scareware – the latest wheeze

A parent reported a problem with a childs netbook to me. A distraught child had found on booting the machine that it had launched an application which claimed they had visited sites and viewed pornography and that the Metropolitan Police were aware of this behaviour. The user was told that if they entered credit card […]


Windows 8 – what will it mean for you ?

The upcoming release of Windows 8 is a crossroads for Microsoft in terms of its domination of the desktop operating system envirnment. So much hinges on the success of Windows 8 that its hard to see any area of MS that won’t be affected. Office is getting a makeover to match Windows 8. Windows 8 […]


Virgin now aiming at 120MBPS download – hold on to your browser

If you’re one of Virgin Media’s top-tier (XXL) internet customers, you may soon see your service getting even more speedy. The Branson-backed company is boosting its top speed from 100Mbps to 120Mbps, thanks to a £110 million infrastructure investment. The majority of the network — around 60 percent — has yet to be upgrade , […]


Linux gets Armed

With the latest Linux 3.7 kernel some major changes are in order. In particular, the support for ARM technology has finally arrived. What this should mean is the appearance of Linux on many more tablet and portable devices. The main reason we haven’t seen Linux on these devices is simple: supporting the various ARM processor derivatives […]


Are you really in control – of logmein ?

Why do I receive the message ‘Your input is being blocked’? You may receive the message Your input is being blocked when trying to remotely control your host computer.   This is due to your input being blocked by activity on the host computer’s keyboard or mouse. To override this: Log into your account at LogMeIn.com. Click Main Menu to […]