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Be Generous – Share a Mouse (and Keyboard) between Macs and Windows PCs

Have you multiple keyboards and mice for managing multiple machines and would prefer to have just one of each ? The developers of Maxivista which I have mentioned before have launched ShareMouse which is a cross platform (Mac / Windows) keyboard and mouse sharing solution. Rather than say using a USB switch (they don’t work terribly […]


Keeping your Access data safe

Many clients have legacy apps that have an access database storing important business critical data. Mainly the normal backup software that is used for backing up user files is used but if a more frequent backup of the files is required then thats not going to be sufficient. One client who had suffered data corruption […]


Are you friggatriskaidekaphobic ?

Friggatriskaidekaphobia (Frigga being the name of the Norse goddess for whom “Friday” is named and triskaidekaphobia meaning fear of the number thirteen). In a modern society with advanced technology you would think that a date would be unlikely to cause consternatation with clients but as witnessed by recent leap year date faux pas – thats […]


Working Alfresco

Not working outside but using Alfresco the document collaboration tool – free as a cloud app. Paid for subscriptions are available. I got my invite yesterday (go here) and it was great to be back using Alfresco – which I had used in pilot for a client some time ago. There are free Ipad and […]


Use Protection

In a recent article by the BBC the issue of cyber-attacks was highlighted as a major danger to small companies and indeed a Threat Awareness Survey stated that over 50% of respondents said that they didn’t feel in danger because they were a “small company”! They were under the misapprehension that only large enterprises should […]