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Get into DNS – intodns.com that is

This entry was posted in Internet Software Tips Web and tagged DNS MX on July 29, 2010 by HAL

Its been almost a month since I last updated here but the annual holiday and some project work pretty much ate up that time. Getting back into the swing and getting all the plates spinning again has been a challenge and while fixing the variety of problems that clients reported I picked up on a […]

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Simply annoying

This entry was posted in Internet Software Tips Web and tagged Google on June 10, 2010 by HAL

When starting IE this morning I noticed a different kind of google start page. An annoying kind of page. A page with a great big distracting image on it. The kind of page that could make you want to change search engines !! On checking I found The Official Google Blog announced the feature, stating […]

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Surfin’ Safari V

This entry was posted in Internet Must Have Review Software Web and tagged Safari 5 on June 8, 2010 by HAL

Yep – its time for an update. Steve has spoken. Alongside the latest iphone 4 news came a welcome announcement of the new release of Safari. The first thing that caught my eye was this Safari Reader removes annoying ads and other visual distractions from online articles. So you get the whole story and nothing […]

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Juggling with the Joggler

This entry was posted in Internet Review and tagged Joggler O2 on May 20, 2010 by HAL

Sometimes support can be slow – then there is O2 and their Joggler support. Picked up on of the units after a tipoff from a friend when the units were selling at £50. The unit arrived quickly enough but despite repeated attempts to go online and set up the unit – no joy. It would […]

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IE soon to be 9 ?

This entry was posted in Interesting Internet and tagged IE 9 on March 22, 2010 by HAL

Looking at the limited preview of the next IE release makes me wonder where the focus of Microsofts development in the area of its browser are headed. Okay some of the demos are interesting in a technical way – such as the svg Asteroids demo but the other enhancements might pass users by unless they […]

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My latest shiny VM – Chromium OS

This entry was posted in Interesting Internet Review Software and tagged Chromium VMWare on January 15, 2010 by HAL

I have been meaning to get a look at the Chrome operating system after the news that it had been released in its current beta form. I saw a reference to a virtual machine image of it here and if you follow that you should be able to download a zip file with a virtual disk […]

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Vigor 2820 firmware update for AP700 compatibility

This entry was posted in Internet Software Tips and tagged Vigor 2820 on December 3, 2009 by HAL

While checking for a client I noticed that another update with quite a few changes for the Vigor 2820 had arrived – specifically item number 19 explains a problem I recently had with an Ap700 and 2820 setup. So I’ll be testing this out and will advise…   Release Notes for Vigor2820 series Firmware Version : […]

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WordPress update 2.8.6

This entry was posted in Internet Software Tips and tagged Wordpress on November 16, 2009 by HAL

A recent update to WordPress was issued In summary 2.8.6 fixes two security problems that can be exploited by registered, logged in users who have posting privileges.  If you have untrusted authors on your blog, upgrading to 2.8.6 is recommended. Get updating then !!

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