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Safari 5.1 sneaks out

This entry was posted in Tips Web and tagged Apple Safari on October 13, 2011 by HAL

In the race to see the new IOS 5 appear – some missed the swift launch of Safari 5.1 About Safari 5.1 This update contains new features including: Reading List: Easily add webpages and links to your Reading List to browse when you have time. New Process Architecture: Safari has been re-engineered for improved stability […]

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IOS 5 is here :)

This entry was posted in Software Tips Web on October 12, 2011 by HAL

iOS 5 Software Update This update contains over 200 new features, including the following: • Notifications ◦ Swipe from the top of any screen to view notifications in one place with Notification Centre ◦ New notifications appear briefly at the top of the screen ◦ View notifications from lock screen ◦ Slide the notification app […]

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IOS5 – still “coming soon” ?

This entry was posted in Interesting Storage Tips Web and tagged IOS5 on October 12, 2011 by HAL

The widely awaited update to IOS 5 may well be on the horizon. A number of  unconfirmed tips have suggested that it will be here today but I have to say I’m not anticipating it as yet. But its early yet. The downside I do see is that with multiple IOS devices the update will […]

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Cherokee as an alternative web server ?

This entry was posted in Web and tagged Cherokee on October 10, 2011 by HAL

If you are working in the web deployment field and want something other than Apache or IIS and don’t neccessarily want a Windows platform – take a look at Cherokee. You can download from here Their blurb says Cherokee is a very fast, flexible and easy  to configure Web Server. It supports the widespread technologies  […]

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Hi Ho Hi Ho its off to XWORK we go

This entry was posted in Web xpages and tagged XPAGES on October 3, 2011 by HAL

You wait for an announcement  and then three come along at the same time. Ed Brill announced the licensing and naming of the xpage server offering that allows developers to deliver xpage apps to the public and clients via the cloud. The announcement here shows that thought has gone into the release and that once the […]

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Webmatrix 2 now in beta

This entry was posted in Development Web and tagged Webmatrix on September 26, 2011 by HAL

Microsoft have released a beta of version 2 of Webmatrix  the free web development tool with prepackaged solutions and components Their blurb describes it as   WebMatrix is the easiest way to build, test and deploy Web sites. WebMatrix installs in minutes and elegantly integrates a Web server, database and programming frameworks into a single […]

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Are we in Morto(l) danger ?

This entry was posted in Software Tips Web and tagged malware Morto on September 13, 2011 by HAL

Dealing with malware on a fairly regular basis – its no surprise to see a subtle change in the approach used by the applications to “phone home”.  A recently discovered threat –  Morto – more info here targets RDP as a means of infiltrating remote machines and spreading itself. The interesting thing is that rather than […]

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Take a break – a CTRL break

This entry was posted in Software Tips Web and tagged Ping on September 5, 2011 by HAL

When diagnosing network and internet performance issues several simple tools jump out at me. Ping and Tracert are amongst the most common utilities for gauging the performance of links to remote web sites or servers and come with a plethora of options in both windows and *nix flavours. When looking at say long term performance […]

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