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Web Hosting

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:09:58 +0000

Web Hosting Various aspects of hosting for the web are discussed here, from shared to VPS to dedicated (and multi-server dedicated).

Efficient, minimal MySQL backup

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:09:58 +0000

When someone asks you about what you do to backup your website's database, you'll probably have one of these responses:

Live Script Run Times for Swinny.net

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:34:54 +0000

Here is a summary of the time it takes the Swinny.net server to run a PHP script to deliver a web page, over the last few weeks. The site

Cloudflare for Better Web Performance?

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:01:31 +0000

There is a company that offers a firewall service fir your web hosting, and it does this using the so-called 'cloud'. Furthermore, its starter

Computing

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:55:55 +0000

Computer Corner Real-world Computer and Internet Access issues are addressed here. Please

Bitcoins: currency of the future?

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:55:55 +0000

Bitcoins are all the rage these days. They are a virtual currency, with their value determined by cryptographic computer effort, but can

What a solid state we're in!

Sun, 23 Dec 2012 10:37:22 +0000

The SSD (solid state drive) is the high performance golden child of the storage world, but is it all good news? Let's bust some myths about

Are you using all your PC's memory?

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 18:10:00 +0000

It is possible for your Windows PC to be running low on memory (RAM) even though there is lots of memory physically installed. You won

PC Upgrade on a budget

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:28:21 +0000

Our lounge PC - used as a media centre and for gaming - was due for an upgrade. It consisted of an AMD Althlon X64 system in an ancient

How Windows Determines Your Internet Access

Mon, 30 May 2011 19:44:48 +0000

If you've ever wondered how Microsoft Windows knows whether you have a solid Internet connection or not, it isn't magic: Windows networking

How to copy (clone) a hard disk drive

Sat, 12 Feb 2011 10:17:25 +0000

If you have your computer nicely configured but you are running out of disk space, the last thing you want to do is re-install everything on

iPhone 4

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 10:33:49 +0000

The iPhone 4 Do you own a phone that doesn't do much (except make calls), but would find sat-nav (GPS), social networking and email capabilities useful? If so then you should seriously consider getting an iPhone. Not necessarily an iPhone

Don't let your child's iPhone or iPad store payment information!

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 10:33:49 +0000

Have you heard of in-app purchases? If you haven't now, you might have by the time your credit card bill or bank statement comes in. It

What's new in iOS-6

Wed, 03 Oct 2012 18:40:19 +0000

Apple has launched its new flagship phone, the iPhone 5, and at the same time has released its latest mobile operating system (iOS-6) to

Don't let your mobile bill roam free

Sat, 26 May 2012 12:09:40 +0000

Going abroad with your smart-phone? Understand roaming! Nowadays there's no excuse to be 'ignorant' of the colossal charges

Keeping your iPhone secure

Sun, 13 May 2012 06:56:11 +0000

Apple has recently bumped up its security procedure, by asking subscribers for three questions and answers that can be used to verify their

Solved: the Zoomed-In Unlock Screen

Sun, 31 Jul 2011 19:31:52 +0000

Hitting the power button on my iPhone this evening, I was shocked to discover that the screen was zoomed in - the 'Unlock' slider was massive

iPhone Dock with SD Port and Powered USB

Wed, 20 Jul 2011 21:08:56 +0000

The dexim DWP005 Premium MHub Dock Station appears to have it all: three USB hubs; an SD/SD-HC card slot; an iPhone dock (works with iPhone

Faulty iPhone out of Warranty? Help is at Hand!

Sun, 29 May 2011 18:12:45 +0000

UK consumers have a powerful friend in the Sale of Goods Act, if something they buy fails unexpectedly within a fairly long period of time

Choosing the Best iPhone Apps

Sun, 29 May 2011 17:46:40 +0000

What do you do when you acquire your first smart-phone and get confused about apps? How do you know which ones are any good and which ones

Encrypt your iPhone Backup

Sat, 07 May 2011 09:03:06 +0000

You may be aware of the iPhone backup feature within iTunes (on your personal computer), and you may have seen the checkbox to encrypt the

Where has my iPhone been?

Tue, 03 May 2011 17:46:49 +0000

It should come as no surprise that the iPhone, master of location-sensitive applications, is recording its every move. There are privacy concerns

iPhone Hacks, Tweaks and Tips

Mon, 02 May 2011 07:17:02 +0000

The iPhone is an exceptionally easy bit of kit to learn, and I'm sure that the designers spent a great deal of time getting the learning curve

Battery Case for the iPhone 4

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 17:45:52 +0000

The iPhone 4 has a pretty decent battery life on standby, but it's not so good if you use its GPS sensing a lot. This will happen when you use

Find My iPhone

Sat, 05 Mar 2011 16:25:28 +0000

Apple has a really neat feature to help you find your iPhone - but you must have set it up before you lose it! The first step is to make

MySQL Programming

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 08:17:59 +0000

MySQL Programming MySQL is a fantastic platform to learn database programming, and is also used by lots of very large and fast websites. If you want to get stuck into dynamic web sites, then you could do far worse than the highly popular

mysqli doesn't like old passwords

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 08:17:59 +0000

mysqli, the recommended PHP interface to mysql, will not authenticate with mysql servers using old (16-bit hash) passwords. This is the

Web Programming

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 06:12:34 +0000

Web Programming This section is all about web development, helping programmers to develop the best sites possible. The key elements of successful web development: Performance - Interface

Tracking online campaigns with UTM variables

Sun, 21 Oct 2012 06:12:34 +0000

In homage to its previous existence as Urchin Stats, Google Analytics supports URL tracking options using the prefix utm_, which

Auto-save browser forms with localstorage

Sat, 10 Mar 2012 23:33:58 +0000

We all know how annoying it is to be half-way through filling in a web form, only to accidentally close the window or hit the back button

UK PHP Conference 2012: a question of scale

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:10:26 +0000

I was fortunate enough to attend the PHP UK Conference 2012, on Friday 24 February. The theme of the conference was about how well PHP

mod_pagespeed breaks things

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 21:07:43 +0000

Google is respected in the web development community for writing simple, usable code and then making it available for re-use by everyone

Make Your Headlines Shine

Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:05:11 +0000

Here we learn how to create a text shadow affect, using only a bit of CSS. div.box{ background

Google Web Fonts

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:11:47 +0000

Google Web Fonts lets you browse all the fonts available via the Google Web Fonts API. All fonts in the directory are available for use

Facebook Commenting for Websites

Sun, 06 Mar 2011 19:43:52 +0000

Facebook has opened up its commenting system to all websites. What this means is that there is no need for a website owner to develop, run and

The Broadband Selection Guide!

Fri, 12 Oct 2012 13:30:30 +0000

The Truly Comparative ADSL Guide The best broadband providers are hard to find, as everyone offers a vague 'up to x Mbits service'. Fortunately, thinkbroadband.com gives us the ability to rate our ISP according to speed, reliability and

Rackspace Cloud Hosting

Tue, 15 May 2012 10:30:05 +0000

Rackspace Cloud Hosting Using Rackspace Cloud Servers for your web hosting is the perfect solution for the budget-conscious startup with good growth capabilities - but as long as you know how to run a server. Windows server images are available

Get a CentOS Server Web-Ready

Tue, 15 May 2012 10:30:05 +0000

Here are the command-line steps needed to get a bare Rackspace Cloud CentOS 5.5 image ready for full LAMP (Apache-MySQL-PHP) hosting:

Internet Access

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:14:08 +0000

Internet Access What do we need to get access to the Internet nowadays? The hardest part is choosing an access provider (otherwise known as an ISP), but it certainly isn't hard to get cheap internet access any more. Once upon

Dodgy connection? Don't just blame your ISP

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:14:08 +0000

ADSL is a proven, reliable technology, and on the whole it delivers a decent service for its users almost all of the time. When things

Your wireless router may be vulnerable!

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:15:19 +0000

Does your wireless router have PIN technology? This is where you can connect your computer to the router by pressing a button on the router

The State of UK Broadband

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:10:46 +0000

As part of the Digital Economy Act 2010, Ofcom has a duty to report on the state of the UK's telecoms infrastructure every three years. Consequently it has now published the UK Communications Infrastructure Report 2011 that reports on fixed line and mobile telephony and broadband, digital radio and digital terrestrial TV. It reports that the average home with broadband downloads over 15GB of data per month - that's over 10 hours of video. For more details on the state of UK broadband, go to Ofcom's Broadband Speed Report 2011. They have also produced an interactive map, at UK Fixed Broadband Map 2011.

Most home wi-fi networks are insecure!

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 08:36:19 +0000

A survey has found that over half of all home wi-fi networks in the UK are insecure and can be hacked into in under 5 seconds. A lot don't even

The Social Web

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:36:28 +0000

The Social Web

Be careful what you view on Facebook

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:36:28 +0000

I'm not one to complain about a free service like Facebook, especially when it works so well at keeping people in touch, but... I was very

The Facebook Timeline

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:22:07 +0000

The fantastic people at Facebook certainly know how to progress, improve and revolutionise. They sometimes take flak for a new feature

Google Plus Needs You!

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:58:17 +0000

Google Plus (or Google+ for short, or G+ for even shorter) is search giant Google's latest attempt to 'go social'. It is doing this so

Google +1 for all Websites

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 19:10:15 +0000

Webmasters can now put Google's "like competitor" +1 on their web pages. Many webmasters will groan with trepidation at

How to Publish Your Facebook Stream

Wed, 25 May 2011 18:30:18 +0000

If you'd like to publish your Facebook status updates on your own website, it takes a bit of figuring out. Fortunately, the instructions

Facebook for Genealogy

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 17:16:26 +0000

This is my big Facebook prediction for 2012: support for dead people. For now, only living, real people are supposed to be on Facebook, and

Twitter Intents make websites Twitter-like

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:08:39 +0000

Twitter has added a new string to its impressive API collection, and this one is aimed squarely at web publishers who republish tweets. With

Google +1 Set to Rival Facebook Likes

Thu, 31 Mar 2011 18:10:51 +0000

In its continuing efforts to 'get social', Google is rolling out the "+1" (plus one) button next to its search results. It wants people to click

Search Engine Optimization

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:36:38 +0000

SEO - Search Engine Optimization

Get your Content Labelled!

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:36:38 +0000

It's time to start labelling your content. If you're one of those web publishers who spends a lot of time writing (or sourcing) decent

Should Webmasters Pander to Google?

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 18:17:21 +0000

Webmasters around the world have been affected by Google's major shake-up of its search rankings. Know as the "Panda Update", it puts a

SEO Blog: Are outbound links the new SEO?

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:31:56 +0000

Search engine optimisation has a lot of subjectiveness to it, and the large number of 'signals' that search engines employ to fine-tune their

Simple Programming Exercises

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:31:16 +0000

Simple Programming Exercises

Convert from feet to metres

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 18:31:16 +0000

The Developer's Apple Mac

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:31:19 +0000

The Developer's Apple Mac Everybody knows that Mac OS/X is essentially Linux under the hood, but how does it stack up as a development platform? Does it make up for the scripting and package limitations of Microsoft Windows, or are all

System Resource Monitor

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:31:19 +0000

There is a rather neat system monitoring tool, Magician Monitor, which is free to download and gives a handy view on how

Influencers

Sat, 21 May 2011 09:45:19 +0000

Influencers in the Computing Industry

Rasmus Lerdorf: Founder of PHP

Sat, 21 May 2011 09:45:19 +0000

Greenland has its very own computing influencer! Way back in 1995, Rasmus Lerdorf got PHP (PHP Hypertext Preprocessor) off the ground and

Computer Retailers Rated and Reviewed

Fri, 29 Apr 2011 12:26:30 +0000

Computer Retailers Rated and Reviewed If you fancy yourself as a bit of a hobbyist when it comes to PCs, it helps to know where are the best places to shop. You'll need to avoid box-shifting companies if you need that bit of extra advice

Computer Programming

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:23:54 +0000

Computer and Web Programming

Reading/writing image exif data with PHP

Mon, 11 Apr 2011 20:23:54 +0000

Choices of reading: built-in exif_read_data (PHP 4.2+) or exifReader class from http://www.sanisoft.com/phpexifrw/ For writing, there is

The Secret History of Social Networking

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 18:00:15 +0000

The Secret History of Social Networking Most web-conscious people today have a good grasp of what social networking is and how it is used in our everyday lives. But where did it come from? What are the roots of social networking, and is it

HP Elitebook

Tue, 28 Dec 2010 11:03:57 +0000

Life with an HP Elitebook Model: Elitebook 8440p Processor: Intel Core i7 RAM: 4GB Case: Brushed Magnesium alloy Weight: 2.3kg Purchased: 3 August 2010, 3 years warranty

iPhone SysAdmin Tools

Sat, 09 Oct 2010 09:36:46 +0000

SysAdmin Tools for the iPhone The iPhone offers a superb opportunity for system administrators to keep an eye on their computer devices, servers and network. Most web-enabled monitoring services provide an iPhone app free of charge, so you

Linux Solutions

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 06:28:09 +0000

Linux Solutions Problems encountered and solutions found whilst installing and using Linux. Early posts are for Fedora Core 6 (FC-6)

Robotics

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 05:02:40 +0000

Robotics This is all about Robot Kits and Educational Robotics Resources, and hobby robotics. For example, Lego robotics and 7-axis humanoid robot arms. These should help you move beyond the plastic toys and to build, learn, program and expand

Upgrading to 64-bit

Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:37:06 +0000

Upgrading to 64-bit January 2005

Laptops

Tue, 03 Aug 2010 19:30:24 +0000

Laptops

Computer Games

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:40:31 +0000

Computer Games

Blog Promotion

Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:44:23 +0000

Blog Promotion Here are some tips I have been collecting for how to get people to visit my site.

Windows Vista

Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:43:39 +0000

Windows Vista Windows with a difference... but is it any better than XP?

Google Maps API

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 20:22:46 +0000

Google Maps API

Ajax

Sun, 09 Oct 2005 22:14:00 +0000

Ajax: The Future of the Interactive Web

Txt2Image

Thu, 18 Aug 2005 20:56:36 +0000

Using ADSL

Sat, 07 May 2005 19:45:00 +0000

Using ADSL

XP Dynamic Disks

Sat, 07 May 2005 19:35:33 +0000

Dynamic Disks in XP

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