Top Music Sites
With music and copyrights frightening off many people who would have already been copy music for their own pleasure, after all they have probably been doing it since the first cassette tape came out.
But there is way where they could continue to copy and save the music that they like, which is both free and [...]
Security flaws hit Firefox 3
At the time of writing there have been over fourteen million downloads of the new Firefox 3 which it has to be assumed most users have been happy with, but within hours of the now famous world record being achieved by Mozilla there are already some security issues.
But as this issue has not been resolved [...]
Metallica does not want bloggers review their music
It hard to feel sorry for the likes of Metallica the heavy rock band which conquered the world and are really still there at the top of their game.
But when they ask people to listen to their new album you think fair enough, but when the job has been done it astonishing that the bands [...]
The cost of computing
It is not the cost in money but the more like the cost to the environment, data centres are using up huge amounts of power, and companies which are building these massive buildings are the likes of Microsoft, Yahoo and Google.
Data centres are appearing almost everywhere in fact the growth of the server is expected [...]
Tell the boss if you use an Xbox as a server
IT departments will always make do and mend, it’s a natural thing to simply fix something and if it works ok, just leave it to run. But this is okay until the people in the department have left leaving a new team to fix any problems.
This particular organisation is a university and when all of [...]
Your computer and the law
The internet has been a place with no real rules and has grown on a global scale without the intervention of governments and other organisations. But this freedom has created a separate society from the rest of world.
But now there are moves to bring in laws to the internet and you could be breaking those [...]
Speed help on Firefox
Anyone new to Firefox could be forgiven for not knowing about any of the super fast tools that they give you. These tools are there to make life easier and of course faster.
But these tools have designed to make working on the internet a simpler and faster way of working which will once these tools [...]
DVD releases matched on iTunes
In a deal which is likely to upset all retailers around the world eventually, but will definitely annoy many of the retailers who sell film DVD’s as Apple have agreed terms with the major the film distribution companies to sell through the iTunes store all of the latest films releases in line with the release [...]
April 28, 2008Gardening or computing
For some parents it is a full time job just getting the kids off of the computer these days, for what ever the reason, be it home work, surfing or talking to their friends, some kids just stay glued to their seats and are rarely seen coming out of their rooms apart from when there [...]
April 3, 2008Social networking to get 999 numbers
There is a report due out on Friday from the Home Secretary Jacqui Smith that is going to take a look at the many social networking sites that are so popular with children of all ages these days. It is believed that a greater understanding from parents is needed too.
The recommendation is that these sites [...]