RFC 850, titled “RFC850 – Standard for interchange of USENET messages”, was the first formal specification for USENET and dates back to the early 1980s. USENET is a massive internet based discussion time that surfaced at a time when people were looking to take advantage of this new global internetwork, that we know today as [read more...]

You can claim £20 back on your old router if you upgrade to a new Linksys by Cisco Wireless-N unit at PC World – the offer ends 27th August 2010. The offer applies to a number of qualifying products including the all-in-one WAG120N-UK, WAG160N-UK, and the WAG320N-UK and the router only WRT120N-UK, WRT160N-UK, WRT320N-UK, and [read more...]

After a few false starts it looks almost assured now that the dawn of the tablet generation is just about upon us. Major manufacturers are turning to tablet devices as the new “must have” gadget for next summer – Apple and Kindle may have shown the way, and JooJoo is causing a minor wave, but [read more...]

Some interesting tech and gadgets go through our office on a regular basis. Sitting on the gadget shelf today are a number of cool things that have either been reviewed already or are waiting to be reviewed. Today, we have: Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000 – A very nice budget keyboard Adobe Photoshop button badge [read more...]

Security is one of the hot issues in the technology industry as the world moves to an online computing platform. Intel have announced their intention to acquire McAfee, the well know security technology company, subject to shareholder approval and McAfee will report into the software and services group at Intel. The deal is valued at [read more...]

When planning for technology in your business it is well worth looking into the benefits of thin client technology. In addition, in place of desktop or notebook computers you might want to consider a portable thin client format to add an increased level of mobility for your workforce whilst also centralising and securing your data [read more...]

You may feel that aspects of the Internet are of no real relevance to your business but perhaps it’s time to take a fresh look. In this article we’ll look at ten interesting ways that the Internet could make a difference to you and your enterprise. Create Google Alerts for your company name and branded [read more...]

System downtime is an unfortunate side effect of technology systems and something that often occurs at just the wrong time. For example, how often have you arrived at the office to find the system down and: Your phone battery had run down so you didn’t get the call You never got a message in the [read more...]