People who haven’t logged into facebook in a while might be in for a surprise as the new profile which is known as timeline has been rolled out. Timeline will present photos, links and items shared from the past in chronological order. The traditional profile has changed to Timeline which is essentially a scrapbook…
The amount of IT skills required by a person or business today depends on what they wish to do. Personally, I believe everyone benefits from basic IT skills with the level of skills to be gained ranging from this to nerd status, defined as an intelligent but single-minded person obsessed with a nonsocial hobby or…
Looking at all the election poster that have been smiling down at us for the last number of weeks my thought turned to images and image processing, this technology is used by anyone who sends images by e-mail or deals with a web site. Image technology has in my life time moved from where a…
Images have been used across the world over time to communicate. From stories of peoples lives to commercial enticements to devastating images of peoples’ life work, in many some cases their lives, being swept away in recent days from Japan. The power of images is hard to describe but we all know iconic images that…
The recent phone hacking scandal in England has once again raised concerns for our security and privacy when using technology to conduct our affairs. The government signed the Convention on cybercrime CETS NO 185 in 2002 but as yet they have not ratified it. I have raised a query on this, my hope is…
St Bridget’s day has come and gone and now is the time to start spring cleaning. Computer housekeeping is actually the term used to describe the maintenance of your computer. Externally, Alcohol pads can be used to clean the keyboard and the mouse, but not for the computer monitor this can be cleaned…
Over the past number of weeks I have become increasingly aware of the dangers of giving people access to your computer. With particular reference to the people who are phoning computer owners claiming to be from Microsoft and telling them that there is some problem with their computer, if this has happened to you…
It is that time of year again when the whistles and fifes are being dusted off and people from John street are treated with various terms of abuse on entering the pubs in the Goat street area, the bands are practising, the colours are being flown. Before I turn to the subject of discussion for…
There are moments in our computer usage that are memorable, the first connection to the internet, preparing accounts, producing publicity material for print or for the web. These are all good positive experiences which demonstrate the benefits of having a computer system in the home or workplace. There are also other types of experiences…
Cloud computing is here to stay and much like apps it will change the way we use technology. There is much terminology around cloud computing most of which is similar to other computer terminology, useful to those who work in the industry but downright confusing to those who don’t. The infrastructure behind Cloud computing is…