A tale of two biscuits

What is a cookie, some time ago a cookie was only a small biscuit that went very well with a cup of tea or coffee, but since the advent of the world wide web a cookie is a small file that is stored on your computer created by a website that you have visited.  The cookie…

Storing emails

Many of us have very useful information stored in emails and would probably have to do a lot of extra work if our e-mails were lost. To backup or archive emails firstly check to see what type of email you have. There are basically two types of email organised under two protocols POP3 and IMAP, …

Storing Personal Memories

A most useful initiative has been undertaken by Library of Congress under the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program.  As part of this initiative, they have provided a guide on how to preserve your digital memories. So many people have their correspondence, photographs , tapes and videos stored digitally at this stage, and each…