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BlogsUndetectable Viruses?Periodically the media get excited about computer security - how accurate is the coverage and what steps should users take to meet any threat? Mobile Web - The Old New ThingIn 2000 with the launch of WAP, the internet seemed set to go mobile. Eight years on we're still waiting (mostly) - why has its gestation been so protracted? Early DaysIs Microsoft Office Missing Something?Faster, better hardware has driven bigger, more sophisticated software applications - but do they do the job any better? The Cult of Me ... Online - Part IIWhat are the keys to success in creating a social networking website? The contrasting histories of Google and Facebook may provide some clues. The Cult of Me ... Online - Part I Can popular culture – such as Ben Elton’s latest novel Blind Faith Facebook's WoesFacebook may have been caught out by the row over its new advertsing program, but the problems it faces are shared by many, if not all, web businesses. Calender Sharing - a question of timeMicrosoft Exchange, Lotus Notes and other groupware in the '90s showed the way on calendar sharing - but it's not just your colleagues that need to know where you are. I'm a partner in a small financial services firm, where my colleagues and I are often out on visits to customers or other business development activities. The Scream!Frustration with computers has become part of the human condition. The challenge for the intelligent computer user, who is not a techno-enthusiast, is to get to relevant advice, information and resources in a timely and easy-to-find way. Edvard Munch's picture, The Scream, evokes the sense of frustration and powerlessness that many computer users feel when faced with an unexpected crash or freeze, or when they cannot do what they reasonably would expect to be able to do. Surfing the Mobile WebIs there an intersection between Web 2.0 and the mobile web which could affect the lives of millions of people in the way that the desktop web did - and will anyone make money from it? Of in-laws and MobilesMobile phones are miracles of technology. But do many of them emphasise features rather than benefits? Does it matter? In the late 1990s, after one of the major consumer food groups in the UK had a stumble, I asked a mate who worked there what had really gone wrong. |