Install or update multiple software in one click

Posted on August 6, 2011 by steve

Wouldn’t it be great if you could go to a website, select what programs you want download one piece of software that installs a wide range of software automatically and keeps it up to date

And not have all the extra toolbars and fluff that some of the software packages bundle in to the kit, DO WE REALLY NEED a yahoo toolbar, Ask toolbar after all it’s not the 1990′s!!

Thats why I love http://ninite.com/  As it can install multiple browsers, media players, FTP programs, Imaging software, document programs, Security and utilities in one easy click, no mess no hassle!!

Got a windows machine or an apple MAC, ninite works on both and believe me when I recently updated my laptop it saved me hours of searching for the software and installing one by one :(

I installed around 25 programs at the time and running it today it automatically updated 6 of them to the latest version, again no hassle!

So go and bookmark it or download the software now and save yourself hours the next time you replace a machine

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Website Compatability?

Posted on April 5, 2011 by steve

Speaking to my father today and I mentioned Firefox his preferred web browser has a new version out. Why do they need to change it, it worked perfect for me?

The world moves forward at such a pace these days, new technology is constantly coming at us in all forms of shape and that includes the software to run a web browser, be it microsoft, Opera, firefox, chrome or safari

The web browsers of 1995 would be very terrible in showing the latest websites in 2011 and with web developers getting excited over HTML 5, wow you say HTML 5 what is that? And the hackers finding security holes in web browsers there is constant development and if we did not develop and move forward we would have no internet and a whole heap of stuff!.

But then new web browsers can force a site to look different than it previously did, so you need to test in a wide range of broswers, best to focus on the popular ones that you hear about such as chrome, IE, firefox, Opera, Safari

And you don’t really need to install multiple browsers and all the different versions on your own machine that could drive you mad. There are as most things online services that will test for you and show you your site as if it was viewed via a particular web browser such as http://browsershots.org/ which tests web browsers and screen resolutions at the same time.

So then there is no need to see messages like this I recieved when I landed on a site that specialises in email marketing and prides itself to be good and on the ball.Web Browser testing

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Mobile Phone Tracks YOU!

Posted on April 4, 2011 by steve

If you are in the know or have a few more brain cells than average you will know that the phone networks monitor and track your mobile phone.

Companies now offer a service where you can track a mobile phone and see where it is by just using the GPS signal, the latest smart phones if you loose them offer a service where you can track to within a few yards, send a message to them and if that fails remotely wipe all the data and lock it up so it’s no use to the delightful person who now has it.

So it makes complete sense that those simple text messages are scanned for appropriate keywords like “bomb” and voice calls are also monitored along with all the data you download on to your phones.

Don’t believe me?

Green party politician Malte Spitz sued to have German telecoms giant Deutsche Telekom hand over six months of his phone data that he then made available to ZEIT ONLINE. Who then combined this geolocation data with information relating to his life as a politician, such as Twitter feeds, blog entries and websites, all of which is all freely available on the internet.

Check out the interactive map of all his calls, data and activity and the full story here as it really brings it home how much a mobile phone can be used to track a person and show that they were at a place in time.

Then if you are still not sure about tracking and monitoring done on all the phones and your daft enough to try something then ring a friend and mention bomb quite a few times in a conversation, then search on your phone for the same phrase and a couple of text messages should prove the point!

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Weird Internet Niches… Anyone For Online Goalkeeping?

Posted on March 26, 2011 by steve

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again – the internet is a funny place.

There are some weird online niches that people manage to make businesses out of on the internet.

I’ve dealt in some of them, from portable toilet hire to chocolate fountains, from former-call-girl-publishing to quad bikes (these businesses were unrelated, in case you wonder) – this internet revolution has created some really bizarre businesses!

Well here’s another. A shop just for football goalkeeper gloves and kit. You wouldn’t think anybody could make a living out of that – and I’m not sure myself yet – but apparently some people think you can, including a friend of mine, who’s recently taken our help to work on thegoalkeeperco.com, his shop for goalkeeper stuff.

As a United fan I’ll be hoping to get hold of some cheap Van Der Sar gloves, but apparently they don’t do any of those yet. He’s retiring soon though don’t you know – better hurry!

Anyway. In case any of you need any keeper kit… I’ll see if I can do any favours…

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