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The research papers of British Codebreaker Alan Turing are up for auction, and there was a real fear that the paper would leave the British Isles as a result. However, it …
Google Helps Save Alan Turing’s Enigma Papers Read More
When I started Webologist in 2006 I was completely new to the internet, and very naive about how it all worked. Like most people, I made many mistakes, but slowly, …
Old Web Copy Mistakes Come Back to Haunt Read More
What a nightmare. A warning to all here: Do Not Try To Upload Too Many Photos to Facebook At Once I was attempting to upkload about 6 or 7 photos …
G1 Android Crashed – Had to Do a Factory Reset Read More
Orange have a mobile phone package called Business Sense. If you wish to access the Internet on your smart phone, to send emails, use Google etc. then they charge a …
Consumer Warning: Orange – It Does Not Make Business Sense To Sign Up for Business Sense Read More
Seeing that I have bought and now tested my Google G1 Android phone, it is time for a more detailed look at it, and some applications that I have installed …
Android Phone Applications – G1 Essentials Read MoreJust received a reminder from Lycos that it is closing its webhosting services. Lycos used to be a popular search engine, and also provide webhosting. So where is Lycos going …
Today Lycos terminates its Webhosting Service Read MoreThe Samaritans are a UK charity that provide counselling over the phone to anyone that calls at any time. Google has decided to give them a free slot on the site in response …
Google Helps Save Lives – Working with the Samaritans Read MoreThis is Not a Penguin Google has updated a part of its search engine. This will go almost totally unnoticed by around 99.999% of all Internet users. But a small …
The Google War Machine Marches On Read MoreSearch engine optimization (SEO) is a set of methods aimed at improving the ranking of a website in search engine listings, and could be considered a subset of search engine …
What is SEO – How to do Search Engine Optimization Read MoreI run a few WordPress sites (this is one of them) and today have seen several attacks coming in (all bouncing off the firewall). The latest seems to be attacking …
WordPress Vulnerability Being Pounded – Front End Upload Plugin Read MoreSomeone asked today, “is it illegal to fast forward TV adverts?”. An interesting question, but no, it is not illegal. The growth of digital boxes with hard drives has resulted …
It Is Not Illegal to Fast Forward TV Adverts Read MoreI have suffered from content theft for ages across most of my sites and especially on my biggest money earner. Not so long ago one SEO suggested removing RSS from …
RSS Theft On The Increase? Time To Turn Off RSS? Read MoreWhen people talk of giving and charity the first thought is usually of the kind acts that individuals do for others. Charity may begin at home, but it certainly does …
Corporate Responsibility and Giving Back to the Community Read MoreWhen I started on my Internet journey about 4 years ago I was advised by a close friend who was in the know to learn SEO. Naturally (at the time) …
Do We Need SEO Forums Anymore? Read MoreThis is simply a user created video montage with “Holding Out for a Hero” by Bonnie Tyler as the soundtrack. My son loves Sportacus and Lazy Town and this song …
Lazy Town NEEDS a HERO!!! – A YouTube Video Montage with a Cracking Soundtrack Read MoreA year or so ago I discovered FutureLearn and MOOCS (FutureLearn emailed me as I was an Open University Alumni) and I later delved (and blogged) a little deeper into the …
How Cloud Computing Is Changing The Way We Learn Read MoreYou probably already have accounts at Facebook and Twitter, but getting an account set up at Pinterest takes a little work because you cannot just go to the site and …
Securing an Invite to Pinterest Read MoreAnother holiday company has collapsed leaving holiday makers stranded across Europe. It is reported that many hotels are already asking their guests to pay the costs of their stay, even …
Holiday Website Company Sun4U.com Collapses Overnight Read MoreMy current project is to learn to set up the whole Drupal installation again from scratch It is vital that anyone running a Drupal installation knows how to do this. …
How To Backup and Restore a Drupal Installation Read MoreExcell Communications provide discounted telephone deals, and always insisted that they were a reliable company. Today we learnt that they are going into administration, that they are probably bankrupt and …
Excell Communications Go Into Administration Read MoreIf you want to reach a global audience (and why wouldn’t you?) then the easiest way to appeal to more people is to provide an easy way for them to …
How To Translate A Website Into Any Language Read MoreFacebook, the world’s fastest growing web community, is under pressure from Mattel and Hasbro to close the Scrabulous game down. Scrabulous is a game “application” on Facebook, which allows friends …
Scrabble Fans on Facebook Fight for Their Right to Play! Read MoreJust had a telephone call from India telling me they were representing the Windows Security Centre and that my Windows Inique ID had been shared with up to 4 other …
Windows Security and the W3C Validators Telephone Scam Read More