Welcome to the September edition of our newsletter, our usual computer and internet news and views will be here to help you, and remember that we are always here to help you with any of your computer IT problems.
How was August for you, we certainly did not get the weather that we all hoped for during the month click here.
We find it hard to believe that since we last wrote to you the 2008 Olympics have been and gone click here
It has been fantastic to see so many of our clients visit our new premises in Rackheath whether it has been to discuss an upgrade to their website or a complete face lift, some have popped in for advice, so if you have not been to visit us make sure that you come soon.
Local News & Views
Save the Norfolk Broads?
The South of England is sinking and there are fears that large areas could be submerged before the turn of the century. In Norfolk there are concerns that some of the existing land may have to be sacrificed in order to save the wider area. Mike Cartwright reports. ........... Read More.
Lost Girls Rescued From Mud Flats
Two 13-year-old girls have been rescued from mud flats in Norfolk in an area known for dangerous tides, the coastguard has said. The girls walked out on the mud flats at Snettisham on Sunday afternoon, but their grandfather lost sight of them so alerted Yarmouth Coastguard. After a search in poor visibility the girls were rescued, unhurt. Read More.
Tourists Flocking to Beauty Spots
Beauty spots across the eastern region, protected as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), bring in £844m in tourism, a new report says Read More.
East of England Co-op acquires Wherstead Park
The East of England Co-operative Society has exchanged contracts to acquire Wherstead Park, the site outside Ipswich vacated by energy company E.ON at the end of June. Chief executive, Richard Samson said: “Following the merger of the former Ipswich & Norwich and Colchester & East Essex Co-operative Societies in October 2005 we have been looking for an opportunity to bring together colleagues working at various sites in Suffolk and Essex.......... Read More.
Internet News & Views
Parents To Be Shown How To Protect Children Online
The first national strategy for child internet safety, including a streamlined system for classifying computer video games and codes of practice for social networking sites, will be set out today in a ground-breaking report for government. The six-month study prepared by the child psychologist Dr Tanya Byron, reflects her concern that parents and children are struggling with the impact of the internet and computer games. .............. Read More.
Partial View
According to The Guardian, it took just two complaints to The Advertising Standards Authority about an Apple iPhone TV commercial (you can watch it on the page linked below) for the watchdog to take action and ban the advertisement. ............. Read More.
Browser News - Internet Explorer 8 Is On The Way
Welcome to Windows Internet Explorer 8. This is the message displayed initially by the installer for the next iteration of Microsoft’s proprietary browser, as you can very well see from the screen shot accompanying this article. Just an anodyne proof that Internet Explorer Beta 1 is now live. At the end of the past week, Microsoft began sending out invitations to the first beta build for IE8. Participation in the limited technical beta program for Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1 is possible only through explicit invitations from the IE Team. .................... Read More.
Restricted Search
A Google user complains that the search engine's boast to have millions of Web page listings available for most searches is false. It won't let him see more than ten pages of results. He recommends looking elsewhere, but he might find that Google isn't alone in guarding its resources. Although other search engines tend to be less miserly, they also impose restrictions. Microsoft comes out best, typically allowing sight of 2,000 results, but Yahoo! and others usually stop working after providing a maximum of 1,000 results. ...................... Read More.
Computing Hints & Tips
Local Cooling
Can you fight global warming from your desktop? Local Cooling is a new (free) application that automatically optimises your PC's electricity consumption by using a more effective power save mode. It shows results in real-time, and translates the figures to clock up the number of trees and gallons of oil you have saved............ Read More.
Updating Update
What part of turn off updates does Windows not understand? You'll get a new Windows Update soon, like it or not, says Scott Dunn at Windows Secrets. Microsoft will install a new version of Windows Update on your computer, even if you've set your PC not to download and install any updates.. .......... Read More.
Welcoming Windows 7
Microsoft raised headlines again last month, announcing that it'd be releasing details about Windows 7 - the follow up to Vista - in October. The company also launched a Windows 7 blog, and resolved to adopt "an open and honest approach" during the operating system's final development stage. .......... Click Here.
From Mojave To Midori
PC Magazine's Steve Bass reports on some good humoured trickery by Microsoft marketers who convinced a bunch of Vista-hating volunteers to try out the next version of Windows, named Mojave. The testers loved it - but were then told that what they'd been using was nothing more than a well disguised version of Vista with a different name........... Click Here.Plagarising Paris
The Guardian has tried a bit of old fashioned keyword stuffing, attempting to trick its way into search engine results by peppering one of their football news Web pages with references to "Paris Hilton" and "How to make vast sums of money without working for a living", plus a few other allegedly popular search terms that we're too polite to mention here. The technique, which all the search engines have penalties for, and warn you not to use, has worked for The Guardian. Although it failed to fool Yahoo! and Microsoft Live Search, the page is listed in top ten search results by Google and Ask for some of the gratuitously added terms. ........... Click Here.Advertising
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Leave with a Laugh
Murphy showed up at Mass one Sunday and the priest almost fell down when he saw him. Murphy had never been seen in church in his life. After Mass, the priest caught Murphy and said "Murphy, I am so glad you decided to come to Mass, what made you come?"
Murphy said, "I got to be honest with you Father. A while back, I misplaced my hat and I really, really love that hat. I know that McGlynn has one just like mine and I knew that McGlynn came to church every Sunday. I also knew that McGlynn had to take off his hat during Mass and I figured he would leave it in the back of church. So, I was going to leave after Communion and steal McGlynn's hat."
The priest said, "Well, Murphy, I notice that you didn't steal McGlynn's hat. What changed your mind?"
Murphy said "Well, after I heard your sermon on the 10 Commandments, I decided that I didn't need to steal McGlynn's hat."
The priest gave Murphy a big smile and said "After I talked about 'Thou Shalt Not Steal' you decided you would rather do without your hat than burn in Hell, right?"
Murphy shook his head and said "No, Father, after you talked about 'Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery' I remembered where I left my hat!!!
