Tag Archives: Techie Stuff
Adding video to Sharepoint
Michelle D’arcy Jewell and myself ran a successful Sharepoint course on Monday that covered a range of topics including CSS, embedding Flash Movies and Webplayers. There was a lot of interest in the webplayer (see image below) which lets users … Continue reading
Augmented Reality
Augmented Reality technology has been just over the horizon for a while. It was even shown on the Gadget Show a while back so it must now be creeping into mainstream. It’s been interesting to watch it develop and it … Continue reading
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Internet Explorer security flaw
Another security flaw has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer. reports have abounded all over the Internet; here’s an extract from Richard Wray’s article in the Guardian (full text here): Users of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer have been warned of a … Continue reading
Leaving vhs behind
Andy from ConnectED demonstrated an impressive little gadget that allows media from a variety of sources including vhs players to be easily converted to mpeg format. The gadget is the ‘Pinnacle video transfer’ and what is even more impressive is … Continue reading
WiFi Safety
Last nights Panorma programme has certainly caused a stir, Becta have put an update on their website: Following last night’s Panorama programme Becta has this morning been in contact with the Health Protection Agency (HPA) – the government agency responsible … Continue reading
Turn it on and go and make and cup of tea…
The slow-running computers at the Shrewsbury Centre have just been tidied up (Thanks Steve) and are now running a lot more smoothly. Question is, how many more slow-running PCs are out there? I found this article on things you can … Continue reading
Daily Prophet nears reality
I must admit I am a bit of a Harry Potter fan and liked the dynamic nature of the “Daily Prophet” – well it seems we don’t have long to wait – see details of the flexible e-Readers including the … Continue reading
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Windows Defender
Windows Defender (Beta 2) is a free program that helps you stay productive by protecting your computer against pop-ups, slow performance and security threats caused by spyware and other potentially unwanted software. Windows Defender (Beta 2) is the final name … Continue reading
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RFC 1149 (rfc1149) – Standard for the transmission of IP datagrams on avia
RFC 1149 (RFC1149) is a rare Internet Request For Comment from 1990 concerning the use of organic networks for the transmission of internet protocols. The document is heavily technical but still worth a read, although I suspect there were too … Continue reading
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Gandalf Spells Super Broad Broadband
Sometime ago I came across references to developments in wired and wireless broadband in the Giga bits per second range. Apart from being of interest to some colleagues, it occurred to me that it was a useful leading edge development … Continue reading
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