There are few things more frustrating to hardcore Internet users than a sluggish broadband connection. After all, the entire purpose of paying more for broadband is to get faster speeds than DSL. So where are those speeds? And is there anything to be done about a lethargic Internet connection? While there are some things that… Continue reading Hurry Up! Dealing With Slow Broadband
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Dealing With Duplicate Content
Image by L.Whittaker For a large or even moderately-sized eCommerce site, learning that your site is full of ‘duplicate content’ is a harsh wake-up call. Duplicate content is a great way to ensure that your site doesn’t appear prominently in any search engine, and it’s easy to end up with it. Using suspiciously cheap freelancers,… Continue reading Dealing With Duplicate Content
Scareware- Dealing with the new online plague
Scareware is the malware equivalent of spam. It’s everywhere. If you haven’t seen it yet, you will, in some form. This is a particularly grim version of the typical virus, able to infect a computer with a lot of Trojans simultaneously, including keyloggers. Scareware can be found on the most harmless looking sites, even pictures.… Continue reading Scareware- Dealing with the new online plague
Dealing with Common Windows 7 Disasters
It’s Tuesday morning, you power on your laptop and get prepared for another busy day. But suddenly, you have a cold sweat and want to scream. Your Windows 7 laptop, which is filled with hundreds of critical files for your project, is no longer bootable. A missing file and a nasty malware code may make… Continue reading Dealing with Common Windows 7 Disasters
Dealing With the Raw Science Data- to Preserve or Not?
The data handling and storage techniques of the Climatic Research Unit in UK revealed many flaws in preserving data. The drawbacks of science data storage revealed from the study were shocking to the scientific groups. The computer codes were not maintained properly and the data was spread over innumerable files in difficult formats. Old punch… Continue reading Dealing With the Raw Science Data- to Preserve or Not?