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Aug 2010

CLOUD HOSTING

Is all the marketing spiel right about cloud hosting as good as they say it is? But what about security?

 

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April 2010

PHP demand still strong - now showing sustainable linear growth

Are you a developer? Or just use PHP on your website? In either case the increase in popularity is good news for you.

 

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March 2010

Internet traffic - Facebook gaining on Google - Yahoo losing

Facebook is now a major threat to Google - ad revenue could become more competitive, which is a good thing for small business.

 

Adding Twitter floating link to your website

Here we show you how to add a link from your website to your Twitter account.

 

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Aug 2009

Cloud computing - advantages and disadvantages to entering the cloud

There are many pros to using cloud computing but the cons currently sway the balance; knowing the good, bad and ugly will help you decide if its right for your organisation. Read the fill story here.

Demand for PHP skills outstripping all other programming languages

PHP, along with AJAX, are the only programming skills where the demand is increasing. During the last financial year demand for PHP skills has grown by 17%. Read the fill story here.

 

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June 2009

GUMBLAR malware increasing

WARNING regarding new malware - audience: all website editors, and developers.

There is a growing number of instances of the of the Gumblar malware (variant from Troj/JSRedir-R):
http://blog.scansafe.com/journal/2009/6/4/gumblar-tops-googles-malware-domain-list.html

Is it possible it could impact upon any website owner?  YES.

The end result for a compromised website is the addition of:
    This site may harm your computer
to your Google listing!

HOW WEBSITES BECOME COMPROMISED
If a compromised website is visited your computer could become infected (affects Windows machines [XP, 2k, 2003 server]:
http://www.iss.net/threats/gumblar.html ), then the FTP details stored in some FTP clients are used to infect other websites.

WHAT CAN YOU DO?
Be vigilant, use an uptodate browser such as Firefox (not Internet Explorer).

Do not store passwords within FTP clients, or web browsers (clear them now if you previously have done so).  It is safer to enter the password each time you connect to your FTP server, or web control panel. 

KEEP YOUR WEBSITES SAFE:
DO NOT STORE PASSWORDS within your browser or FTP client.

 

PHP skills: demand still rising!

Much of the demand for other programming languages are in massive decline (by as much as -66%), but PHP continues to grow and for the first quarter of 2009 it grew by 10%. Read the full article here.

 

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Nov 2008

PHP skills: demand is increasing

There has been a massive increase in demand for PHP skills during the third quarter of 2008. If this trend continues Microsoft's products could be heading for the grave yard!

Read the full story here: PHP skills: demand is increasing

 

Company advert/slogans 

Are you thinking of creating a new slogan for your business? Or need some inspiration for a new advert campaign?

Read some compelling and successful slogans that have flashed across our screens here:
adslogans.co.uk/slogans/

 

Linux Dedicated server prices reduced 

Prices slashed by as much as £200 OFF per month.

Remember these are fully managed servers not like those you may see advertised elsewhere at lower prices. We manage all aspects of your server for you and always keep a standby machine, installed, configured and powered up, ready to hand over to you instantly in the unlikely event that your machine suffers a hardware failure. All this is included in the prices quoted (unlike the majority of our competitors) the only additional optional extra is data backup.

PREVIOUS PRICES per month
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Optimum linux Server £178
Optimum Enhanced linux Server £340
Platinum linux Server £498
Platinum Enhanced linux Server £898

NEW PRICES per month
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Optimum linux Server £169
Optimum Enhanced linux Server £319
Platinum linux Server £419
Platinum Enhanced linux Server £698

More details on Linux managed dedicated servers

New Photo search engine: Imense

Search for photos - classified by pattern, billions of images posted on the Internet. It is founded by two former members of the AT&T lab in Cambridge University, Imense is developing a search engine designed to classify the billions of images posted on the internet.
Due to launch next month, Imense identifies patterns such as facial features, trees, animals or cars within the photographs and adds identifying, searchable tags to their metadata.

Try it here: Imense.com

 

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