The United Kingdom’s recent push toward restricting social media access for under-16s has reignited a massive debate. But honestly? This conversation needs to be much larger than just apps and teenagers. The argument we usually hear is framed in incredibly … Read the rest
Category Archives: Internet
Internet is the hardware, the network, the platform on which services are operating.
Dishonest sellers on ebay result in ebay punishing all sellers
I am moving house. Chance for some clearing then, and some thing I put up for auction on eBay. Pretty normal so far.
Shipping costs were by far the most difficult to be sure on; I made mistakes and set … Read the rest
Windows 10 Firewall prevents you deactivating it
I have seen a lot of sites asking the same question over and over. “Why can I not type in Cortana? Why can I not write after pressing Start Button? Why can I not search?” Oh and most of these … Read the rest
This is a low FPS video of a 60FPS trailer
I’m not kidding. A website has had the gall to actually take a YouTube released 1080p60FPS video and pipe it through their own web video “solution” which has had this effect:
The original video is this:
Playing the two you … Read the rest
Context Menu Platinum Popup
I met this little “gem” today and I was very surprised. It has been a long time since something snuck up on me like that. My detection tools are always updated and I’m very careful about handling downloads and attachments.… Read the rest
1and1.co.uk Support
I recently upgraded my WordPress platform (like 12h ago) and it required a slight higher version of MySQL than the previous database was created in. The web administration console let me create a new MySQL 5 db easily enough but … Read the rest
Troktiko – the Greek blog that could…
There is a very weird thing going on right now in Greece. A blog is attacked on two fronts for doing what newspapers should be doing; informing people.
Troktiko is a blog that enjoys vast popularity among Greeks everywhere, being … Read the rest
Windows Home Server and the Thomson TG585v7 router
It has been noted that this router has a problem with the setup of the Remote Access feature of WHS. It plays nice with the UPnP protocol and the WHS reports as having setup the router successfully, but it turns … Read the rest
Netlimiter
First of all, I love Netlimiter. It is just what I need in the two-user-one-connection house environment I live in and until they integrate a bandwidth limiting capability in home routers, I will keep on using it.
However it has … Read the rest
News!
My internet is back! Tuesday noon I got a phone call to my cell confirming that the line was fixed (although I saw that it was fixed when I woke up, but it was nice of them to call me). … Read the rest