The lads and lasses over at less everything have been busy! They have released an open source social networking system based on Ruby on Rails. Ray Cheung spotted this and wrote a great post over at webappers.com. LOVDbyLess is aiming to be the WordPress of…
SP1 Update for Vista
Microsoft claims this Vista update will improve stability, security and performance. It also warns that the Update could cause some software to malfunction, including some security software like the anti-virus from BitDefender and Trend Micro. The other programmes that may be affected by this update…
Phorm – advertising based on your browsing history…. is it good?
According to the web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee, it is not a good idea and it infringes upon consumer rights. Two major ISPs in the UK (BT & Virgin) have already signed up to use (or be used by) Phorm to track user’s browsing history…
Untangle – Firewall, router, spam and content filtre
Untangle has been advertised as a reliable Open Source replacement for the rock solid Sonicwall. Untangle has all a small network needs to cope with today’s demands, it can work as a Gateway/Router, DHCP server, SPAM Filtre, Virus Filtre, VPN server, Web Content Filtre and…
Internet Explorer 8 Beta
IE8 Beta has been released specially for developers and web programmers. It comes with some interesting features: * IE7 Emulation * Developer Tools for debugging, with similar functionality to the Firefox Ad on (mentioned just as a reference not as a comparison). * IE8 activities – Providing quick access to external services from any webpage by sending information…
Dropbox Beta Sync and share files
It looks impressive. With Dropbox you will be able to store, share and synchronize files between different computers and platforms. This comes at a time when we are increasingly needing quick access to important files at anytime and anywhere. Dropbox has the potential to become…