Google has this online tool http://google.com/gwt/n that automatically strips any given website down to a minimum (text and a few images- if you want them). So if you are browsing from a mobile phone or a connection where you pay per megabyte – it is…
Will Google change the face of mobile phone use?
Google has been stirring up a storm on the other side of the atlantic, Due to the TV stations going digital it has freed up the 700mhz band for mobile phone operators to use (does this mean we will need phones capable of handling 5…
Open Source Group Collaboration
I came across this interesting solution for small Group Collaboration called Mindquarry (http://www.mindquarry.com). It’s developed in Java and so runs on any platform (Windows, Linux and Mac), the machine acting as the server will need to have the Java runtime environment installed on it. It…
Tuneup 2007
There comes a time in every computer owners life when it is time to clean up the unnessecary files, cache and programs that have not been used for a long time. This time came for me a few days ago. I have been suspecting that…
Which Contact Management System is best for me?
CiviCRM vs The Others At my job we have been looking for a fairly feature rich contact management system for some time now. Given that I work for a volunteer organisation this is not as simple as finding a package that has everything and opening…
How to Set-up a Fax Server on Debian
To set up a fax server in Debian is a simple affair – we just had to set one up at work and couldn’t be happier with hylafax. To install just go to the command line as root (or using sudo) and then type in:…