I'm scheduled to give a talk at the ICT Expo this Friday afternoon on "Linux and some of its friends in the enterprise " So what should I be talking about? Of course I have some ideas already formulated, but what kind of images / ideas spring to mind when someone mentions OSS and business? Are we talking about desktops? Servers? Mail? Web? Replacements for proprietary … [Read more...] about Open Source In Business?
Firefox
Adsense Text Referrals
Thanks to Darren for highlighting a new Adsense feature - text referral links. Google have finally decided to offer textual links for their "referral" products ie. adsense, adwords and Firefox Unfortunately you do not have any control over the actual text itself, which is a real pity. You have to choose between four available options .... Another thing to beware of is that the … [Read more...] about Adsense Text Referrals
Google Pages – Open Again
Google's website builder - Google Page Creator - is accepting signups again, as long as you have a gmail account. The user interface is simple and quite intuitive, though it is obviously limited in its functionality. Some of the AJAX tricks they've used to make it all work are pretty nifty and really fast! Unlike some of the other site builders I've tried over the last couple … [Read more...] about Google Pages – Open Again
Broken Websites
Websites that do not display or function correctly in browsers other than Internet Explorer are very irritating. Yesterday afternoon I tried to book a driving test online. While the site displayed perfectly in Firefox the order form did not work correctly, so I was forced to use Internet Explorer to complete the booking. It's 2006! Surely high profile websites are tested … [Read more...] about Broken Websites
IE 7 – trademark issues?
The case of ie7.com is causing some mirth in technical / geek circles at present. While it is amusing I wonder will they be able to hold onto that domain for much longer. … [Read more...] about IE 7 – trademark issues?