I first browsed the web in '94 Back then browsers were very different. The web was a much smaller place. Google didn't exist. Eleven years later the web is an important part of people's lives. You bank online, buy your books online, read the news online and maybe even find love online. The technologies behind it all have moved on. Content has become more complex and our … [Read more...] about What’s the story with AJAX?
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Postgrey – Greylisting In Postfix on Ubuntu (Debian)
A lot of mail server admins have been forced to implement some form of spam checks at the SMTP level. Some of the implementations are quite demented and probably do more harm than good, whereas others are extremely sane. … [Read more...] about Postgrey – Greylisting In Postfix on Ubuntu (Debian)
Software mirroring – some guidelines
Colm MacCárthaigh's blog has a very interesting entry this evening on running software mirrors. He's involved with HEANET, so he knows what he's talking about … [Read more...] about Software mirroring – some guidelines
E-voting Back on the Agenda
Electronic voting has been mentioned a few times in the media over the last few weeks. The Irish government has awarded a tender, with an estimated value of EUR119k, to UK company QinetiQ Limited … [Read more...] about E-voting Back on the Agenda
BT Ireland Sucks – Legal Challenge
Adam Beecher is in the news this weekend. I was flicking through the main part of the Sunday Business Post when a headline caught my eye It transpires that BT's legal department are taking action against Adam due to his domain btireland-sucks.com The funny thing is most of us knew about the domain since shortly after it was registered. I refer to it as a domain, as there was … [Read more...] about BT Ireland Sucks – Legal Challenge