Yet another high profile Irish company website is not setup correctly. Browsing a particular vendor's website you can access personal information on clients, deliveries and more as nobody thought of putting even rudimentary security in place. Fortunately they don't sell online! … [Read more...] about Irish Online Business – Leaking Personal Information?
ICANN Approves .tel
ICANN has approved a new TLD - .tel I'm really not sure about this one. Is it of any practical use? Will it cause confusion with .mobi? While I can see that they are aimed at different markets launching both TLDs within a relatively short period of time (in ICANN terms) may lead to confusion. Frank Michlick is as undecided as I am: Interesting, so this sTLD will need a special … [Read more...] about ICANN Approves .tel
IEDR Releases Financials and makes interesting promises
The Irish domain registry (IEDR) has released details of its finances The press release and report contains some amusing very amusing comments from the IEDR management, but this one really takes the biscuit: Its offering of a “managed” domain, where, unlike other domain names, entitlement to the .ie name is established and cybersquatting is eliminated, is unique in the current … [Read more...] about IEDR Releases Financials and makes interesting promises
ISP Test Gets Minor Facelift
We've given the Irish Isp Test site a minor facelift while fixing some of the bugs, removing the login requirement and added a couple of new features. You can now check your connection speed without logging in or signing up. The login session has been fixed, so regardless of where you login you will stay logged in ie. login to forum or test page - it won't matter Added a simple … [Read more...] about ISP Test Gets Minor Facelift
Open Office Tips and Tricks
My mother has been using Open Office since she got her new PC at Christmas. Most of the time "it just works", but today she ran into a problem. While looking for a solution I came across this blog, which seems to offer a wealth of useful tips and tricks for new users. Anybody know of any other resources, or should I try one of the books that I found? If anyone has tried any … [Read more...] about Open Office Tips and Tricks