Category: Technology
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Backups how often do they get done.
The question of backups is one that faces every system administrator. The real question is weather they have a backup in place and is it up to date enough? How many organizations do not have a practical backup policy in place? Our backup strategy is good, but has room for improvement also. All new work…
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Linux a serious option for children heres why.
Many of you know me as being a pro Linux kind of guy, it makes sense really! Its free, its reliable, and it gets the job done with a lot less hassle than doing the same work on a Windows machine. I however am not the only one who supports the use of Linux. Jack…
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Steam powered computer on the way.
It is not likely that this will out perform a modern age computer so the purpose behind building it is scientific rather than technological. Designed in 1837 by Charles Babbage the computer is big (truck sized apparently) and uses steam to run its mechanical parts. It dates from the time before computers even existed, and…
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UK Government not prepared for Cyber attacks
It seems that whilst London has been busy fighting over where money should be going they may have forgot there is a nation to run. This week has seen some serious warnings about the failings of the UK National security preparations. Government Communication HeadQuarters (GCHQ) director Iain Lobban has warned of a threat of cyber…
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Testing and Development shouldnt be fighting each other
Testing is an important part of the software development life cycle. I was shown this image today and it got me thinking. We are currently evaluating, and likely to press ahead with completion of purchase in the next week of a new project management system. The new system will have an integrated source control monitoring…
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Ireland: 3 Strikes and out is just not good enough.
The UK Parliament chaired by the dark Lord Mandelson forced through the Digital Economy Bill designed to give the music industry severe power over the Internet has today received a major blow to the credibility of the act. A Judge at a High Court in Ireland has ruled that the 3 strikes rule just is…
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High Speed Broadband is coming ….
… then again, Christmas is coming also, actually, its 73 days away at the time of writing. Anyway, a study of UK Broadband has been conducted and has found once again that the UK is lagging behind many European counterparts. Over at the Telegraph, one commenter points out that in Finish Law, access to high…
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Virgin seen in suborbital space.
Perhaps not quite the virgin Mary or an Angel coming down to see the minions on earth, but she is called Enterprise and under the watchful eye of Virgin’s chairman, Richard Branson, she made her first flight through the sub-orbital level of the atmosphere. Bringing space travel one step closer. The craft was taken up…
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Google Trials Driverless Car and no one was killed
The guys at Google have apparently been testing Driver less cars releasing them on the unsuspecting population of California with a whopping 140,000 miles on the clock it is an impressive display of technology. Driver less cars are not exactly new, but I am not sure they have been as extensively tested in real life…