Computer Corner

Real-world Computer and Internet Access issues are addressed here.

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BBC Micro Pioneer on Honours List

29 Dec 2007

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/technology/7162935.stm
One of the designers of the classic BBC Micro computer is recognised in the ...

Surge Protection

25 Dec 2007

One of our computers has been randomly freezing recently. It doesn't seem to be overheating, so I suspect that there may be noise on the mains ...

Google Toolbar Will Fix It!

Web Programming 20 Dec 2007

The latest version of Google Toolbar for Internet Explorer (beta) tries to correct errors when a page is requested. If the page returns a 404 ...

The Amazon SimpleDB API

Web Programming 20 Dec 2007

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgrammableWeb/~3/201467074/
Amazon has launched their latest infrastructure API, SimpleDB. It's pay ...

OpenSocial Shindig Released

Web Programming 20 Dec 2007

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProgrammableWeb/~3/202540280/
The plot thickens. Google has released Shindig as an SVN repository, used ...

Mood of the Internet

13 Oct 2007

What mood is the Internet community in? Would you believe it, but some Dutch researchers claim to have successfully modelled the mood of the ...

Shockwave 10.2.0.023 Install Error

Windows Vista 09 Oct 2007

I've just been trying to upgrade Adobe Shockwave for my web browsers (IE7 and FireFox 2), and the installation for both fails with this cryptic ...

Odds and Ends Required

12 May 2007

My shopping list for Maplin: 60mm High Performance PC Fan Case Fan T/mal 60mm ZT88V £7.99 Plug-In Mains Power & Energy Monitor Power ...

Clean-Install Vista from at an Upgrade Price

Windows Vista 01 Mar 2007

The upgrade price of Microsoft Windows Vista is much lower than the full retail price. What if you could install Vista from the Upgrade version ...

Digg It?

14 Feb 2007

Get linked in to the wonderful world of social networks. First find out what these social networks are - John Hughes at HostSearch gives a nice ...

Google Sketchup

29 Jan 2007

This is a really good 3D drawing package, but the site doesn't make it easy to download the free version (as opposed to the trial Pro version ...