H-L info. Also: return on assets: net income / total assets (Efficiency of converting assets to income); return on equity: net income / shareholder equity (Profitability - how much profit made with the shareholder investments) (more)
Our Little Cat Family We have brought two little female kittens into our household, partly to keep Nero company and partly because Nero's a bit boring... Their names are Elsa and Tess. So far, we've worked out that Tess is extremely greedy ... (more)
A survey has found that over half of all home wi-fi networks in the UK are insecure and can be hacked into in under 5 seconds. A lot don't even have any kind of password protection! By operating your home wireless router in an 'open' mode ... (more)
Introducing Raritan's Command Center NOC: Integration of Systems, Security and Network Management with Secure Remote Access. Designed to keep your IT infrastructure under constant scrutiny, CommandCenter NOC products guard against network outages ... (more)
Most web-conscious people today have a good grasp of what social networking is and how it is used in our everyday lives. But where did it come from? What are the roots of social networking, and is it really such a recent phenomenon? ... (more)
Over the last 48 hours, here is PlusNET's broadband traffic by usage type: And here is the number of customers using the network: (more)
Apple Apple Computing has been through the wars over the years, but finally found its feet at the start of the 21st century when Steve Jobs diversified the company's portfolio by hitting the home market hard - ultimately making computers and ... (more)
Keeping Those Two Wheels Spinning It's a slippery slope, keeping a bike in good working order. Whenever I've taken charge of a brand new bike, I've generally found it to be maintenance-free for a good year or more, except for tyres and tubes ... (more)
Tandem Bicycles There is no better way for two people to get around than by tandem. At least, you need to give it a try! If you have small children you may find that they prefer a tandem to a child seat, and they may even be able to put ... (more)
The iPhone and other Smartphones Do you own a phone that doesn't do much (except make calls), but would find sat-nav (GPS), social networking and email capabilities useful? If so then you should seriously consider getting an iPhone. Not necessarily ... (more)
SysAdmin Tools for the iPhone The iPhone offers a superb opportunity for system administrators to keep an eye on their computer devices, servers and network. Most web-enabled monitoring services provide an iPhone app free of charge, so you ... (more)