I was asked by a client if he thought getting a .co address was worthwhile. To be honest I hadnt heard of any new TLD that had been created (TLD means Top Level Domain, ie .com, .net plus country codes like .nz) In fact it is actually the Columbian country code that has been opened […]
Should I get a .co TLD. Is it worth it? Read More »
I have just noticed Facebook Credits appearing on my Facebook page. I have been saying for a while, that a key shift for Facebook will be the implementation of some sort of Marketplace, to make Facebook a viable platform for businesses. Facebook Credits may be the start of this. Part of the issue with Facebook
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I am an unashamed football nut, have been forever. I was young but remember the \’82 World Cup (I was even given some Spanish stamps commemorating it from a friend that went) I have been reading and watching the current All Whites World Cup campaign from the early stages: relatively routine progression through the Oceania
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With all new things it can take a bit of time to get into it. Here are 5 things I learned to make your introduction much easier. Make sure you add a photo (of you, or a logo) and a description in the bio section of your profile. People with the Twitter default profile picture
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The internet has been hailed as a wonderful tool for everyone to be able to express themselves, whether that be for good or for bad. There are plenty of bloggers out there who can write, just as there are plenty who can\’t, but technologies ability to enable everyone with an internet connection to have their
Using the Internet to Make a Point – Protest against Telecom\’s XT Read More »
Phishing is all about getting people hooked, line a sinker, this time Amazon is the recipient of the Phishers focus. It seems to be the usual DHL / UPS style scam, where a zip archive is attached to an email that carries the nasty payload. Asking you to print the attached postal label to get
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I have used a number of Antivirus programs over the years. I was a big fan of Mcafee back in the DOS days, moved onto Nortons when it came with my PC (Threw it away when it got too bloated). Tried a number of others and then settled on AVG. AVG was great. It was
Avast Antivirus – Wow! Read More »
Well they keep rolling off the spam/scam production line. This one pretends to be an email from mail support of a specific domain. As with all of these mass email scams, they don\’t realise that the person they sent the email to manages all of the mail for that domain (Including the \”support\” that is
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Many times there are things that show the US Centricness (Is that a word?) of the internet: .com readily meaning US site US date formats in online forms USD as the default currency Well another example is the idea that every country must use UPS and DHL for their parcels. Why else would all of
DHL, UPS Virus Email, What Next NZPost? Read More »
I have received a Twitter email saying that: Due to concern that your account may have been compromised in a phishing attack that took place off-Twitter, your password was reset. Please create a new password by opening this link in your browser: Now, funnily enough, I don\’t remember any phishing attempts coming my way, and
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