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| Help Get the UK Government off IE6 |
Help Get the UK Government off IE6
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/ie6upgrade
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The German and French governments have started to encourage people to upgrade away from the browser Internet Explorer 6 (IE6).
IE6 has some security flaws that leave users vulnerable. These two governments have let their populations know that an upgrade will keep them safer online. We should follow them.
When the UK government does this, most of Europe will follow. That will create some pressure on the US to do so too.
Most creative and software development companies are forced by government department clients to build websites for IE6 when most of the industry has moved on.
Companies insist that they need IE6 support because government departments use it and won't be able to see their sites or services without it.
Upgrading would be a massive task for government, but if the public is encouraged to lead the way and the government follows, that would create the momentum needed.
IE6 'end of life' was extended to 2014 by governments and business not ready (or willing) to upgrade. This cycle should be broken and innovation and security given their proper place.
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Any web developer knows what a pain IE6 is. Anyone working in tech support knows what a pain IE6 is. Everyone who ever used IE6 knows what a pain IE6 is.
Please consider signing this petition in a bid to shunt the government and councils of the UK onto newer browsers, finally leaving being this obsolete piece of tat. |
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| Space Ship Two in Test Phase |
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Space Ship Two in Test Phase
For anyone not familiar, Space Ship Two is Virgin Galactic's first commercial, passenger carrying vehicle to fly above the atmosphere and into microgravity. With a passenger capacity of 6, and 60 tickets already sold at £121,000 each, they're looking to increase the total number of (human) space travellers (ever) by a good 10% within their first 9 flights.
And it looks like they're set to go in 18 months.
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Sir Richard Branson has unveiled the rocket plane he will use to take fare-paying passengers into space.
SpaceShipTwo was presented to the world in Mojave, California.
The vehicle will undergo testing over the next 18 months before being allowed to take ticketed individuals on short-hop trips just above the atmosphere.
Billionaire Sir Richard, who heads the Virgin Group, intends to run the first flights out of New Mexico before extending operations around the globe.
Built from lightweight carbon composite materials and powered by a hybrid rocket motor, SS2 is based on the X-Prize-winning SpaceShipOne concept - a rocket plane that is lifted initially by a carrier vehicle before blasting skywards.
Speaking at the official unveiling event, Sir Richard said he had been dreaming of going into space since watching the moon landings.
"I know there are literally thousands of people who would love to go to space, to be able to look out the window, to marvel at the beautiful Earth," the AFP news agency quoted him as saying.
"Through Virgin Galactic we will make it possible."
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Full article by Jonathan Amos, BBC News
Let's hope that in a decade or so, we'll see those prices down to where it becomes one of those once-in-a-lifetime experiences that isn't out of reach for you and me  |
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| Author Neko |
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Tue Dec 08, 2009 9:06 am |
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| Windows 7 On The Up |
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Windows 7 On The Up
According to this chart on the Market Share stats tracker, last sunday (1st Nov) Windows 7 was installed on a respectable 3.67% of online computers.
Ok, that doesn't sound like much, but it's only actually been out a week.
It looks like there's a lot of hope that W7 will fix those clunky-PC blues; containing all the nice bits of Vista (sexy interface, easy backups, high compatibility) with much smaller system requirements, less of the annoying security popups, and some nice future development plans such as voice control, it's attracted a lot of interest in a very short span of time.
Guess the real test is whether it can follow the current curve and gain 1% of users every 5 days for a sustained time. |
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| Author Neko |
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Tue Nov 03, 2009 9:56 am |
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| Ninite: Unattended Application Installer |
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Ninite: Unattended Application Installer
There's a new little utility sweeping the tech sites, going by the name of Ninite. Everyone seems to like it. What does it do? It saves you hours of time when re-installing Windows by giving you a single executable that will download and install all your favorite apps
http://ninite.com/
Go to page, tick the boxes you want, press "Get Installer" at the bottom of the page.
Here's an example of my download package:
Chrome
Firefox
Windows Live Messenger
Thunderbird
VLC
Spotify
Paint .NET
Open Office
Foxit Reader
Flash 10
Java VM
CDBurner XP
RealVNC
7Zip
WinRAR
Filezilla
And there's about twice as much again that I don't want.
All this bundled into one executable that you can set going, walk away, have a coffee, go for a pub lunch, and have it do its job without you.
The only downside is that it will download each app on demand; the installer itself is just a small executable and does not contain any of the programs. The up side is you'll always end up with the latest version.
If only someone had thought of this before I installed Windows 7!
Oh, and Tom's Hardware had this to say about it, in case that makes you feel more secure about downloading Ninite. |
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| Author Neko |
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Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:23 am |
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