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Windows 8 Logo Revelead

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For the first time since very early versions of Windows, the new logo for Windows is actually closer to an actual Window! Gone is the wavey flag effect and instead we have a simple, blue Window.

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Google Chrome’s New Features? Good or Bad

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This week Google have pushed out the latest version of Chrome, bringing with it security updates and several new features. One of these features introduced is “Preemptive Rendering”, which on the front of it sounds like it could be a … Continue reading

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Reliance on 3rd Party Services – Good or Bad?

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More and more, developers are becoming reliant on 3rd party services to provide data, provide code or enhance the site that they offer. This can be as simple as somewhere else hosting some of your resources, be it simple Javascript … Continue reading

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New Servers – Costing them Out.

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When planning server upgrades and features, cost is always high on my personal consideration list. This isn’t just an upfront cost or a monthly cost but what gets called the total cost of ownership. What you pay over the life … Continue reading

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Even Microsoft Wants to rid the world of IE6 now

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10 years ago now, Microsoft unleashed Internet Explorer 6 on the world… even now it is still a heavily used browser, even after 2 upgrades have been released and a 3rd is on the way this year. Microsoft themselves have … Continue reading

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