Technology has always moved fast and the Internet has made the pace even quicker.
This has raised the question whether the digital divide is growing bigger as those who can afford to stay updated with the latest technological know-how and those who can’t are left ever behind.
However new research from an American university shows that exactly […]

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As I mentioned in an earlier post Firefox 3 has been released with many an improvement.
With more than 15,000 (yes, you read that right!) improvements over the venerable Firefox v2, the good people at the Mozilla foundation have put together a field guide to bring us fans even more joy from using Firefox 3.
Check out […]

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Have you noticed the new Google favicon (the icon that appears in your web browser’s address bar e.g. the blue/green cube for Cynergise) when using Google web sites?
Well, in case you’re interested in what the back story to the change from a capital ‘G’ to the small ‘g’ is, follow this link to Google’s official […]

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This month DreamHost announced the addition of Drupal to their software suite of  1-click installs. Their one-click install system makes it as easy as is possible to add all kinds of web software to your web site like WordPress, Joomla, phpBB, Zen Cart and now Drupal.
Drupal is a PHP/MySQL based content management system, and arguably […]

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What can be leveraged from a simple and informative monthly community newsletter?
Currently, the National Council of Vanik Associations (NCVA) here in the UK produces a monthly newsletter called Vanik Voice which is available as a downloadable PDF file. This month the readership have been informed about it by email, and referred to a link […]

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As the new university and college year has kicked off, many are kegging up for the ‘freshers’ parties. Planning parties using social networks like Facebook and MySpace is becoming popular due to the sheer ease with which it’s possible to get invites out. But there is a dark side to this…
Considering the ‘open-ness’ of such […]

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Laptops are brilliant for portability, yet can be great betrayers. I’m out in Kenya for a month, and relying on my laptop battery more than ever - you just don’t know when you’ll next get reliable access to a mains supply for recharging the laptop!
As part of the natural ageing process or due to […]

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Deal Or No Deal is one of those games on TV that just gets viewers hooked. The game itself is simple enough but it’s the human drama that the chosen player goes through that makes for compelling viewing.
Now there’s another way to get hooked - www.dealornodeal.com, the official web site. It hosts the usual stuff; […]

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Well, it’s happened! We finally got around to re-designing the cynergise.com web site.
Sol and I have long thought that we needed to re-do the site to serve our clients better. The old site really didn’t provide any value to our clientèle and we really wanted to extend our service past the actual project-work we […]

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