Possible Problem with Facebook Security
The Kashiko blog has brought to our attention a possible problem with security on Facebook. It turns out that Facebook puts conveniance before security.
Here’s the post from Kashiko
http://www.kashiko.co.uk/2011/09/14/facebook-password-security/
Microsoft 365 – Office Online
Earlier this week Microsoft launched its Office 365 service. Bringing online office services to an all new level. For more information here is a good over from Kashiko
Christmas Opening Hours 2010
Its almost Christmas and time for us to announce our Christmas opening hours for the festive period.
We will close for Christmas on Friday 24th of December
and re-open for business as normal on Tuesday January 4th.
Both Rob and Stuart will remain available for emergency call outs and consultations throughout this period and can be contacted by either email or telephone. If you have any difficulties please call us on
0800 0354148
or email on
info@alphatechsolutions.co.uk
In the meantime let me take this opportunity to wish you a
Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Yahoo to shut down book marking site Delicious
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News is coming out today that Yahoo is shutting down the social bookmarking web site Delicious.
Delicous was bought by Yahoo 5 years ago and was an important part of Web 2.0. Its service enabled the saving, sharing and disovery of web site links and has been beloved of IT Technology pundits and journalists for quite some. It contains a powerful set of carefully tagged and curated URLs. Cries are already going out for Yahoo to release Delicious as an open source project so that it can continue in the community.
This of course does highlight one aspect of cloud computing. Your ability to enjoy and make use of cloud services is only as stable as the companies you are using.
The good news is that bookmarks in Delicious are easy to back up so the recommendation has to be – if you use Delicious – get your bookmarks safe.
New Website – LARP Safety
The LARP Safety Web Site
This one belongs to LARP Safety LTD, a family run health and safety consultancy that provides a highly professional and considered service primarily to the construction industry.
Our brief was to supply a simply and friendly site that had the possibility of adding features for clients whilst also being social media friendly.
The resulting design is simple, easy to follow and makes use of LARP Safetys’ preferred fonts and colour scheme.
We’d like to take this opportunity to wish LARP Safety LTD all the best of luck in the future.
Fastest Broadband Network in Europe Planned
The UK government has announced plans to give the UK the fastest broadband network in Europe by 2015. It will be achieved via a combination of public and private financing. If this is pulled off it will be massive boon to both private and business use of the Internet in those country.
As you might expect the BBC has some excellent covereage of this and I recommend their article which you can read by clicking here.
10 Tips for Christmas Shopping in the Cloud
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- Don’t leave it late. Never assume that next day deliveries can happen next day. Remember you are dealing with the vagaries of Christmas post and seasonal chills. Order your goods in plenty of time.
- Always check stock. Only ever use web sites that tell you up front if an item is in stock or not. Your well timed shopping could be thrown into disarray if the shop cannot get stock.
- Keep track of your order numbers – you probably will not need them but should the worst happen these will help smooth out any problems.
- If a product costs more than £100 use a credit card – as both retailer and credit card issuer are jointly liable should there be a problem with the goods – this simply gives you more places to get help from if things go wrong.
- Keep an eye on your email. Most Internet shops will give you progress reports on your orders progress and this information can save your stress.
- Have a cuppa to hand when you shop to help you take your time. Taking your time makes sure you check all details on the goods you are ordering. You want to get this right first time.
- Shop around – to make sure you are getting the best deals around.
- Take into the account of the price of postage and delivery. Too many surprises on delivery cost can sour your happy cloud shopping.
- Only use shops that offer secure transactions.
- Be organized – Internet shopping may be convenient but you can still end up comparing dozens of products over many shops and that can be stress inducing so keep notes, and track what you are doing.
Finding Us on Facebook
We’ve recently updated our Facebook page to include an easy to remember name.
You can now find Alpha Technical Solutions at
http://www.facebook.com/AlphaTechSolutions
The reasoning here is very simple – we’re making sure that we are as accessible as possible to our clients.
The existing network of Alpha Technical sites still exist, its just that now we have an easy to remember name on Facebook as well.
New Client Website – Flexible Solutions
Client Web Site – Blaenavon Community First
