A question often put forward to web developers is the importance of a mobile responsive website (aka mobile friendly website). In short, it refers to a website resizing itself on different screen sizes such as desktops, tablets and mobile phones. Aesthetically, this is important because websites are viewed on a variety of different devices and…
So I’ve been guilty of the cardinal sin: I’ve ‘fixed’ something that wasn’t broken. On Cyber Monday recently, I was sent an advertisement recommending that I move to PlusNet for a very attractive price – £25.99 per month including line rental for their unlimited 80/20 FTTC package. At the time I was paying closer to…
One of our customers is a digital musician, and was putting together a package of hardware to take to gigs. For live music, they use a software package called Bitwig Studio on their MacBook Pro, presently running the latest version of the MacOS – 10.13.2 – “High Sierra”. As a simple control surface for this…
In the previous two parts of my series (Part 1 here and Part 2 here) I described why it’s still possible to find an obsolete OS like Windows XP in production environments. I explained why it’s a great idea to take a full backup of the computer’s hard disk, and suggested the basics of firewalling…
In the first part of my series regarding the presence of obsolete operating systems on your modern network, I explained how it’s not uncommon to see Windows XP in current production environments. In this second part I’ll discuss ways in which you can bring these computers online, securely. Introduction. If the computer in question is…