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News and Press Releases from External Organisations

Protect your Google Account with Password Alert

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Jamie

Google have created a free open source extension for their Chrome web browser. Once installed, Password Alert will show a warning if you type your Google password into a site that isn’t a Google sign-in page. This can help protect … Continue reading →

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Modern Anti-Spam and E2E Crypto Article

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Jamie

Nice write up of the long drawn out war against spammers and protecting email services from abuse: https://moderncrypto.org/mail-archive/messaging/2014/000780.html Written by Mike Hearn, a very smart/savvy ex-Googler Found via tweet by Matt Cutts: http://twitter.com/mattcutts/status/508108603253743616 As mentioned in the above article, a … Continue reading →

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Sucuri Blog – Unmasking “Free” Premium WordPress Plugins

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Jamie

Sucuri (a web monitoring and malware clean up service) have posted an excellent article about WordPress plugins and their security implications: http://blog.sucuri.net/2014/03/unmasking-free-premium-wordpress-plugins.html If you don’t realise the security threat to your website, other sites in your FTP area and potentially … Continue reading →

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Nominet’s Knowthenet launches The Social Age campaign

Posted on February 6, 2014 by Jamie

Nominet’s Internet advice site, knowthenet.org.uk has launched a campaign aimed at supporting parents so they can keep up with their kids and help them stay safe online. Knowthenet’s ‘The Social Age’ survey of parents and 8-16 year olds found that … Continue reading →

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Google Discontinuing Classic Google Apps for Business Admin Console

Posted on January 17, 2014 by Jamie

Google have informed us that they are discontinuing the classic Admin console on 3rd February 2014. On that date, administrators who previously opted to use the classic Admin console will automatically be switched to the new Admin console, and the … Continue reading →

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Google Gmail and Drive Storage Unification

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Jamie

Google Apps for Business News Gmail and Drive Storage Unification Google announced Monday 13th May 2013, Gmail and Drive storage unification that combines the 25GB for Gmail and 5GB for Drive included with Google Apps for Business into a single … Continue reading →

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Google Apps Admin Console Redesign

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Jamie

Google Apps for Business News Admin Console Redesign Google will begin the rollout of a new Admin console starting 22nd May 2013. 10% of our existing Google Apps for Business clients will be transitioned to the new Admin console on … Continue reading →

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Tesla Roadster

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Jamie

We’ve been aware of this car for a while now and it’s been reviewed, albeit briefly, on some of the regular TV car shows, but following on from the Better Place / Shai Agassi story, this is probably an apropriate time … Continue reading →

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Better Place / Shai Agassi’s Electric Cars Plan

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Jamie

Better Place is working to build an electric car network using technology available today. Their goal is sustainable transportation, global energy independence and freedom from oil. The story behind Better Place can be read in the following article: Click here … Continue reading →

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Friends of the Earth Press Release – 18 January 2007

Posted on January 18, 2007 by Jamie

Source: http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/carbon_offsetting_18012007.html Carbon Offsetting A smoke-screen against action to cut emissions The promotion of carbon offsetting schemes is discouraging individuals, industry and governments from taking action to cut greenhouse gases Friends of the Earth said today. The warning comes as the … Continue reading →

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