Mark Newton
Because of the fast pace of innovation within the IT industry, making predictions in a magazine article can be a dangerous thing because of the long lead times associated with print. The prediction could be proven wrong by the time the magazine hits the bookshelves, but despite this I am going to risk such a […]
Underwater Horse trials – at last something to watch at the Olympics! By now those of you who want to will have applied for your tickets for the 2012 Olympics and no doubt used the web site to do so. I am very pleased to see that not much money has been spent on developing […]
Getting back to web development it would be remiss of me not to mention the new EU laws concerning cookies which came into effect in May 26th 2011. Like most legislation surrounding new technology it seems to be full of anomalies and uncertainties. I would suspect, that the powers that be are waiting for trial cases […]
Mix:UK – certainally mixed feelings One of the great benefits of writing for a magazine like PcPro is that you get invites to interesting product launches ( or is it lunches? ) and the occasional conference. These larger events are often very interesting as you get to see what a software house has got planned […]
It’s been a busy time what with watching Mix10, wading through the deluge of emails announcing new releases, fighting bugs in a .NET web application and playing Farmville there has hardly been time to enjoy the spring weather. I spent some considerable time watching the live streaming videos and following the Twitter feed from MIX10 […]
What a month it has been for some exciting products for web designers and application builders with two of these being previewed at the recent Microsoft Mix09 event in Las Vegas. This year yours truly was reduced to watching the live feed as the only press from the UK had to pay their own fares, […]
Sometimes companies like Microsoft worry me. Here they are writing software that runs our lives and one would hope they can run their company properly. Any illusion to this nirvana is shattered when incidents like the one that occurred to me the other day. My company subscribes to Microsoft’s Action Pack (see we don’t get […]
The ICO change the way their site informs users about cookies Most of you reading this will already know about the farcical changes made by the UK government over user privacy and the use of cookies by web sites. This law was introduced over two years ago and a year’s grace was given to allow […]
The other day I was sitting watching the BBC’s ‘The Money Program’ on my newly installed Windows Vista Media Centre, which is a huge improvement over the XP version, and by improvement I mean it works and has stayed working for more that a couple of days!. This particular episode of The Money Program was […]
Around this time of year the media is awash with reports of the increase in on-line shopping and how the traditional high street retail businesses are suffering. This may be true or not but one of the strongholds of traditional shops is when it comes to choosing and buying clothes, the ability to feel and […]