BT is to provide super-fast broadband to up to 90% of homes in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, in the biggest rural fibre optic roll-out in the UK to date. The project, due for completion in 2014, could provide a blueprint for future rural broadband projects. The £132m funding […]
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The two firms have been locked in a legal tussle since last October, when Nokia sued Apple in the United States, arguing the iPhone-maker was getting a “free ride” on technologies patented by Nokia.
Early next week was what Orange said last week, well its now the end of “next week” and I am still waiting for the upgrade from 1.15.61.10 to 1.22.61.1 as without the 1.22.61.1 upgarde I can’t upgrade from 2.1 Android to 2.2 on my HTC Desire. Is anyone else still […]
I have just been working on a site that needs PHP 5.2 or above. The stock repositories for Centos that are provided by Virtualmin do not contain the PHP version I needed. However they do provide a Bleeding Edge packages, these must only be used if you know what you are […]
I still do not have the 2.2 release of Android yet 🙁 This has been posted on the Orange support site and explains what the hold up is. It states that, if you’re on version 1.15.61.10 then you’ll first need to go to an interim update of 1.22.61.1. You can […]
Microsoft recently announced that Windows Small Business Server (SBS) 7 and Windows Small Business Server (SBS) Codename “Aurora”. SBS 7 The next version of Windows Small Business Server will include a richer remote access experience, and updates to all of the component software in the suite to the latest versions […]
I have just heard that HTC are releasing the next generration Desire handset. The Desire HD it features; 4.3″ Touch Screen 8 Megapixel camera 3G / WLAN / GPS / Bluetooth connectivity 720p HD video recording The HTC Desire HD runs the latest Android 2.2 Froyo operating system on a […]
It was anounced on the 22nd September that Orange was starting to roll out over the air the 2.2 Android OS for the HTC Desire, well they must be rolling it out sowly as I have still not been updated. Each time I manually check, I get the your phone […]
To check how many emails have been queuing in Postfix (an email server for Linux) and for what period of time you can use the following command #qshape deferred | head The above command will produce the following; The T represents time in minutes The Total represents how many emails have […]
If you have a MySql database that you want to import (pipe) into another server, as long as you have the filename.sql file you can copy it using WinSCP from the old server to the new server and run the following command;
Yesterday Trefor Davies of business communications provider Timico started a race to see which would be faster, uploading a video from a rural broadband connection or sending the data via carrier pigeon. The aim of the test was to point out that in some areas, broadband connections are so poor […]
Using php you can permanently redirect one URL to another, using the below code in a php file; <?php header(“HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently”); header(“Location: http://www.newsite.co.uk/”); exit(); ?>
These little single-port routers have the ability to push the public IP address and all it’s traffic onto a single device connected to the LAN port. To do this, set the router up as normal with the username and password for your connection, the only thing that you need to […]
What have Google done? on browsing to www.google.co.uk I was shocked to see that Google known and loved for its no nonsense, fast loading search page are now trying to look like Microsoft’s search engine – Bing. Google get back to your roots and don’t be a sheep following Microsoft! […]
Apple iPad’s UK launch date and pricing finally revealed Apple fans will need to dig deep… Follow the link for more details http://nl.silicon.com/s/8514t/6b603779711020