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Mobile web strategy

Posted by John R Hudson ( 3 minute read )

With mobile becoming more and more important in internet-based outreach, it's good to think about your mobile web strategy. You are recommended to build websites capable of display on desktop, tablet and mobile devices; we call this responsive design, a design which responds to the size and capabilities of the screen being used.

IT Stuff: 7th March 2013

Posted by Dave Carpenter ( 1 minute read )
In the March 2013 edition of IT Stuff: David C talks briefly about technology and some projects he is involved in. http://cyclebradford.org.uk/ http://www.recordclub.org.uk/ News City Wifi in City Park http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/local/localbrad/10266125.Free_Wi_Fi_is_launched_in_Bradford/ EU fines Microsoft again over Browser Ballot http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21684329 Office 2013 locked to a single PC? Since the recording they have climbed down! Damn them! http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/06/microsoft-office-2013-license-transferable/ Credit: Brian Apple developers afflicted by malware http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/02/19/us-apple-hackers-idUSBRE91I10920130219 Credit: Brian

February 18th 2013 memtest86+, FabLab, BCB and SUSE

Posted by John R Hudson ( 2 minute read )
David S introduced memtest86+ which can diagnose faulty RAM which may cause random crashes, the storage of faulty data, incorrect checksums and a range of inconsistent errors.

GIMP: the FOSS Photoshop

Posted by John R Hudson ( 3 minute read )
GIMP, or the GNU Image Manipulation Program, is the FOSS alternative to Photoshop.

LyX: the document processor

Posted by John R Hudson ( 7 minute read )
Most voluntary organisations do not need to produce high quality reports, papers or even books but, for those who do, the best software for the past twenty years has been the free software LaTeX, particularly if their reports or papers need to have references, indexes, formulae or high quality images.

Web developments: time to update?

Posted by John R Hudson ( 6 minute read )
The arrival of Windows 8 RT in tablets and on mobile ’phones on October 26th and the announcement that Orange and T-Mobile have been given the go-ahead to offer 4G mobile ’phones raises the premium on HTML5.

The cost of cybercrime

Posted by John R Hudson ( 4 minute read )
A new report on the cost of cybercrime commissioned by the MoD suggests that we should spend a lot less on prevention and a lot more on detection.

IT Stuff: 7th February 2013

Posted by Dave Carpenter ( 1 minute read )
This month's show covers: Going Linux: http://distrowatch.com http://www.ubuntu.com Spoof Web Site  http://mens-life-health.co.uk/muscle/testo.html www.tineye.com Keyboards  News  Ubuntu rolling release? Ubuntu Phone http://www.ubuntu.com

January 21st 2013 Raspberry Pi Winners, LMMS and CLI

Posted by John R Hudson ( 2 minute read )
Kriss and Shi introduced the co-operative Spies vs Ghosts game they had devised for the Raspberry PiRaspberry Pi Hack Day.

November 28th 2012 FabLab, Centos and CLI

Posted by John R Hudson ( 1 minute read )
David C gave us a photographic tour of Airedale Fab Lab and suggested that we should organise a trip there one Saturday.