As you are probably aware there has been a security issue with Internet Explorer making it unsafe to use.
Microsoft have now issued a patch to fix the problem.
To install the patch select a link below then, when you get to the download page click on download, then click run and then allow etc. Once installed you will be safe to use Internet Explorer again.
Security Patch for Windows XP Internet Explorer 7:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0190a289-164e-41a7-8c01-fa1aaed3f531&displaylang=en
Security Patch for Windows Vista Internet Explorer 7:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=7887111d-4fac-4823-bdd2-a18d9468fdf0&displaylang=en
For other operating systems and different versions of Internet Explorer: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS08-078.mspx
Friday, 19 December 2008
Security Patch - Internet Explorer
Wednesday, 12 November 2008
A note about Hotmail
Here is a link to Windows Live Blog. People are leaving their comments on this blog about how upset they are with the new Hotmail.
Windows Live Hotmail program manager has published a response.
http://windowslivewire.spaces.live.com/Blog/cns!2F7EB29B42641D59!16221.entry?8fdaa230
Hotmail holdouts grumble about 'pathetic' new interface
Microsoft isn’t having much luck with the redesign of Hotmail, which is currently playing havoc with thousands of user’s emails......Read more
Source: The Register
Thursday, 23 October 2008
Microsoft rushes out emergency Windows update
Microsoft is about to issue an emergency security update to plug a vulnerability which could allow an internet worm to be spread via a computer without the user doing anything.....Read more
Source: The Register
Wednesday, 15 October 2008
Non-indigenous spiders thriving across Britain
Poisonous spiders are often brought into Britain with exotic plants. But where they once died off when winter came, rising temperatures have seen colonies become established. And they're spreading......Read more
Source: The Independent
Government Plans Giant Big Brother Database
Our Governement plans to create a giant "Big Brother" database holding information about every phone call, email and internet visit made in the UK
An increasing number of influential figures from across the political spectrum have expressed growing alarm over the scale of the proposals that would give the state unprecedented access into the lives of its citizens....Read more
Source: The Independent
Monday, 13 October 2008
Radiation warning for low-energy lightbulbs
The Health Protection Agency is warning that low-energy light bulbs could give enough ultraviolet radiation to cause damage to your skin......Read more
Source: The Register
Wednesday, 8 October 2008
Google's Plan For Drunk Emailers
Penguins P-P-Picked Up In Brazil
Tuesday, 7 October 2008
Pet Diaries
8:00 am - Dog food! My favourite thing!
9:30 am - A car ride! My favourite thing!
9:40 am - A walk in the park! My favourite thing!
10:30 am - Got rubbed and petted! My favourite thing!
12:00 pm - Lunch! My favourite thing!
1:00 pm - Played in the yard! My favourite thing!
3:00 pm - Wagged my tail! My favourite thing!
5:00 pm - Milk bones! My favourite thing!
6:00 pm - Oooh, Bath . Bummer.
7:00 pm - Got to play ball! My favourite thing!
8:00 pm - Wow! Watched TV with the people! My favourite thing!
11:00 pm - Sleeping on the bed! My favourite thing!
Day 983 of my captivity.
My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects.
They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while the other inmates and I are fed hash or some sort of dry nuggets. Although I make my contempt for the rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat something in order to keep up my strength.
The only thing that keeps me going is my dream of escape.
In an attempt to disgust them, I once again vomit on the carpet.
Today I decapitated a mouse and dropped its headless body at their feet. I had hoped this would strike fear into their hearts, since it clearly demonstrates what I am capable of. However, they merely made condescending comments about what a 'good little hunter' I am.
There was some sort of assembly of their accomplices tonight. I was placed in solitary confinement for the duration of the event. However, I could hear the noises and smell the food. I overheard that my confinement was due to the power of 'allergies.' I must learn what this means and how to use it to my advantage.
Today I was almost successful in an attempt to assassinate one of my tormentors by weaving around his feet as he was walking. I must try this again tomorrow -- but at the top of the stairs.
I am convinced that the other prisoners here are flunkies and snitches. The dog receives special privileges. He is regularly released - and seems to be more than willing to return. He is obviously retarded.
The bird has got to be an informant. I observe him communicating with the guards regularly. I am certain that he reports my every move. My captors have arranged protective custody for him in an elevated cell, so he is safe. For now................
Friday, 3 October 2008
DVLA: A licence to bill
Why worry about the government losing your data, when for a small fee they’ll cheerfully hand it over to criminals and big business anyway? .....Read more
Source: The Register
Monday, 29 September 2008
Tests for drugs in tap water
Drinking water supplies are to be tested for the presence of prescription drugs amid fears that rivers are being contaminated by the growing quantity of pharmaceuticals flushed unwittingly down the drain. Read more.....
Source: The Independent
Tuesday, 23 September 2008
The methane time bomb
The first evidence that millions of tons of a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide is being released into the atmosphere from beneath the Arctic seabed has been discovered by scientists.......Read more
Source: The Independant
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
Facebook Worm Attacks On The Rise
Thursday, 11 September 2008
Threat of global warming justifies breaking the law
The threat of global warming is so great that campaigners were justified in causing more than £35,000 worth of damage to a coal-fired power station, a jury decided yesterday......Read more
Source: The Independent
Wednesday, 10 September 2008
Beam Me Up: Big Bang Protons Away
Wednesday, 20 August 2008
Gamers Hit By Fines From Lawyers
Tuesday, 19 August 2008
Fire Fears After Sparks From iPod
Thursday, 10 July 2008
WARNING-Windows XP SP3 to start downloading automatically
Windows XP SP3, which was released to the general public in late April, has plagued some users with problems after they updated the aged operating system. Read more........
Source: PC Advisor
ZoneAlarm users locked out of Intertnet
Latest Microsoft patches have left ZoneAlarm users locked out of Internet....
Read more.......
Source: The Register
Friday, 27 June 2008
No ice at the North Pole!
Polar scientists reveal dramatic new evidence of climate change.
It seems unthinkable, but for the first time in human history, ice is on course to disappear entirely from the North Pole this year. Read more.........
Source: The Independent
Monday, 9 June 2008
Dozens of dolphins die in mystery stranding on Cornish coast
As many as 20 dolphins have died and 80 more are in danger in the greatest stranding of marine life on Britain's coast for nearly 30 years.
Rescue teams described the scene near the Cornish coast this morning as “carnage with bodies everywhere” and warned that more could die. Read more.......
Source: The Times On Line
Thursday, 22 May 2008
Cornish lingo gets standard written form
Supporters of the Cornish language have, following "more than two years of passionate negotiations", agreed on an essential for official recognition of and funding for their tongue - a "Standard Written Form" (SWF) designed to unify the disparate versions of the revived lingo. Read more....
Source: The Register
Temp workers to get equal rights after 12 weeks
An agreement inked by government, employers and unions yesterday means temporary British workers will be given the same employment rights as permanent staff after 12 weeks in the job. Read more.....
Source: The Register
Monday, 19 May 2008
Act now to save our natural environment
'Act now to save our natural environment or Britain's most precious wildlife will be lost forever'
England's green and pleasant land is in catastrophic decline, with some of its most precious wildlife at risk of disappearing for ever, the first comprehensive report into the nation's natural life has shown......Read More
Source - The Independent
Friday, 9 May 2008
Beware Windows XP SP3
Windows XP SP3 sends PCs into endless reboot. Microsoft's service pack three (SP3) for Windows XP has caused havoc on hundreds of PCs, just hours after it was released as an automatic update. Read More....
Source: The Register
Thursday, 1 May 2008
Vultures could be extinct within a decade
A catastrophic decline in the number of Asian vultures due to the continued use of drugs in livestock means the noble, if picky, birds could be extinct within a decade.....Read more
Source: The Register
Tuesday, 15 April 2008
Sanatogen vitamin pills are dyed with harmful additives
Britain's best-selling vitamin pill is dyed with artificial colours which can cause rashes and hyperactive behaviour in children.
Two colours – sunset yellow and quinoline yellow – criticised in an official study which led to their censure by the Food Standards Agency (FSA) last week – are found in Sanatogen Gold, the country's leading multivitamin brand.
Sanatogen's Kids A To Z Strawberry Flavour vitamins have another suspect additive: the red colouring Ponceau 4R.
Read more....
Source: The Independent
Biofuel: the burning question
The production of biofuel is devastating huge swathes of the world's environment. So why on earth is the Government forcing us to use more of it?
Read more......
Source: The Independent
Tuesday, 1 April 2008
Funerals Going Online!
Consumer technology is usually associated with living people. However, one intrepid UK crematorium now allows people to say goodbye to their beloved through a webcam and the internet. Click here to read more
Source: Register Hardware
Thursday, 20 March 2008
Wine Festival - Online Exclusive Event
This week sees the start of Tescos exclusive wine festival with a stunning selction of online savings of up to 50% off.
Offers not available in store.
There are some outstanding offers such as Half Price customer favourite Lagunilla Rioja Reserva now only £30 a case.
UK postal vote system 'not fit for purpose'
The UK electoral system is not fit for purpose because it is too easy to create fake voter registrations.
Election commissioner Richard Mawrey QC made the comment as he described postal voting on demand as "lethal to the democratic process", and said the current system means "wholesale electoral fraud is both easy and profitable".
Read more
Source - The Register
Monday, 17 March 2008
Google Sky brings the heavens to any browser
Google Sky, formerly only available as an extension of the Google Earth software, is now accessible through any web browser.
Hours of fun for all the family.
http://www.google.com/sky/
Thursday, 13 March 2008
WW1 honours go online
More people than ever before will be able to discover what members of their family in the armed forces did during World War One.
For the first time British Army WW1 Records have gone online at genealogical site Ancestry.co.uk
More than two million records are now available, with more to be launched shortly.
DVD's from £2.99
There are some bargains to be had from online retailer Play.com. The site is currently hosting a sale with up to 80% off some items. This includes DVDs from £2.99 and albums for less than £2. Worth a browse.
Play.com offer:
>> Free delivery on everything
>> 24-hour dispatch on all in-stock titles
>> Fantastic low prices all year round
>> Huge choice of the latest and greatest titles
>> Over 500 000 products to choose from
>> Fast, powerful searching and browsing
HMRC data loss victims targeted
Phishing fraudsters have been targeting people whose confidential details may have been contained on computer discs lost last year by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), according to Internet security firm McAfee.
McAfee says phishing e-mails have been sent to UK citizens offering an opportunity to claim a tax refund of £215 from the UK government.
But the e-mails contain a link to a "suspect" Web site based in Germany. The bogus site has now been shut down.
Read more
Wednesday, 12 March 2008
Asda 48 hour discount
Asda have released some voucher codes that will be valid for 0nly 48 hours.
Offer starts tonight at midnight
The codes will literally be live for 48 hours – midnight to midnight and hopefully they will be of some use to you. Go to Asda site
Thursday, 6 March 2008
Old age is a gift
I received this in an email. I don't know who the author of it was.
Old Age, I decided, is a gift.....
I am now, probably for the first time in my life, the person I have always wanted to be. Oh, not my body! I sometime despair over my body, the wrinkles, the baggy eyes, and the sagging butt.
And often I am taken aback by that old person that lives in my mirror (who looks like my mother!), but I don't agonize over those things for long. I would never trade my amazing friends, for less gray hair or a flatter belly.
As I've aged, I've become more kind to myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend, I don't chide myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not making my bed, or for buying that silly cement gecko that I didn't need, but looks so avante garde on my patio.
I am entitled to a treat, to be messy, to be extravagant. I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon; before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.
Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer until 4 AM and sleep til noon?
I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 60's & 70's, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love ... I will.
I will walk the beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves with abandon if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set. They, too, will get old.
I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten. And I eventually remember the important things.
Sure, over the years my heart has been broken. How can your heart not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding and compassion. A heart never broken is pristine and sterile and will never know the joy of being imperfect.
I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face. So many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could turn silver.
As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the right to be wrong.
So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become.
I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be.
And I shall eat dessert every single day. (If I feel like it)
Wednesday, 5 March 2008
Lidl Offers
Lidl currently has loads of gardening equipment on special offer. Deals include wellies and a garden tool set at £3.99 each.
You can also do your bit for the environment - and make a bit of extra cash - by visiting Green Metropolis.
The site will pay you £3 for every book you sell, and donate 5p to the 'Tree For All' campaign, run by the Woodland Trust. If you fancy a good read, you can also buy books here for £3.75.
Monday, 3 March 2008
The Body Shop New Range and Special Offer
The Body Shop® has launched their NEW Moringa range yesterday and today on their website.
Moringa Range
Moringa Memories
Moringa Magic
They also have a special offer on for March;
Offer: 10% off initial purchase
Code: DHAD000265
Valid: 29.02.08 – 31.03.08
Terms and Conditions:
*The promotional code entitles the holder to 10% off any initial purchase online. This offer is valid between29th February to 31st of March 2008.
Valid only at The Body Shop®. The promotional code cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.
The promotional code must be registered at the time of purchase, by clicking on 'use promotional code' at checkout. The promotional code can only be used for one online order. The promotional code cannot be exchanged for cash
