Unite with Opera
Filed under: Conversation, New Web Creations, Web services
The Norwegian technologists at Opera have delivered the latest version of the Opera browser – 10.10
This latest revamp does not look dramatically different from the last version, but there has been some tweaking under the hood.
We like Opera. Fast, secure and with the ability to handle email, newsfeeds and to see our current web sites in the Speed Dial display. Opera Turbo also allows you to boost browsing speed on slower connections by delivering page compression.
You can also access the Unite service. This facility turns your desk top machine into a server – you can stream media, share files or access your media library remotely.
Some of the newer functions do not yet have password control, which for the very security conscious might be an issue when allowing even trusted colleagues to access your hard drive.
However, for speed, display times, clarity of presentation and innovative thinking – you should check out Opera version 10.10.
You can find the home page of Third Sector Web here.
Google Wave – communicationess…?
Filed under: Conversation, New Web Creations, Web services
The Tech bulletin boards are a bit quieter now in terms of Google Wave. Is it email, is it storage?
In this short film – here’s one person’s take on what The Wave is all about. (Email is 40 years old?)
We don’t have an invite either…just sit back and let the Wave wash over you.
You can find Google pages for Google Wave here.
You can find the home page of Third Sector Web here.
maggwire – articles on the internet
Filed under: Conversation, New Web Creations, Web services
Maggwire is a beta service that provides access to free magazine articles, online.
Of the 650 magazines covered by the service there is strong representation of tech and internet magazines. The maggwire blog states the service is adding 10,000 articles a week.
Although we are interested in the latest tech publications, you can also find content on personalities, fashion, sports and many other sub-categories.
We have covered online magazine services before on our blog. Zinio offers free samples of magazines, with the opportunity to purchase.
Google, of course, offers the ability to read past issues of magazines too.
However, the winning way for maggwire is that your browsing will take you the original magazine web page, where you can see the full article…for free.
After reading you can comment and score your viewed article if you wish. The maggwire pages are well designed and with a fresh outlook, making the site easy to read.
Keeping up with the news in your area of interest just got easier.
You can find the maggwire home page here.
You can find the Third Sector Web home page here.
Your Google dashboard…
Filed under: Conversation, New Web Creations, Search engines, Web services
If you have a Google Account you can now find all the stuff associated with your account by using Google Dashboard.
It helps you manage your settings, user histories and preferences across a range of service from Google.
This short film tells you some stuff about the dashboard…
We use a variety of services from Google, both as individual users and collectively. As individuals we can see the benefit of being able to review and manage multiple services from one window.
This feature only provides information about services you have subscribed to – there are some of the usual rants on the tech bulletin boards about Google and privacy, but hey…if you signed up for a service Google already has your information.
Whatever the politics of Google, I wouldn’t want to wander the web without it now.
What do you think?
You can find the Google Dashboard blog entry here.
You can find the Third Sector Web home page here.
Vista is secure….
Filed under: Conversation, New Web Creations, Security updates
A recent post from Top Tech News highlighted the latest report from Microsoft on the infection rates of Windows operating systems.
Microsoft report that running Vista (with the latest service packs installed of course) makes Vista’s infection rate over the net some 61.9 per cent less than XP SP3 during the first half of 2009. Stunning.
The report also reiterated the importance to organisations in updating their web browsers. Even here, using Vista improved operational safety dramatically.
For browser-based attacks on PCs running Windows XP, Microsoft vulnerabilities accounted for 56.4 percent of the total. By contrast, Microsoft vulnerabilities accounted for just 15.5 percent on Windows Vista-based machines, the report said…
These findings find an ironic echo in a recent lengthy article in The Guardian about Microsoft’s efforts to persuade major corporate users to switch from IE6.
As web designers the change cannot come fast enough we say…making developments in audio-visual transmission over the net, like HTML5 and and Canvas seemingly redundant for many.
You can find the original Top Tech News story here.
You can find The Guardian article here.
You cna find the Third Sector Web home page here.
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