2009 is almost over, just another few hours to go, and with it not only ends the year, but also the decade. Today also marks the ten year anniversary that IT sceptics and scaremongers alike predicted that the Millennium Bug would disable our computer systems, shut down our hospitals and generally cause mayhem to anything electrical throughout the world.
They believed that the switching of computer calendars to a new millennium would cause untold havoc, and that companies such as Microsoft hadn’t accounted for it in their software and operating systems.
As it transpired, the year 1999 rolled over into 2000 without incident and the whole Millennium Bug thing was forgotten about. What was also forgotten about was the number of bogus IT firms who charged (more…)








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Since its launch in the mid 90s, Google has cemented its place in the world as the most used search engine. Many websites report 80-90% of their traffic as coming from Google, and lesser search engine such as Yahoo and Bing can only stare up at Google from a great distance, so why is Google so successful?
It’s December 24th, Christmas Eve, and someone very special will be making their rounds tonight. They’ll be travelling all over the world, visiting everyone they can, all in a single night. As ever though, they’ll only visit the good boys and girls, not the bad ones, and bring them good tidings and rewards for their behaviour over the last 12 months.