Internet

  • Watch those typos

    This morning, after a doctor’s appointment, I was greeted by a frightened employee worried about what might show up in her Internet History. It seems that she wanted to check a prices on something at a sporting soods store and inverted two of the letters in the name, when she typed the URL. That new…

  • Internet Access

    Taken from a TechDirt posting: “A new study in the UK has come out saying that, while more companies are providing internet access to employees, a smaller percentage are using filtering technology to block out “inappropriate” sites. The article makes this out to be a terrible thing – suggesting companies don’t understand the risk.” Now,…

  • XP SP2 RC1

    KC Lemson was kind enough to point to Jeff’s post with some details about changes that will be coming to Internet Explorer with Windows XP Service Pack 2. I like what I’m hearing here about the popup blocker and the Active X controls. If it works as advertised it’s definitely a step in the right…

  • Work and things

    I’ve been a bit busy since coming back yesterday working on some small, but important, things and haven’t really had time to blog much about what I’ve been doing. For example, I had an issue yesterday where someone tried to email one of my users with 2 video files and a news article attached to…

  • Note to self

    Just noting this here so I can find it later. Tutorial: Streaming Internet Radio on your Pocket PC An interesting idea, no doubt. I’d have to do it while the Axim is plugged into the wall though, as the battery life while using the wireless adapter wouldn’t allow for extended use, but it’s got some…