Legal threats halt iPhone crack

A British firm’s plan to sell software that could open the iPhone to non-US networks has been put on hold following legal threats. Last week, Belfast-based UniquePhones joined several others in claiming it had cracked the code which locked iPhone into AT&T’s network. But a…

WordPress to MySpace Crossposting

For those of us who maintain several blogs, crossposting – or the ability to write one blog and then publish it to multiple blogs – is a very handy function! MySpace has traditionally been one of the hardest to crosspost to, but if you are…

Gmail doesn’t open & live bookmarks stop

When I went in to the office after lunch, expecting a relatively quiet afternoon – with all the people off for the summer – I could not have been more mistaken. With a website problem that has been doing my head in and a couple…

Using Windows built in Wireless Management

If you buy a new laptop today – more often than not it will come with a wireless management program from the company you purchased the laptop from. This (in theory) should work efficiently with the computers hardware giving you no problems with setting up…

50% of employees blocked from accessing Facebook at work

Research conducted by IT security and control firm Sophos has revealed that 50 percent of workers are being blocked from accessing Facebook by their employers who are worried about the website’s impact on productivity and security, and have therefore put policies or access controls in…