Stop the scammers: email rules to live by

Email Scams

I have quite a few email accounts and some of my email addresses appear on internet pages so it’s no wonder I get a lot of scam emails. I follow these simple rules when deciding if an email is a scam. I never rely on my anti-virus software. I do have two of the top internet security suites (not on the same machine) and whilst they capture most things, they can only detect the virus signatures they know about. New viruses (and I include all types such as trojans or

What’s in a domain name

Domain Names

A domain name is an online address and makes it easier to remember than a set of numbers. For example, www.example.com is easier to remember than 68.120.30.140:80. Domain names are made of parts and are separated by “.” so using the preceding example, the www is actually a sub domain so the domain name is really example.com (and the .com part is called a top level domain). The domain suffix (such as .com or .co.uk) is called a top level domain or TLD and these are managed by domain registrars.

Taking the internet to smaller places

Sony Smart Watch

Many companies procrastinate when it comes to moving their information and services to a mobile audience. Mobile is not going away, it’s getting even more important especially as the internet is now being accessed more by mobile devices than by desktops. Taking the internet and apps to smaller places has been gaining momentum over the past several years and I can’t see that trend stopping anytime soon. In the past, if people wanted to be mobile they would carry around a laptop, then Apple made tablets and smart phones fashionable

New website design for Pat Howe Web Solutions

Web PHWS

Welcome to our new responsive website, that we redesigned over the last couple of weekends and now features a “news and articles” page. On this page we will post any news about ourselves or that may affect our customers, including news from My Web Minder. We will also post any articles that may be of general interest to the design or development communities. On our news site you will find details that we carried over from our old site; About Us, Website Examples, Customer Feedback and the Contact Form. We