Neighbourhood Watch!

Google map has added a new feature 'streetview'.

What is Street View?

Street View takes Google Maps to a new level, allowing you to visually explore and navigate a neighbourhood through panoramic street-level photographs.

What can I use Street View for?
Street View has a variety of practical uses. Using Street View you can easily find the exact location for your crucial meeting and the nearest coffee shop, plan a restaurant venue to meet friends for dinner, or find the best viewing spot for a marathon or carnival.

If you are moving house or re-locating, you can save time by exploring properties and their surrounding area in advance and also by looking up driving directions. Street View allows you to check out a hotel or holiday home before you book, and to explore different travel destinations around the world - or be a nosy neighbour!

Hidden within the Street View imagery in the UK will be well-known children's story book character "Wally" wearing his trademark blue trousers, red and white striped hat and jumper and walking stick. Rest assured Street View also features technology that automatically blurs both faces and licence plates!


Cool, how can I check it out?
http://maps.google.com/ type in your postcode, click search map, click on orange A, click on streetview.

Don't press F1

Another potential flaw with Internet Explorer - In short if you see F1 do not click on it. If you do call us and we can fix it for you.

Our advice for non clients - microsoft update..

Microsoft had released a security advisory related to the use of the F1 key while using its Internet Explorer browser.

Microsoft says that the nature of the vulnerability is tied to “the way VBScript interacts with Windows Help Files when using Internet Explorer.” Unless and until that vulnerability gets patched, the workaround to protect yourself is simply to avoid using the F1 key:

If a malicious Web site displayed a specially crafted dialog box and a user pressed the F1 key, arbitrary code could be executed in the security context of the currently logged-on user.

Free Office 2010 E-Book

For a limited time you can download this free e-book without stepping through any registration.

First Look: Microsoft Office 2010, by Katherine Murray, offers 14 chapters of early content.

Share it with your internal teams, partners, and customers!

You can download the e-book here. It's about 10.5 MB.

Thanks to Harry Brelsford for this information.

Office 2010 Free upgrade and April release

Microsoft have announced that the release date of Office 2010 (did you know it was on its way!!) is to be April.

for all of those people looking to purchase Office 2007 fear not as there is an upgrade path to the newer version and it is free of charge.

Generally, customers who intend to take advantage of the free Office 2010 upgrade program have to do the following:

1.Purchase or buy a qualifying Office 2007 product (with or without a new PC) from an authorized reseller between March 5 – September 30, 2010.

2.Install and activate Office 2007 by September 30, 2010.

3.Request the free upgrade to Office 2010 by October 31, 2010.

Office 2010 can be downloaded for free when it’s generally available, or customers can order a DVD for a fee.

The qualifying Office 2007 suite products and the corresponding free upgrade path to Office 2010 suite SKU:

•Office Home and Student 2007 -> Office Home & Student 2010
•Office Standard 2007 -> Office Home and Business 2010
•Office Small Business 2007 -> Office Professional 2010
•Office Professional 2007 -> Office Professional 2010
•Microsoft Publisher 2007 -> Microsoft Publisher 2010


In addition, the free Office 2010 upgrade product key must be requested by October 31, 2010 using the activated Office 2007 product Key and dated sales receipt. And, only one Office 2010 product per qualifying Office 2007 purchase, and the free upgrade licenses is limited to a maximum of twenty-five upgrades per person.