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Cheat Sheet: QR codes
Cheat Sheet To store and point to a whole URL say - or to contain full contact details on a business card. QR codes? I'm thinking this is something to do with barcodes… And you'd be right. A QR code is a 2D matrix barcode which uses an arrangement of squares... [28 May 2008]
Cheat Sheet: Encryption
Cheat Sheet Software is used to encrypt all sorts of data to stop unscrupulous sorts getting that information, from credit card details passing over the internet to emails and company databases. Although there are no data breach notification laws in the UK at... [28 Nov 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Social networking
Cheat Sheet If traditional networking means mingling with like-minded people, swapping contact details and making connections that could help you further your business, online social networking offers all this - and a lot more besides. [15 Jun 2007]
Cheat Sheet: Windows Vista
Cheat Sheet More details on the Vista hardware specs can be found here. What's the lowdown then? Windows Vista is Microsoft's long-awaited, long-delayed next-generation operating system release, which finally launches on 30 November. [28 Nov 2006]
Cheat Sheet: Basel II
Cheat Sheet Basel II also requires companies to publish details of their risks, capital and risk management practices. Basel II? But I though there was only one season on Fawlty Towers? If the only Basil you know owns a run-down hotel in Torquay and has a wife... [22 Aug 2006]
Cheat Sheet: P2P lending with Zopa
Cheat Sheet You also get to see some details of who you have loaned money to and what they are going to spend it on. A Cheat Sheet about Italian soup. Tasty. I think you'll find that's zuppa. Zopa stands for 'Zone of possible agreement' - a term from business... [18 Apr 2006]
Cheat Sheet: E-government deadlines
Cheat Sheet Not only the internet - punters can sign up for text messaging services to find out about local authority housing for example, or some councils can be emailed with details of abandoned cars. E-government? [01 Dec 2005]
Cheat Sheet: Freedom of Information Act 2000
Cheat Sheet Another law. What's this one about then? The Freedom of Information Act 2000 is designed to give people easy access to information from public sector organisations, such as central and local government, emergency services, and health and education... [12 Sep 2005]
Cheat Sheet: ID cards
Cheat Sheet And this time we're not talking about a flimsy bit of paper with your details on it. There will be a vast National Identity Register, which will hold all sorts of your personal details, which can be accessed by various government departments and... [22 Nov 2004]
Cheat Sheet: Windows XP Service Pack 2
Cheat Sheet Again, no final details have been released but it's a safe bet that the service pack will be available from the Microsoft website, through high street computer retailers and it may even be mailed to you. [06 Jul 2004]
Cheat Sheet: Phishing
Cheat Sheet At its simplest level phishing is a case of con artists asking users for their bank account and other personal details and a user obliging. Often they will say you need to confirm your account details by visiting a cleverly spoofed version of the... [25 Jun 2004]
Cheat Sheet: Sarbanes-Oxley
Cheat Sheet The Act also offers protection to 'whistleblowers' (for more specific details, see the links at the bottom of this article). The Sarbanes-Oxley Act - what on earth is that? It's the name of a piece of US compliance legislation, with global... [10 Jun 2004]
Cheat Sheet: Microsoft Passport
Cheat Sheet So are all my personal details going to be held by Microsoft? Last weekend a hole was discovered in MyWallet, the part of Passport that holds, er.your credit card details. You'll probably have experienced it in its current guise as the... [09 Nov 2001]
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