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Cheat Sheet: Google Android

Cheat Sheet But these days it's about a whole lot more than search - it's free email, an apps suite, calendar software, spreadsheet software, a chat client, mapping software… Run! The robots are here to take over!

Tags: android, mobile linux, google, mobile phone

[12 Mar 2008]

Cheat Sheet: CRM

Cheat Sheet And by making customer feedback easier - through the phone, web, email or SMS, more information can be acquired and customers may feel it's easier to follow up any problems they have. CRM - yet another of those dreaded IT industry three letter...

Tags: customers, crm, microsoft, oracle

[08 Jan 2008]

Cheat Sheet: The Computer Misuse Act

Cheat Sheet This meant prosecutions of alleged perpetrators of email bombs and the like proved troublesome under the old law. I think I can work out what that is. Indeed, it is a reasonably self-explanatory article of UK legislation.

Tags: cma

[29 Nov 2006]

Cheat Sheet: Mash-ups

Cheat Sheet Likewise you should be able to click on that name and place a Skype call, or send an email or instant message. If this has anything to do with old people and their food I really don't want to hear it.

Tags: mash-up, cheat sheet

[26 May 2006]

Cheat Sheet: E-government deadlines

Cheat Sheet In the US, the White House defines e-government as "government initiatives helping local authorities provide planning services online and accessible via the internet and email". E-government? Sounds like a clubber's dream come true.

Tags: e-government

[01 Dec 2005]

Cheat Sheet: Freedom of Information Act 2000

Cheat Sheet Just write a letter or email to the organisation from which you want the information. 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...

Tags: foi, freedom of information

[12 Sep 2005]

Cheat Sheet: Wikis

Cheat Sheet The way wikis work for businesses, the theory goes, is as a way of cutting down email, IM and communications to-ing and fro-ing by allowing people to collaborate on a project in a more hands-on fashion, with everyone able to see and understand the...

Tags: wiki

[16 Aug 2005]

Cheat Sheet: Podcasting

Cheat Sheet Yup - the Mozilla Foundation (the group behind the Firefox browser) recently announced it will be putting podcasting support in the next iteration of its Thunderbird email client. Podcasting, then. All sounds a bit A Space Odyssey to me.

Tags: podcast, podcasting, cheat sheet, ipod

[17 Jun 2005]

Cheat Sheet: RSS feeds

Cheat Sheet: RSS feeds

Cheat Sheet Why do we need RSS when we've got email alerts and newsletters? According to one author, email blacklisting and disinterest in email marketing has already made RSS feeds the only viable way for markets to get the attention of the online public.

Tags: cheat sheet, rss

[09 Mar 2005]

Cheat Sheet: Social engineering

Cheat Sheet If something become a burning issue or a matter of massive public interest there is a good chance it will crop up as the hook on an email virus or spam message at some point soon. An email arrives which promises smutty pictures of one of the...

Tags: social, engineering

[15 Nov 2004]

Cheat Sheet: Managed security services

Cheat Sheet There are also knee-jerk concerns about data privacy - the 'will they read my email' reaction - but these are largely non-issues and companies are starting to see beyond such worries and buy into the idea that a dedicated third party can manage...

[24 Sep 2004]

Cheat Sheet: Spyware

Cheat Sheet This type of software can also be passed covertly via peer-to-peer applications and email. Pens that shoot deadly darts, cigarette lighters that explode, cufflinks that track supervillains.am I close?

Tags: adware, spyware

[29 Jul 2004]

Cheat Sheet: Phishing

Cheat Sheet Typically these scams involve a spoofed email - often claiming to be from a bank or a payment services company such as PayPal. So be on your guard and be suspicious of anything which asks for details you wouldn't normally submit via email or asks...

[25 Jun 2004]

Cheat Sheet: VoIP

Cheat Sheet Using VoIP, when you speak, your voice is converted into data packets that can be routed over the internet just like an email or any other kind of data. Just like it doesn't cost you anything to send an email, VoIP calls are free or extremely cheap...

Tags: voice over ip

[15 Jun 2004]

Cheat Sheet: Computer viruses

Cheat Sheet: Computer viruses

Cheat Sheet A second line of defence is to treat email attachments with suspicion: save attachments to disk and then check with a virus scanner before opening the file. Headline-grabbing outbreaks such as Melissa and Love Bug demonstrate that just because an...

[26 Mar 2002]

Cheat Sheet: Spam

Cheat Sheet: Spam

Cheat Sheet It's not easier if you're getting 10 spam mails for every good email you receive. It's unwanted email. Its scans for the proliferation of words such as "sex" or "loans" in an email and blocks those which exceed a certain level.

[03 Jan 2002]

Cheat Sheet: GPRS

Cheat Sheet: GPRS

Cheat Sheet Most of the 3G data services like m-commerce, email and internet browsing will already work on GPRS, with 3G providing more bandwidth, if and when it comes along. What is GPRS? A. It stands for General Packet Radio Service.

[25 Apr 2001]

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