A clickable map has been launched for internet users in Wales, allowing them to view historical artefacts from their area. Project manager Dr Dafydd Tudur said it would make accessing the images much easier and would “allow people to get to know their local history”.
The website is a collection of images from libraries and museums around Wales. Last year alone, the website gained more than a million visits.
A small device originally used in laptops to prevent damage to its hard drive if it was dropped is being used as a tell sign for incoming earthquakes. The device successfully detected last months quake in Los Angeles.
As Jesse Lawrence, assistant professor of geophysics at Stanford University suggests, in this situation every moment counts. “If it is an earthquake, we could potentially send out signals to those who need it even before the energy from the quake has expanded out from the epicenter to those other people”
Microsoft has kicked off a research project for software that is lined up to take over their Windows operating system. The new software named Midori is centered on the internet and with remove dependencies that tie Windows to a single PC.
Michael Silver, research vice president at Gartner, said the development of Midori was a reasonable step for Microsoft.
“The value of Microsoft Windows, of what that product is today, will diminish as more applications move to the web and Microsoft needs to edge out in front of that,” he said.
Developers of the popular facebook application Scrabulous, have been forced to suspend their application due to Scrabble creators Hasbro claiming copyright infringement and beginning legal action. Users in the US and Canada have been denied access to the application, however it is still enabled for other users.
Hasbro had asked facebook to suspend the application completely, yet facebook claimed it was down to the developers of applications to manage their own work. Scrabulous has proved to be one of the more successful applications after attracting around 500,000 new users each day.
In spite of the rare outage, Amazon S3 still has a very high level of customer confidence. Amazon S3 provides storage for a large number of ‘heavy’ bandwidth users. While the outage inevitably came as a shock, historically the service has been a stable one and customers seem to be prepared to let this one slide. However, despite early estimates for a swift restoration of service the reality has proven to be somewhat less efficient and it still remains to be scene if the problems can all be fixed.
Moving office can be either successful or disastrous for an organisation. If planned well, a smooth transition is more likely to be achieved. Down-time could have major effects on a company’s day-to-day operations, particularly as telephone and internet connections are essential to modern day business.
An office move can help boost morale within a team as well as creating more space for new staff as a company expands. Downsizing when appropriate can also be a worthwhile exercise particularly in rent accommodation where floor space is not used.
Recycling waste is a hot topic as individuals and companies seek to reduce their carbon footprint. Fortunately the waste industry is very well regulated and there are companies out there who take their environmental responsibilities very seriously.
In time all companies in the industry will be forced (by industry regulators and governmental bodies) to adhere to increasingly stricter guidelines with regard to protecting the environment and reducing the landfill overload or incineration demand.
In the UK skip hire companies are very much divided on issues relating to their social and environmental responsibilities, but there are those who are taking a lead and putting the others to shame. The result is that those skip hire companies who are at the fore front with this are reaping the benefits as private consumers and industry customers take their business to them.