Technology ArticlesWelcome to the articles page. Here you can find my most recent technology posts. Older posts can be found in the Archive. You may also want to look at my social articles.SearchWhy not search for an article?Your ArticlesEver wanted to write your own article? To submit your article for free to my technology blog go to the submit page.Recent Technology PostsMy Technology Blogs BirthdayHappy Birthday to my technology blog! On this day last year I posted my very first article on my technology blog. As its been one year, since its launch, I thought that I would give you a little history about my tech blog in this article.
Originally I set up my social blog on the 28th of May 2009. I hadn't really thought about creating another blog at the time, but then my friend Matty Batty invited me to write a guest article on his blog. After no time at all I decided to write an article on how to speed up Windows XP, and article which I would later post on my own technology blog. This was launched on the 27th of July 2009.
A few days later I thought of posting another article, on topic which really interested me at the time, which was the battle of Microsoft and Google. This was because Microsoft had just launched its new search engine Bing and Google had announced its new operating system, Chrome OS had. | |
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Posted By: Christopher (Admin)
Date posted: 10th August 2010
BBC Lose £240k of TechnologyThe BBC has recently reveled that its staff have lost, or had stolen almost £240,000 worth of laptops, mobile phones and Blackberrys - the communications device, not the fruit!
The BBC have said that over 145 laptops have been stolen or lost, 65 mobile phones and nearly 20 Blackberrys. If this did not seem bad enough, this is only between April 2008 and March 2010.
The computer security firm Absolute Software, have told the BBC that staff needed to be more careful. A BBC spokesman responded saying that the BBC takes theft very seriously.
A total of 19 of the 228 stolen or lost devices have been recovered, leaving the corporation with a final bill of £217,569.
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Posted By: Christopher (Admin)
Date posted: 10th August 2010
Christopher Roberts Philosophy BlogIts my Technology Blogs birthday tomorrow, and what better way to celebrate the night before the big day, by launching yet another blog. You heard right, I am launching a third blog!
Currently I have a social blog and a technology blog. The social blog is used to share stuff that's been happening in my social life, and my technology blog is to try and provide the best coverage on one of my favourite topics.
So, what will my third blog be? If you have managed to get to this page without reading the title, or URL or any link names, you will still be in the dark, however as you have probably guessed by now, my third blog is going to be a philosophy blog.
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Posted By: Christopher (Admin)
Date posted: 9th August 2010
Is Technology Leaving The Elderly Behind?How many times have you heard an elderly person being described as a computer whiz? My personal answer is never. The term usually applies to young people, and almost always excludes anyone over the age of 50.
Does this mean that technology is leaving the older generation behind, as more and more elderly people struggle with all the amazing new technology, that wasn't around when they were young?
Take the Blackberry for example, many old people find all the navigation extremely difficult, some struggle to read the screen, and others can't even press individual keys, as they are too small. | |  | I feel the elderly are not dealt with very well, in the new technology... ...its amazing what can be done now... ...give it to a sixty year old, or a seventy old its not as easy to understand as it should be. |  |
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Posted By: Christopher (Admin)
Date posted: 8th August 2010
Google Webmaster ToolsIf you own a blog, you want it to get recognised, so that what you write, gets read. For this to happen, its a really good idea to submit your site to major search engines.
One really great way that you can tell Google (the biggest and most popular search engine) about your site it to create a Google account, and then sign up for Webmasters Tools. This will allow you to tell Google many things about your site, and it will also let you see many things that Google knows about your site that may otherwise be invisible to you.
This is really great, as it means that you can monitor everything you do to your site, and see if it has a positive affect on your site in the SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages) or a negative one. That way you can adapt what you do to make sure that you only do positive things which are good for your site. | |  |
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Posted By: Christopher (Admin)
Date posted: 5th August 2010
Bloodhound SSCWhen visiting Santa Pod this easter, I saw a car that the owners said would soon be the fastest car on the planet, as it hopes to break the world land speed record, by soaring to a speed of over 1000mph! That means that it would be able to outrun any animal on the planet, and most other man made things, including a bullet being shot out of a gun!
A handy car for James Bond don't you think?
The car is going to be propelled by two things, a EJ200, which is the engine used in the Eurofighter Typhoon and a Falcon rocket. These two devices will produce over 135,000 horsepower, that's 180 times more than a Formula 1 car. | | | The primary objective of the project is to inspire the next generation to pursue careers in science, engineering, technology and maths - by demonstrating how they can be harnessed to achieve the seemingly impossible. | |
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Posted By: Christopher (Admin)
Date posted: 21st July 2010
A Bit of PhilosophyAfter two fantastic guest posts, by Laura and Jordan I am back with one of my own posts. Now if you have read my Fill Up That Empty Blog Space article, you will know that I advise you "post something off topic" if you are running out of things to blog about. Now I haven't run out of things to blog about, but I felt like you, the loyal visitors to my site deserve to be enlightened by this great bit of philosophy that I have recently had the joy of being told.
Yes, its true, I like philosophy! Okay, here goes!
A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up an empty jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was.
So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was.
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Posted By: Christopher (Admin)
Date posted: 16th July 2010
Formula 1 Carbon CutsFormula 1 as we all know is an expensive sport. Billions of pounds are spent annually and as with anything motoring related there is the whole issue as to whether it is environmentally friendly. The teams on F1 all look for ways to use new technologies, no matter how complex or basic the idea is.
Technology in F1 intertwines greatly with everyday motoring. New concepts on the F1 cars are tried and if successful they often will find that concept in a super car such as a McLaren or even a ordinary family car such as a Volkswagen. So after a recent meeting, FOTA have confirmed that if the current carbon offset cuts continue in the way that they are currently going then they will have cut by 2012 from 2009 12.4%.
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Posted By: Jordan (Guest Author)
Date posted: 12th July 2010 |
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