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 Better than throwing the PC out of the window : machine gun it !November 19, 2009 – 8:46 am Ever felt like throwing your PC or server out of the window ? Why not go one better, and attack it with machine guns and explosives. Only in America ! The Un-Cooperative Bank part 2 : BBC gets it, FSB fails.November 17, 2009 – 8:49 am We blogged last month about the Co-Op banks business banking system being unfit for business. The BBC’s money box program has picked up on the story – even using the same headline. They report customers leaving in frustration due to an online system that is failing. Many Co-op customers come through a partnership with the Federation of Small Businesses, who claim to be adding 150 new customers each month. Unfortunately there are reports that the online system cannot cope with more than 130 users at once. The Co-op recognise the problem. John Hughes, the Director of Retail Products for Co-operative Financial Services admits the system is flawed: “It’s just a fundamental design feature of the system. We are truly sorry for any of the inconvenience, difficulty, frustration and irritation we’ve caused our customers.” They plan to replace the system in spring next year. The FSB don’t recognise the problem at all. Stephen Alambritis from the FSB said “We’ve had very few complaints. “ Why not ? They’ve certainly had our complaint. The Co-op themselves say the system is fundamentally flawed. Has the FSB decided they are too big to listen to small businesses ? How Madoff got away with it for so long.November 16, 2009 – 10:29 am Bernie Madoff ran a multi-billion dollar fraud for years, conning his clients into believing he was succesfully investing their money, when in fact he was spending it all. Part of the reason he got away with so much for so long is coming to light, as 2 computer programmers are charged with aiding the scam. Our blog goes live.November 14, 2009 – 11:52 am We’ve been sharing information for a while using Twitter, Facebook etc. Things we find interesting and useful about business and the web, plus things that make us laugh. We’ve now decided to collect it all together in this blog. It uses Wordpress, the most popular blogging software, and a custom template we created to keep the blog in the Webuseful look and feel. We hope you enjoy it ! Stupid EU takes on the Cookie MonsterNovember 14, 2009 – 10:54 am Cookies are tiny text files that web sites leave in your browser. Almost every site uses them, and they’ve been part of the web since day one. Now the EU has passed a law saying they can only be used with the site visitors explicit consent after they have been given “clear and comprehensive information”. read more » Computer hackers and organised crime : $9 million stolen in 12 hours in 280 citiesNovember 12, 2009 – 11:00 am If you want to rob a bank, don’t hire a gunman and a getaway driver. Hire a hacker. Hacking is now a serious, organised, criminal business. An Eastern European gang stole $9 million in 12 hours, by hacking Worldpay. A father & daughter separated for 30 years find each other via GoogleNovember 9, 2009 – 9:08 am They had been separated since the daughter was a child and the father and mother split up. The father spent years, and thousands of dollars, searching for his daughter. He finally found her via Google. read more » Big business plays chess, startups play poker.November 8, 2009 – 12:16 pm Lots and lots of people offer advice to start-up companies. Often, including at the Government’s Business Link, the advice is based on the advisor’s experience in a big business. This just doesn’t work. read more » Sky Teledata site refresh launched.November 8, 2009 – 11:43 am A major upgrade to the Sky Teledata web site has gone live. We have freshened up the design and given it more visual impact. We have also restructured the site to focus better on meeting the needs of visitors and prospects. We have added News, Case Study and Blog pages, and moved the site to a Content Management system, so that the site owners can update those pages – and any others – themselves. How to Unlock the Secret of Unlimited ProductivityNovember 2, 2009 – 11:32 am Many thanks to Matt Cutts for this sage advice. |
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