tinsleyNET IT Services Consultant

Having lived and worked in Shropshire for most of my life, I am fully aware of the issues of rural connectivity. But that's changing as part of the the governments Broadband Delivery UK which aims to have 90% of the UK connected to superfast broadband by next year, and basic broadband access for everyone.

Do the FREAK It seams like only yesterday we were all being told about the Heartbleed vulnerability in OpenSSL, and how to avoid affected sites until they had been fixed, then there was the Shellshock or Bashdoor vulnerability that meant the servers running your favourite websites were being broken into, you may even have heard of the Poodle attack that could allow an attacker to break into your SSL 3 connection, and now Freak, exploring another SSL vulnerability, albeit one that this time was practically imposed on you

"The Cloud" So what is this cloud thing that everyone is talking about, where did it come from and what do I need to know about it? The Cloud will often be described in different ways by different people. Sometimes their definition might contradict, sometimes they will be talking about different situations or services. The confusion is because 'The Cloud' is not a thing, it's a collection of things that work mostly seamlessly in the background allowing you to share information across different devices without having to worry too much about how you're going to get your information from point A to point B. The cloud was used to represent the internet in computer network diagrams, though originally nothing was kept in the cloud, it was just a means of transferring data from servers to users.

You can't have failed to have heard about the latest flagship mobile from Samsung, the S6 and the S6 Edge, here's a run-down of what's getting everyone so excited; It's thin, think of the thinnest  smart phone you have ever had, it's thinner than that! It comes with wireless charging, yep - you don't need to plug it in to charge it up, just rest it on it's charging pad and it starts to recharge, and quickly if we take Samsung's test results as a benchmark. The Edge has extra screen space wrapped around the side of the phone, making the screen truly  edge-to-edge display, but also giving some neat uses, like contacts, phone, news alerts and other notifications giving quick-access to apps. The body of the phone is metal and sturdy, with a glass front and back face.