Owen Jones on July 9th, 2010

The calendar is such a routine, everyday thing, but how much do you actually know about the operation of it. Why is it like that?

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Owen Jones on March 10th, 2010

Protecting your computer from viruses is getting more and |more difficult each day. While it may sound a little paranoid, it is true that you cannot let your defense down for one moment. Even corporate giant Microsoft has found its own computers compromised on more than one occasion.

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Owen Jones on February 17th, 2010

Most of what we know or have guessed about Barry and the Vale of Glamorgan in south Wales has come from observing the buildings situated there, the majority of which have been sadly neglected for far too long. There are historical tales, such as the one about Joseph of Arimathea, who traded tin in Glastonbury, just across the water and was one of the first missionaries to go to this area.

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Owen Jones on January 30th, 2010

In the Eighteenth Century, they found dishes, saws, knives, flints, a scraper, a prehistoric horn celt with strange markings, a spokeshave and some arrowheads from the Neolithic Period. These artifacts are safely ensconced in the Museum of Wales in Cardiff, but unfortunately, no one at the time thought the find significant enough to warrant a dig and now there are houses on it.

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Owen Jones on January 20th, 2010

Most computer users in the United States have heard of the foremost American antivirus vendors. Manufacturers such as Symantec, McAfee, Computer Associates, and Trend Micro. These organizations have a market leading presence in the United States. Microsoft, too, has aspirations to become a key player in this enormous growth industry.

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Owen Jones on January 18th, 2010

Adware, spyware and anti-virus software share some similarities, one of which is that all three are major problems for computer users. Let’s differentiate between the three.

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Owen Jones on January 10th, 2010

New computer viruses are being generated, exposed and fought every day. These computer viruses are created often just to annoy us and to inflict chaos in our computer systems. Hereunder, I have described ten viruses recently cited as being the most prevalent and being potentially able to cause the most harm. However, new viruses are being developed daily, so this list is by no means complete. The only thing you can do is remain alert, keep your anti-virus software updated, and keep aware of the current computer virus threats.

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Owen Jones on January 8th, 2010

I would like to tell you the story of a law school student whose dissertation was about money laundering. She frequently used to Google the term to come up with a ready list of Internet references. This proved to be helpful to her and the entire process of writing her dissertation became easier for it. After a few months, she came across several problems like being directed to a page which was totally irrelevant to money laundering every time she entered that search term.

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Owen Jones on January 1st, 2010

If you log on to the Internet, you certainly need anti-virus software. It does not matter whether you do not use a computer. Whatever you use to get on line you need anti-virus software. Although there are hundreds of malicious idiots producing viruses to harass those who access the Internet from a computer, there is an growing number who are focusing on mobile phone users as well.

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