October 13th, 2009
T-Mobile’s Sidekick has been withdrawn from sale following the dataloss suffered by 800,000 users.
The catastrophic loss of data has been described as ‘permanent’ by Microsoft. In a statement they said:
“The problems started over the weekend when users suddenly found that the data that they store on the handsets via a cloud service run by Microsoft subsidiary Danger had disappeared,” said T-Mobile in a statement
Advertisement”Regrettably, based on Microsoft/Danger’s latest recovery assessment of their systems, we must now inform you that personal information stored on your device that is no longer on your Sidekick almost certainly has been lost as a result of a server failure at Microsoft/Danger.
“That said, our teams continue to work around-the-clock in hopes of discovering some way to recover this information. However, the likelihood of a successful outcome is extremely low.”
Microsoft has also warned users not to switch off or remove the battery from their device as this may further complicate problems.
T-Mobile and Microsoft are now left with damaged reputations following the incident, with many now questioning whether the company can effectively handle cloud computing.
Tags: data loss, sidekick, t-mobile
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September 28th, 2009
Jonathan Farley celebrates 1 millionth visitor to iangallacher.com
Farmore IT are proving to be a big hit in helping local businesses beat the recession. Last weekend we clocked up a major milestone when our millionth internet user clicked onto a client’s website.
Farmore Director, Jonathan Farley knew the millionth customer would visit one of our many websites on Monday 28th September. The milestone visit happened just before 10am, with a customer clicking onto the website of Stirling based jeweller Ian Gallacher Ltd.
It’s normal practice to give the actual visitor something to mark the event, but as Farmore collect statistics rather than individual information, Jonathan opted to present Ian with a bottle of Champagne instead.
Jonathan says, “The romantic in me hopes our millionth customer was somebody who went on to buy an engagement ring. I had a real sense of achievement when the total hit seven digits and I’m delighted that Ian Gallagher got to share in the occasion”.
Farmore IT are experts in getting websites noticed by search engines such as Google and Yahoo. With over a billion sites to choose from, consumers can often have difficulty sorting out the relevant ones. Jonathan says, “Using search engines is a bit like going on a blind date; you’re presented with a number of options, but you never really know if you’re going to click. We help everybody increase their chances of finding the perfect match, whether it’s for jewellery or anything else.”
Farmore IT started work with Ian Gallagher seven years ago and have recently revamped the jeweller’s online store. Ian Gallagher says, “Since we started working with Farmore IT, I’ve built a good working relationship with Jonathan and the team and we’re now getting great feedback and more importantly more customers. It’s wonderful to think that Farmore IT’s millionth customer clicked onto our website”.
We have clients all over the UK, but we take great pride in being part of Stirling’s business community. Jonathan says, “We started helping businesses in and around Stirling and although our business has expanded all over the country, I’m very pleased that we marked this milestone with another local company”.
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September 10th, 2009
Here’s a great way to get rounded corners without any of the usual faff. It bypasses the need for images and uses CSS3s in built support for rounded corners.
#my_div{
float:left;
background:#000
width:250px;
padding:10px 0px 10px 0px;
margin:0px;
-webkit-border-radius: 10px;
-moz-border-radius: 10px;
border-radius: 10px;
}
it’s the border radius value that does the magic. increasing the pixel value rounds the corners more whilst decreasing the value rounds them less. You can also specify the roundness of each corner like this .
* -moz-border-radius-topleft :5px; / -webkit-border-top-left-radius :5px;
* -moz-border-radius-topright :5px; / -webkit-border-top-right-radius :5px;
* -moz-border-radius-bottomleft :5px; / -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius :5px;
* -moz-border-radius-bottomright :5px; / -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius :5px;
One biiiiiiiig drawback…. It doesn’t work on any version of IE. oh well.
Tags: css, css3, rounder corner
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