Blogs by Aaron Williams

I have been doing some research into twitter spam recently and came across a very interesting article by @stopthespam. They posted an on-line poll asking the question: Should twitter moderate trending topics to stop it from being spammed?
The poll received 117 votes of which 76% responded in favour of Twitter moderation. Although the [...]

One of the biggest issues with upgrading to Microsoft Office 2007, is that the new version of Outlook is extremely slow – bordering on unusable. Having put up with the slow performance for the past two weeks, I finally decided to investigate the problem and came across the following fix which was recommended by [...]

After years of promising Mac support for the BlackBerry, RIM are finally releasing a Macintosh version of the popular BlackBerry Desktop Manager.
Looking somewhat similar to iTunes, RIM says the new sofware will enable users to:

Sync calendars, contacts, notes and tasks
Update the BlackBerry software
Add and remove applications
Back-up, restore and encrypt data
Manage multiple devices
Sync iTunes playlists

The software is expected [...]

Tip 1: Remove unused programs
Removing unused programs helps in two ways. Firstly, it will free up hard drive space giving you more room, however more importantly a lot of programs try to run on system start-up which can slow a pc down.
YouTube – How to uninstall programs
Tip 2: Stop programs running at start-up
Excluding hardware [...]

With Windows 7 due for release on the 22nd of October, Microsoft are offering users the chance to pre-order the new operating system between now and the 9th of August at a discounted rate.
If you are interested in more information about Windows 7, Microsoft have produced a series of videos showing the new features available [...]

Google has today announced that it is launching a new operating system called Chrome OS. The new OS is initially going to be aimed at the netbook market and will be a direct competitor to Microsoft’s Windows XP which has seen a resurgence in popularity as a direct result of the growth in the [...]

What do social networking companies care more about? Money or users privacy? Personally I believe they are all there to try and make money (and why not), however this primary objective means that when it comes to a choice between protecting consumers privacy or making a profit, consumers will most likely lose out. [...]

There have been countless stories in the press of employers monitoring staff behaviour on social networking sites, however this practice now seems to be hitting a new low.
t was recently reported on the Yahoo! Sports network that some teams in the NFL have started creating fictional profiles to trick would be future players into adding [...]

As a regular user of most of Google’s online services (with the exception of AdWords , I often find myself thinking about the huge technical challenges they must face whilst developing their online services. Recently however my attention has been turning to how Google test their products and in particular their flagship [...]

We have all been there.  You are in a meeting with a large number of people, when someone starts ratling off acronyms one after another like they are going out of fashion.  Before you even have a chance to ask what the first one means they are on to their fourth, and you end up [...]