A personal bubble of WiFi

Now we are getting closer to always connected applications. All we need now is transparent switching between 3G and WiFi on the devices and we are sorted.

Sweden’s electronic patient records – a model for us?

Sweden sounds to have a sensible solution to the security issue on medical records:Require the patient to consent to access (at doctor and nurse level) each time or for a limited period (save in emergencies, but log that it was an emergency).Log everyone who accesses...

Tiled PDF

I’ve been needing to print an A3 size PDF file as two or more A4 pages (all I have available at home) and have finally found a tool that pretty much does what I need: PDF Tiler.

Password masking considered harmful

Fair points from Nielsen: how easy is it for someone to look over my shoulder when I’m tapping in my password into SplashID on my phone? Not very: which is why it has a show password option. Why shouldn’t this be the default on the web. To work...

Avoiding malware

There’s a whole raft of ways of further securing your machine against malware. At present, I go for Avast and the PSI software inspector. Dave has a pile of useful applications, as does Windows Secrets.

How to be a programme manager

Well, you couldn’t be one just by reading this article, but there are some great pointers for those who have to help others design or develop software.