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		<title>Apple iPad &#8211; Pros and Cons</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like many others, the launch of the Apple iPad in January was eagerly anticipated by all the Rhinos! 
Apple has announced that the eagerly anticipated launch of the iPad will occur on April 3rd in the USA, and &#8220;late April&#8221; in other countries.  From reading many reviews and analysis, here&#8217;s a quick summary we&#8217;ve compiled of the Pros [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Like many others, the launch of the Apple iPad in January was eagerly anticipated by all the Rhinos! </p>
<p>Apple has announced that the eagerly anticipated launch of the iPad will occur on April 3rd in the USA, and &#8220;late April&#8221; in other countries.  From reading many reviews and analysis, here&#8217;s a quick summary we&#8217;ve compiled of the Pros and Cons, for anyone wanting a quick overview before thinking about adding the iPad to their collection of media devices.</p>
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<p><strong>Pros</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Thin and light</li>
<li>Good portability</li>
<li>10 hours of battery life</li>
<li>Compass and GPS</li>
<li>Large screen size </li>
<li>Active Development community </li>
<li>Familiar interface for iPhone/iPod users</li>
<li>Ability to read books, newspapers and magazines</li>
<li>Built in speaker and microphone</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Cons</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>No Removable battery</li>
<li>No file system </li>
<li>No camera</li>
<li>No SD card slot</li>
<li>No multi-tasking (you can only run one application at a time)</li>
<li>No Flash support</li>
<li>No USB port</li>
<li>No HDMI</li>
<li>No built in phone</li>
<li>Screen does not use 16:9 aspect ratio</li>
<li>Questionable endurance</li>
</ul>
<p>It looks like the iPad is the type of device that will become more impressive in the second or third generation!</p>
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		<title>The worst quiz show answers ever</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 09:10:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is often said that the pressure of being under the spotlight when on a television or radio quiz has an adverse effect on the brain. That&#8217;s os obviously the case going by these examples!
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BEG, BORROW OR STEAL (BBC2) 
Jamie Theakston: Where do you think Cambridge University is? 
Contestant: Geography isn&#8217;t my strong point. 
Theakston: There&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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<p>BEG, BORROW OR STEAL (BBC2) <br />
Jamie Theakston: Where do you think Cambridge University is? <br />
Contestant: Geography isn&#8217;t my strong point. <br />
Theakston: There&#8217;s a clue in the title. <br />
Contestant: Leicester.</p>
<p>PHIL WOOD SHOW (BBC GMR) <br />
Wood: What &#8216;K&#8217; could be described as the Islamic Bible? <br />
Contestant: Er. . . <br />
Wood: It&#8217;s got two syllables . . . Kor . . . <br />
Contestant: Blimey? <br />
Wood: Ha ha ha ha, no. The past participle of run . . . <br />
Contestant: (Silence.) <br />
Wood: OK, try it another way. Today I run, yesterday I . . . <br />
Contestant: Walked?</p>
<p>BBC NORFOLK <br />
Stewart White: Who had a worldwide hit with What A Wonderful World? <br />
Contestant: I don&#8217;t know. <br />
White: I&#8217;ll give you some clues. What do you call the part between your hand and your elbow? <br />
Contestant: Arm. <br />
White: Correct. And if you&#8217;re not weak, you&#8217;re . .? <br />
Contestant: Strong. <br />
White: Correct &#8211; and what was Lord Mountbatten&#8217;s first name? <br />
Contestant: Louis. <br />
White: Well, there we are then. So, who had a worldwide hit with the song What A Wonderful World? <br />
Contestant: Frank Sinatra?</p>
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<p>LATE SHOW (BBC MIDLANDS) <br />
Alex Trelinski: What&#8217;s the capital of Italy? <br />
Contestant: France. <br />
Trelinski: France is another country. Try again. <br />
Contestant: Oh, um, Benidorm. <br />
Trelinski: Wrong, sorry, let&#8217;s try another question. In which country is the Parthenon? <br />
Contestant: Sorry, I don&#8217;t know. <br />
Trelinski: Just guess a country then. <br />
Contestant: Paris.</p>
<p>THE WEAKEST LINK (BBC2) <br />
Anne Robinson: Oscar Wilde, Adolf Hitler and Jeffrey Archer have all written books about their experiences in what: Prison or the Conservative Party? <br />
Contestant: The Conservative Party.</p>
<p>BEACON RADIO, Wolverhampton <br />
DJ Mark: For £10, what is the nationality of the Pope? <br />
Ruth from Rowley Regis: I think I know that one. Is it Jewish?</p>
<p>UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (BBC2) <br />
Bamber Gascoigne: What was Gandhi&#8217;s first name? <br />
Contestant: Goosey?</p>
<p>GWR FM, Bristol <br />
Presenter: What happened in Dallas on November 22, 1963? <br />
Contestant: I don&#8217;t know, I wasn&#8217;t watching it then.</p>
<p>RTE RADIO 2FM, Ireland <br />
Presenter: What is the name of the long-running TV comedy show about pensioners: Last Of The. .? <br />
Caller: Mohicans.</p>
<p>RICHARD AND JUDY (C4)) <br />
Q: Which American actor is married to Nicole Kidman? <br />
A: Forrest Gump.</p>
<p>LINCS FM PHONE-IN <br />
Presenter: Which is the largest Spanish-speaking country in the world? <br />
Contestant: Barcelona. <br />
Presenter: I was really after the name of a country. <br />
Contestant: I&#8217;m sorry; I don&#8217;t know the names of any countries in Spain.</p>
<p>NATIONAL LOTTERY (BBC1) <br />
Q: What is the world&#8217;s largest continent? <br />
A: The Pacific</p>
<p>RICHARD AND JUDY (C4)) <br />
Presenter: On which street did Sherlock Holmes live? <br />
Contestant: Er. . . <br />
Presenter: He makes bread. . . <br />
Contestant: Err&#8230; <br />
Presenter: He makes cakes . . <br />
Contestant: Kipling Street?</p>
<p>THE BIGGEST GAME IN TOWN (ITV) <br />
Steve Le Fevre: What was signed to bring World War I to an end in 1918? <br />
Contestant: Magna Carta?</p>
<p>BREAKFAST SHOW (RADIO 1) <br />
Chris Moyles: Which &#8217;s&#8217; is a kind of whale that can grow up to 80 tonnes? <br />
Contestant: Ummm. . . <br />
Moyles: It begins with &#8217;s&#8217; and rhymes with &#8216;perm&#8217;. <br />
Contestant: Shark.</p>
<p>JAMES O&#8217;BRIEN SHOW (LBC) <br />
O&#8217;Brien: How many kings of England have been called Henry? <br />
Contestant: Well, I know there was a Henry the Eighth. . . er . . . Three?</p>
<p>CHRIS SEARLE SHOW (BBC RADIO BRISTOL) <br />
Searle: In which European country is Mount Etna? <br />
Caller: Japan. <br />
Searle: I did say which European country, so in case you didn&#8217;t hear that, I can let you try again. <br />
Caller: Er . . . Mexico?</p>
<p>PAUL WAPPAT (BBC RADIO NEWCASTLE) <br />
Wappat: How long did the Six-Day War between Egypt and Israel last? <br />
Contestant (after long pause): Fourteen days.</p>
<p>DARYL DENHAM&#8217;S DRIVETIME (VIRGIN RADIO) <br />
Denham: In which country would you spend shekels? <br />
Contestant: Holland? <br />
Denham: Try the next letter of the alphabet. <br />
Contestant: Iceland? Ireland? <br />
Denham (helpfully): It&#8217;s a bad line. Did you say Israel? <br />
Contestant: No.</p>
<p>THE VAULT (ITV) <br />
Melanie Sykes: What is the name given to the condition where the sufferer can fall asleep at any time? <br />
Contestant: Nostalgia.</p>
<p>NATIONAL LOTTERY (BBC1) <br />
Eamonn Holmes: Dizzy Gillespie is famous for playing what? <br />
Contestant: Basketball.</p>
<p>DOG EAT DOG (BBC1) <br />
Ulrika Jonsson: Who wrote Lord Of The Rings? <br />
Contestant: Enid Blyton.</p>
<p>NATIONAL LOTTERY (BBC1) <br />
Eamonn Holmes: There are three states of matter: solid, liquid and . . ? <br />
Contestant: Jelly.</p>
<p>FORT BOYARD (CHALLENGE TV) <br />
Jodie Penfold: Arrange these two groups of letters to form a word &#8211; CHED and PIT. <br />
Team: Chedpit.</p>
<p>SIMPLY THE BEST (ITV) <br />
Phil Tufnell: How many Olympic Games have been held? <br />
Contestant: Six. <br />
Tufnell: Higher! <br />
Contestant: Five.</p>
<p>NOTTS AND CROSSES QUIZ (BBC RADIO NOTTINGHAM) <br />
Jeff Owen: In which country is Mount Everest? <br />
Contestant (long pause): Er, it&#8217;s not in Scotland, is it?</p>
<p>THE WEAKEST LINK (BBC2) <br />
Anne Robinson: In traffic, what &#8216;j&#8217; is where two roads meet? <br />
Contestant: Jool carriageway?</p>
<p>QUIZMANIA (ITV) <br />
Greg Scott: We&#8217;re looking for an occupation beginning with T. <br />
Contestant: Doctor. <br />
Scott: No, it&#8217;s &#8216;T&#8217;. &#8216;T&#8217; for Tommy. &#8216;T&#8217; for Tango. <br />
Contestant: Oh, (pause) Doctor.</p>
<p>BIG QUIZ (LBC) <br />
Gary King: Name the funny men who once entertained kings and queens at court. <br />
Contestant: Lepers.</p>
<p>DANNY KELLY SHOW (RADIO WM) <br />
Kelly: Which French Mediterranean town hosts a famous film festival every year? <br />
Contestant: I need a clue. <br />
Kelly: OK. What do beans come in? <br />
Contestant: Cartons?</p>
<p>TALKSPORT <br />
Andy Townsend: How many wheels does a tricycle have? <br />
Caller: Two. <br />
Townsend: The Beatles were known as the Fab&#8230;? <br />
Caller: Five.</p>
<p>MAGIC 52 (NORTH-EAST ENGLAND) <br />
Presenter: In what year was President Kennedy assassinated? <br />
Contestant: Erm&#8230; <br />
Presenter: Well, let&#8217;s put it this way &#8211; he didn&#8217;t see 1964. <br />
Contestant: 1965?</p>
<p>WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE? (ITV) <br />
Chris Tarrant (asking the audience): &#8216;Jambon&#8217; is the French for which food? <br />
11 per cent of the audience: Jam.</p>
<p>DAVE LEE TRAVIS SHOW (BREEZE FM) <br />
DLT: In which European country are there people called Walloons? <br />
Contestant: Wales.</p>
<p>JANICE FORSYTH SHOW (BBC RADIO SCOTLAND) <br />
Forsyth: What is India&#8217;s currency? <br />
Contestant: Ramadan.</p>
<p>OWEN MONEY SHOW (BBC RADIO WALES) <br />
Money: In 30 seconds, name as many well-known politicians as you can. <br />
Caller: Er. . . Tony Brown. . . and Nigel Benn. (Silence.)</p>
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		<title>Buy someone a can of worms for Christmas!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stafford Carson wrote an interesting and timely piece today on how can we celebrate the true meaning of Christmas without endorsing all the excesses.
Tearfund’s Living Gifts allows givers to buy a gift voucher and for the recipient to chose how it is spent.
Christian Aid’s equivalent is Present Aid which allows the buyer to choose the gift, where [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.staffordcarson.com/2009/12/christmas-gift-ideas/" target="_blank">Stafford Carson</a> wrote an interesting and timely piece today on how can we celebrate the true meaning of Christmas without endorsing all the excesses.</p>
<p>Tearfund’s <a href="http://www.livinggifts.org.uk/" target="_blank">Living Gifts</a> allows givers to buy a gift voucher and for the recipient to chose how it is spent.</p>
<p>Christian Aid’s equivalent is <a href="http://www.presentaid.org" target="_blank">Present Aid</a> which allows the buyer to choose the gift, where a can of worms can turn waste organic material into rich fertiliser!</p>
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		<title>Ten tips for coping with our high-tech world</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an item we noticed in another blog, which hits a few nails on the head &#8211; we could all learn from ancient philosophers and even in the internet age, we can still benefit from their wisdom! 
 1. Go with the flow
To live in a high-tech world is to live in a world of change. It was [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s an item we noticed in another blog, which hits a few nails on the head &#8211; we could all learn from ancient philosophers and even in the internet age, we can still benefit from their wisdom! </p>
<p> <strong>1. Go with the flow<br />
</strong>To live in a high-tech world is to live in a world of change. It was not dissimilar for the ancient Greeks. The adventures of Alexander the Great reshaped the known world. Technologies that could build the Parthenon were being developed. So, said Zeno the Stoic, don’t resist the change; learn to live with it. If you can go with the flow, you’ll find tranquillity.  </p>
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<p><strong>2. Remember that less is more</strong><br />
It’s hard to do when everything is only a click away. Epicurus, who was known as a hedonist, didn’t argue that the pursuit of more and more pleasure was the key to happiness. Instead, he said he had learnt to be as happy as Zeus if all he had to eat was a glass of water and a barley cake. Less is more. That’s the test for a consumer age.</p>
<p><strong>3. Work to live, don’t live to work</strong><br />
Cleanthes, who was a Stoic philosopher and also known as the water-carrier, worked by night so that he could do philosophy by day. He was quite clear that he would work enough, and only enough, to support his real passion, the philosophy. In a world of email and 24&#215;7, it is far too easy to work so hard that you miss what you really want.</p>
<p><strong>4. Beware the transience of the internet</strong><br />
It can make a hero in minutes, and destroy an individual in hours. The ancient philosophers were not against fame per se. Many, like Diogenes the Cynic, who resided in a barrel and lived like a dog, were not just famous, but infamous. However, they all advised that your life itself is the medium and message that really counts.</p>
<p><!--#include file="m63-article-related-attachements.html"--><!-- Call Wide Article Attachment Module --><!--TEMPLATE:call file="wideArticleAttachment.jsp" /--><strong>5. Friendship requires face to face communication</strong><br />
Aristotle is our adviser on this matter. He argued that good friendship – soulmateship – is only possible when friends “share salt together”. He meant that they sit down with each other, not just over the occasional meal, but over the course of their lives. Texting and telephoning may be necessary in modern friendship, but alone, they are not sufficient.</p>
<p><strong>6. Keep hold of common sense</strong><br />
It’s easy, in a world of science, to be swayed this way and that with every new theory that’s announced. You see it with food fads. One week red wine is bad; the next it’s called good. Sextus Empiricus was a philosopher and doctor, and he advised his patients to measure new science against common sense. Bread might be made of carbs, but everyone knows it’s nourishing, so eat a little, he said.</p>
<p><strong>7. Be careful lest travel change you</strong><br />
It’s so easy to hop on a plane and within hours be in a different time and place. Mostly, we do it as tourists, so don’t allow a culture to change us. However, the philosopher Secundus went travelling as a young man and changed so much that when he got home no one recognised him, not even his mother. A stranger in the places he visited, he’d become a stranger in his own town.</p>
<p><strong>8. Don’t believe all the rumours</strong><br />
The web is a haven for them, though whether they are founded on truth is another question entirely. But it’s a vital question to ask. If there’s one thing everyone knows about ancient Athenians it is that they were democrats. If there’s a second thing, it’s that those democrats put Socrates to death. It was the action of the herd. And the great risk of those who enjoy freedom of speech – and a cheap means like the web to express it – is the same: rule by the rumour-merchants and the mob.</p>
<p><strong>9. Don’t forget nature</strong><br />
There are all sorts of things you can learn from it. Heraclitus developed an entire philosophy of life based upon his observations of the natural world. He noticed that because the water flowed, so you can never step into the same river twice. That was a metaphor for nothing stands still. He noticed how new the sun feels every morning, and so sought to renew his love of life every day.</p>
<p><strong>10. Resist the virtual life</strong><br />
The idea that you can have one – switching gender, looking handsome, becoming perfect – has grown with Second Life and the like. Plato is often associated with the existence of a perfect world, which philosophers call the Forms. But he was clear that this virtual place is not the real world. To live life in all its fullness, we humans must deal with this world’s imperfections, Plato said.</p>
<p>[Excerpt from <em>Plato’s Podcasts: The Ancients’ Guide to Modern Living</em>, by Mark Vernon]</p>
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		<title>10 tips to protect your privacy online</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Almost everything you do online, whether it&#8217;s visiting a website, reading a blog, downloading music or sending email, leaves a trail of personal data. Some of it remains on your computer; some is transmitted to third parties. While this is not necessarily a bad thing, you can and should control who sees it. In the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong></strong> Almost everything you do online, whether it&#8217;s visiting a website, reading a blog, downloading music or sending email, leaves a trail of personal data. Some of it remains on your computer; some is transmitted to third parties. While this is not necessarily a bad thing, you can and should control who sees it. In the interest of protecting your privacy, we offer some tips.</p>
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<p><strong>1. Opt-out and use any other privacy options offered</strong></p>
<p>As you sign-up for accounts with online merchants and social networking sites, pay particular attention to the various privacy settings and privacy options offered to you. For example, many online companies provide you with the option to get off or &#8220;opt-out&#8221; of the lists that share your information. A number of companies go a step further and ask your permission (&#8220;opt-in&#8221;) before sharing personal information that they collect. Brand name companies will respect your choices. Too often, however, companies make opting out difficult, so you may have to dig through their privacy policy to find where to opt-out.</p>
<p><strong>2. Get a separate account for your personal email</strong></p>
<p>If you are assigned an email address in connection with your job, your boss probably has a legal right to read any and all correspondence in this account (and maybe any information stored on your work computer). In fact, you may have agreed to such monitoring when you took the job or first logged on to the corporate system.</p>
<p>Using a separate email account (such as the free accounts available from Google or Hotmail) for personal communications helps protect your privacy at work. Some private accounts, such as those offered by Web-based email services, enable you to check your personal mail from work without downloading it to your company computer.</p>
<p><strong>3. Be careful when using social networking sites and picture/video sharing sites</strong></p>
<p>If you use a social networking site, be careful about who can see your information. If you use a picture or video sharing sites to share photos with friends and relatives, be careful how you set the settings that are offered, to be sure you are not sharing your pictures with strangers. Be especially careful with pictures of your kids. If the site allows you to do so, check every once in a while to see if anyone you don&#8217;t know is looking at pictures you did not want to share publicly.</p>
<p><strong>4. Learn about &#8211; and use &#8211; the privacy features in your browser</strong></p>
<p>The software you use to surf the Web &#8211; whether Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Camino, Firefox, or Chrome &#8211; has built into it a variety of tools (or plug-ins are available) that can help you protect the privacy and security of your information as you use the Internet. Take some time to read about the privacy and security features in the browser you use. They can help you control the planting of &#8220;cookies&#8221; on your computer, identify insecure or fraudulent sites before you visit them, block viruses and other malicious software from being downloaded, and enhance your privacy and security in other ways.</p>
<p>For example, if you use a computer in a library or other place where someone will use the computer after you, use the tools that allow you to clear your browser history and memory cache after browsing. This can be important because, as you use the Web, the browser software saves a history of the sites you visit. In addition, copies of all the pages you visit are saved in the computer&#8217;s memory (known as the &#8220;cache&#8221;), in order to help the site load faster when it is visited a second time. Also, the search bar on the browser may store past searches. All of these features have their benefits, but these browsing records can compromise your privacy, particularly if you use a computer at the library or in another context where someone else will use it after you do. Depending on the specific browser, you can delete cached images from the &#8220;Preferences&#8221; menu or the &#8220;Tools&#8221; menu. You may have to use three separate controls to delete all three sets of history &#8211; cache, the list of sites visited, and the search history.</p>
<p><strong>5. Make sure that online transactions are secure</strong></p>
<p>While interception of Internet communications in transit is rare, it is worth taking precautions, especially when sending credit card numbers or other financial information. Most ecommerce Web sites have a secure mode that encrypts sensitive transactions while they pass over the Internet, and all the major browsers indicate whether a transaction with a particular Web site is encrypted. In most cases, the address for a secure Web site will start with &#8220;https&#8221; &#8211; the &#8220;s&#8221; indicating secure. In addition, all of the common browsers use a small picture of a lock to indicate that a site is secure. The symbol appears either in a corner of the browser screen or right in the address bar; clicking on the lock will give you additional security information about the page.</p>
<p>It is VERY important, however, to recognise that the use of https and the appearance of the lock do not prove that the Web site you are visiting is legitimate or that your information will be used properly once it reaches the Web site. The company running the Web site may be fraudulent; or the Web site may be a fake, made to look like a legitimate, well-known brand but in fact it may be a spoof. Increasingly, browsers have features that will warn you if something doesn&#8217;t add up. Read up on the browser you use, so you know whether and how it warns you when you are about to visit a site that may be fraudulent. But the fraudsters are always trying to keep ahead of these security measures, so use common sense and check out Tip #8 to learn for yourself how to spot a fraud.</p>
<p><strong>6. Learn how to spot phishing and other scams</strong></p>
<p>Before giving out personal information online, know who you&#8217;re dealing with. You have to be especially careful because fraudsters are creating websites that look like those of legitimate businesses, trying to get you to enter information.</p>
<p>&#8220;Phishing&#8221; is a scam designed to steal your personal information under false pretenses. The scam works by tricking users into disclosing personal information, such as credit card numbers, social security numbers, and account passwords. The fraudsters pretend to be a well-known source, such as your bank, a brand-name ecommerce site, or popular social networking site. The fraudsters lure you in with an email, a pop-up ad, or an instant message that has a link to the fraudulent website where you are asked to enter their sensitive information.</p>
<p>One way to spot a phishing email is to examine the sender&#8217;s email address. For example, if the email purports to be from a bank or other business headquartered in the UK, but the email address ends with .cn or some other country code, you can be sure it is not legitmate. Also, if you scroll your cursor over any link in the email (being careful not to click on it), your browser may show the actual address &#8211; if it is a string of numbers or is otherwise different from the address of the legitimate business, then the link will take you to a scam site.</p>
<p>Messages marked &#8220;Urgent&#8221; are usually frauds.</p>
<p>To be safe, it is best that you don&#8217;t click on any links in an email purporting to be from a bank or financial institution &#8211; chances are it is a fraud. If you want to go to the web site of your bank, type the address into your browser.</p>
<p>Fraudulent websites generally have deceptive URLs. Look carefully at the address of a website &#8211; if it is not in the normal business.com or business.co.uk format, it may be fraudulent. Many fake sites will place a picture of a fake lock icon on their site. Make sure the secure lock icon is in the browser frame, not inside the browser window.</p>
<p>Never click on an email attachment from someone you don&#8217;t know.</p>
<p><strong>7. Reject or delete unnecessary cookies</strong></p>
<p>Cookies are small bits of computer code planted on your computer by most of the Web sites you visit. They enable the Web sites to collect and store information about your online activity and to recognize your computer when you return again or visit an affiliated site. If you signed up to a Web site and obtained a username and password, cookies remember that information for you. Some sites use cookies to deliver content targeted to your express or inferred interests; sites often use these preferences to target advertisements to you. Cookies can be used to track you across Web sites online, enabling creation of a profile without you even realizing it.</p>
<p>All of the major browsers allow you to reject cookies outright (although that may interfere with the functioning of various Web sites you want to use regularly) and to view and delete the cookies that have been put on your computer. You may have to dig around in the Help section or on the Browser Web site to find the cookie controls, since they vary from browser to browser and even between different versions of the same browser. In Safari, for example, you will find cookie controls under Safari &gt; Preferences &gt; Security. In Internet Explorer, you can find the options for controlling cookies by clicking &#8220;Internet Options&#8221; on the &#8220;Tools&#8221; menu, and then clicking the &#8220;Privacy&#8221; tab. To delete cookies already on your computer will require a separate set of steps; again, you may have to dig though the Help section or search online for instructions.</p>
<p>One point of caution: Some privacy opt-out systems rely on a cookie. If you delete the cookie, your opt-out is canceled. For this reason and others, it is probably best to delete your cookies selectively, not wholesale.</p>
<p><strong>8. Use security software and promptly install security upgrades</strong></p>
<p>If you go online, your computer could be infected by various kinds of malicious software, ranging from viruses to spyware. &#8220;Spyware&#8221; is used to deliver unwanted pop-up ads or to steal sensitive information. These programs create privacy problems, open security holes, and otherwise degrade the performance of your computer. Worse, you often can&#8217;t tell what&#8217;s wrong with your computer and even if you knew what you were dealing with, it can be very hard to uninstall spyware.</p>
<p>The best solution is to keep nasty software off your computer in the first place. Fortunately, there is a thriving market for security software that you can use to protect your computer. Anti-virus and anti-spyware software takes many forms, but if you use a reputable product, your computer will be protected from most (although not all) security threats.  Just make sure you get your security software from a reliable vendor; often, spyware masquerades as software to protect your computer!</p>
<p>The vulnerabilities in your computer software that viruses and spyware take advantage of are most likely being fixed or &#8220;patched&#8221; constantly by the developers of the basic software you use. Microsoft, for example, issues patches for their products once a month, on the second Tuesday (and more often if needed). You can set up your computer to automatically check for upgrades, and most security updates are free. When an application that you installed asks whether to update itself, you almost always want to do so promptly in order to ensure that you have the most up-to-date security in that application or on your operating system. Likewise, new security features are often incorporated into new software upgrades, so new versions of software you already own may be worth the upgrade. Check out what the reviewers have to say and see if the upgrade will protect you online.</p>
<p>And remember, don&#8217;t click on links or attachments in emails even if they promise security upgrades. If you are looking for a security upgrade, it is best to type the address of the company into your browser address bar &#8211; such as &#8220;<a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/">http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/</a>&#8220;.</p>
<p><strong>9. Safeguard important files and communications</strong></p>
<p>Secure your laptop, your phone and other portable devices with a strong password. Keep your important files out of any shared or public folders. In situations where there is a particular need for security, you should use encryption. You can encrypt your email and you can encrypt files stored on your personal computer. However, in order to encrypt your email, both sender and recipient must use the same program. This is fairly common within closed systems (such as for communications among the employees of a government agency or within a corporation and between the corporation and its suppliers), but relatively few individuals use encryption for their daily email with people outside their own institution. The major email programs (i.e., Internet Explorer Outlook) have encryption built in. Pretty Good Privacy (PGP), a popular encryption software, is free for non-commercial use. PGP can also be used to encrypt files on your computer.</p>
<p><strong>10. Use strong passwords and protect them</strong></p>
<p>Do not use passwords that can be easily guessed by someone who knows your name. Especially do not use your children&#8217;s or spouse&#8217;s names, your date of birth, current or old addresses, phone numbers, or favourite football team &#8211; it is just too easy for someone to find out these things about you. Do not use the same password across sensitive sites. Change your passwords occasionally.</p>
<p><em>[Copyright credit to CDT]</em></p>
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		<title>An online store with a twist</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As more and more ecommerce stores come online, the days of online shopping seeming a novelty are long gone. If only stores would follow the lead of the Dutch retailing chain Hema, it might feel exciting again. This major European department store chain has cooked up a brilliant animation involving an array of its products as a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As more and more ecommerce stores come online, the days of online shopping seeming a novelty are long gone. If only stores would follow the lead of the Dutch retailing chain Hema, it might feel exciting again. This major European department store chain has cooked up a brilliant animation involving an array of its products as a way of promoting its online store. </p>
<p>Take a look at this marketing campaign from Hema. You can&#8217;t order anything and it&#8217;s in Dutch but don&#8217;t click on any of the products pictured, just wait and see what happens &#8230; and be sure you have your sound turned up.</p>
<p>This company has a great sense of humour, a innovative marketing department and an accomplished web designer!</p>
<p><a href="http://producten.hema.nl" target="_blank" >http://producten.hema.nl</a></p>
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		<title>10 Tips to help manage emails</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Email is a great tool but its all to easy to let it dominate your working day or personal time. With so many emails arriving in you &#8216;inbox&#8217;, sooner than later you could become overwhelmed by the volume of messages received every day.
Here&#8217;s 10 few tips we practice which you may wish to consider implementing.

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Email is a great tool but its all to easy to let it dominate your working day or personal time. With so many emails arriving in you &#8216;inbox&#8217;, sooner than later you could become overwhelmed by the volume of messages received every day.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s 10 few tips we practice which you may wish to consider implementing.</p>
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<p><strong>1.  Avoid Email Interruptions</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>If you find yourself reading emails every time your email program goes &#8220;ping&#8221; , stop what you are doing right now and turn off the new mail announcement, so that you can get some real work done!</li>
<li>If your email program is set to check for email every 5 minutes, change this to 20 minutes or, even better, turn auto-checking off entirely.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>2. Handle once only!</strong></p>
<p>For  maximum efficiency and productivity try to finish handling with every new message after you first read it. Do not read an email and then just leave it in your email &#8216;inbox&#8217; without carrying out one of the following four actions;</p>
<ul>
<li>Reply to it (see number 3 below)</li>
<li>Forward it</li>
<li>File it (see number 4 below)</li>
<li>Delete it</li>
</ul>
<p>If you read a message but don&#8217;t carry out one of the four steps above, you will only have to read it again later when you <strong>will</strong> have to deal with it! Don&#8217;t let emails rot in your inbox!</p>
<p><strong>3. Quick replies</strong></p>
<p>Don&#8217;t file any email which you can respond to inside one minute. Reply straightaway and move on. You&#8217;ll not only have one less thing to file but your recipient won&#8217;t have to wait unduly for a short response.</p>
<p><strong>4. Create Email folders</strong></p>
<p>As mentioned above, you should never read an message in your inbox and then leave it there. Some people suggest leaving important emails in your email inbox as your “to do” list but we would not recommend this, as it can get  far too overwhelming. Simply create folders into which you can move your emails, depending on what your plans are for them.</p>
<p>For example, for emails which require to be acted upon, create a folder called @Action, and into this folder, you can place emails which, obviously, need Action! By placing a &#8216;@&#8217; at the start of the folder name, that will mean that it will sit neatly above all your other folders and always in view.</p>
<p>Perhaps you may also wish to create the following folders, listed below, for appropriate action as defined below:</p>
<p>@Review &#8211; for non-urgent emails for you to read when you have the time<br />
@Awaiting &#8211; for emails where you&#8217;re awaiting a response</p>
<p>A logical folder structure keeps your inbox manageable, and puts vital information at your fingertips.</p>
<p>Follow this practice and it will not only clear out your inbox, but it will give you a great sense of organisation and available time each time you check your inbox folder and see it empty or few emails residing there!</p>
<p><strong>5.  Use Flags</strong></p>
<p>Most email programs enable you to &#8216;flag&#8217; emails which have arrived. After you&#8217;ve moved an email from your inbox and it needs further action, decide on a priority (for example, try the traffic lights idea with &#8216;red&#8217; for urgent, &#8220;orange&#8217; for &#8216;normal&#8217; and &#8216;green&#8217; for non-urgent) and then you can sort emails in your @ folders and see at a glance what the most urgent emails are.</p>
<p><strong> 6. Keep Your Emails Short</strong></p>
<p>Your email won&#8217;t be entered for the Nobel Prize for Literature &#8211; use proper grammar and punctuation but keep it short and to the point. Don&#8217;t avoid saying something that needs to be said but stay focused, say what you need to say, send it and move on.</p>
<p><strong>7. Avoid email ping-pong</strong></p>
<p>Sometimes an issue can be resolved quicker by a quick chat on the phone or by dropping into a colleague&#8217;s office, as opposed to a series of emails exchanged between two people over a period of time. Email is a very quick way to communicate but if one person is out of the office or at a meeting, then you could be waiting for a response for ages &#8230; and when they email you, you could be unavailable too!</p>
<p><strong>8.  Set-up a Email Signature</strong></p>
<p>Many people are aware of how to use an email signature but most people don&#8217;t. Instead of typing your name and contact information at the end of every email, set up a signature file with the relevant information, and let your email program automatically add your &#8220;sig file&#8221; to the end of every email.</p>
<p><strong>9. Create Email Filters</strong></p>
<p>More experienced email users may wish to consider creating rules and filters to handle incoming emails. These powerful tools can be used to act upon inbound emails to highlight, move, file, delete etc. emails depending on the rules you have pre-set. You can even set a rule to notify you with a sound when an email arrives from any pre-defined email address &#8211; one way to keep the boss happy without having to drag yourself away from your normal work to deal with new emails!</p>
<p><strong>10.  Cancel your subscriptions</strong></p>
<p>Once upon a time you signed up to obtain a newsletter about trade information / holiday offers / cheap flights / daily jokes etc. but you&#8217;re are no longer interested. Perhaps you bought an item once and have been opted-in to receive latest shop news. Simply unsubscribe following the instructions the newsletter should provide &#8230;&#8230; and don&#8217;t tick any more boxes requesting your permission to send you more (or untick the ones that are automatically ticked) unless its really important that you receive it!</p>
<p><strong>Summary</strong></p>
<p>Carry out all (or some) of these tips and we guarantee that you will spend less time managing emails and it will be much more effective.</p>
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		<title>All the Red Rhinos !</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re always amused and interested to discover other businesses or organisations which also use the name &#8220;Red Rhino&#8221; &#8230;. here&#8217;s a few we&#8217;ve come across in our web wanderings &#8230;

Red Rhino Sports &#8211; a major supplier of rugby, soccer, American Football and Australian Rules Football equipment, based in Austin Texas
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://None"></a>We&#8217;re always amused and interested to discover other businesses or organisations which also use the name &#8220;Red Rhino&#8221; &#8230;. here&#8217;s a few we&#8217;ve come across in our web wanderings &#8230;<span id="more-64"></span></p>
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<li><a href="http://www.redrhinosports.com" target="_blank">Red Rhino Sports</a> &#8211; a major supplier of rugby, soccer, American Football and Australian Rules Football equipment, based in Austin Texas</li>
<li><a href="http://www.redrhinocrushers.com" target="_blank">Red Rhino mobile crushers</a> are one of the smallest, lightest and most portable range of onsite jaw crushers available worldwide.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.red-rhino.com" target="_blank">Red Rhino communications and branding</a> company based in Ontario, Canada.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.redrhinofireworks.com" target="_blank">Red Rhino Fireworks</a> in Missouri, USA</li>
<li><a href="http://www.redrhinotv.co.uk" target="_blank">Red Rhino</a> - a UK based production design and art direction for film &amp; television.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.redrhinotours.com" target="_blank">Red Rhino Tours</a> provides luxury and adventure wildlife safaris to Kenya and Tanzania.</li>
<li>Red Rhino Records, now defunct, was a UK record label, independent record shop and record wholesaler.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.redrhinohaytrailers.com" target="_blank">Red Rhino : The best hay trailer you can own!</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.redrhinoflooring.com" target="_blank">Red Rhino : The Epoxy Flooring Company</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=82482697550" target="_blank">Red Rhino Free Bikers Association</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.redrhinopromotions.com" target="_blank">Red Rhino Promotions</a>, from Georgia, USA.</li>
</ul>
<p><span class="newssubtitle">If you are ever in Paris, drop by the Pompidou Museum of Modern Art and see the giant, shiny, red rhino (pictured below) called &#8220;Le Rhinocéros&#8221; by Xavier Veilhan.</span></p>
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<p>If you&#8217;re a &#8220;Red Rhino&#8221; and aren&#8217;t mentioned above, <a href="http://www.redrhino.co.uk/contact.php">contact us</a> and we&#8217;ll add you too!</p>
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