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Data. Can you afford to lose it?

As you can imagine, an agency such as ours generates huge amounts of data which is stored on a central fileserver. Documents, artwork, images… all of these files are vital to our business and to our...

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Today, we reinvent the Web. Championing the underdog of browsers, Opera!

OK, well this might be a bit of a techie rant against the Microsoft machine and its shoddy, market dominating browser, Internet Explorer, but firstly its a valid one and secondly its more about...

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Make mine a Builder’s…

Before Christmas, I decided to share my slightly perverse reason for buying PG Tips (the bags throw better – click here if you’re curious). And then something very interesting happened… I received a...

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Why do we need web standards?

“Everybody who knows what they’re doing in web development and web design is now pretty much on board [the web standards] train even though not everyone [...] shares exactly the same understanding.”...

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The myth of the page fold

There are many ‘Web Design Myths’, usability and design constraints that clients request having once heard that this is best practice. Most of these have come from the good old days of web design or...

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The Apple iPad is a sign of things to come

The recently launched Apple iPad may not instantly deliver the commercial impact of the iPhone, but it represents another important step towards the inevitable convergence of the personal computer and...

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House made by Canon

As a budding amateur photographer, I always keep abreast on what is happening in the digital arena. I have recently purchased a Canon 5D MKII after much research. The reason for my purchase was to add...

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Coronation Street goes HD

Earlier in the week I wrote an article on the Canon 5D MKII, shooting HD content for the last episode of House. While writing that article I was interrupted by the sound of Naaa, Na Na, Na Na Naaa....

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Meet Milo

We all believe that computer gaming over the past few years has become more interactive. To date, most of the ‘so called’ interactive games, still put you as another character within the game, such as...

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DNA debates QR Codes

There’s been a lot of talk about QR codes recently and in the DNA studio it’s been no different. Here are some personal opinions from two of the DNA team… What do you think? Opinion: Jon Price –...

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Go-Go Gadget Show Live 2011

Tues 12 April: Feeling the early morning chill on platform 5, I awaited the train with only a cardboard cup of tea and a luke warm bacon bap for company. This trip will be the envy of many, others may...

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The Anti Smart Phone

Not breaking news this, but it did make me chuckle so I thought I’d share it. A few weeks back I was at my first BBQ of the year when a friend pulled out a solid white wedge from his pocket and...

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Welcome 2012, Goodbye IE6

As we welcome in another year, so everyone’s favourite software bods, Microsoft wave goodbye to Internet Explorer 6. Web developers the world over* rejoice and we all look into the html 5 driven...

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Marketing in 2012: Booth Babes?

Emerging technological breakthroughs were once synonymous with lab coats, thick-rimmed glasses and dodgy haircuts. In more recent times, (much like the motor industry) the technology industry –...

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Old game, modern browser technology

Last week marked 20 years since Wolfenstein 3D was released. As the first true 3D First-Person Shooter (FPS), it set the template for FPSs and has been the inspiration for thousands of games that...

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Twitter’s all grown up

This is a few days old now, but for those of you that have not heard about it yet, Twitter has redesigned its bird motif, or should I say evolved its bird. No longer does it appear a bit whimsical,...

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Google Street View Hyperlapse

Take Google’s Street View, add a splash of Java script and top it all up with a photographic time-lapse technique with sweeping camera moves and what do you get? This: This is a trend known as...

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Today, we reinvent the Web. Championing the underdog of browsers, Opera!

OK, well this might be a bit of a techie rant against the Microsoft machine and its shoddy, market dominating browser, Internet Explorer, but firstly its a valid one and secondly its more about...

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Make mine a Builder’s…

Before Christmas, I decided to share my slightly perverse reason for buying PG Tips (the bags throw better – click here if you’re curious). And then something very interesting happened… I received a...

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Why do we need web standards?

“Everybody who knows what they’re doing in web development and web design is now pretty much on board [the web standards] train even though not everyone [...] shares exactly the same understanding.”...

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