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Why we refreshed our home page

We have just reworked our own home page as well as improve many different usability elements of the site, here is why.

Here is a simple Open-Source PHP URL shortener script that works across multiple domain names and that uses a simple database to store and control the shortened URL's

This article outlines how to move where Outlook 2013 stores the default ost file location on Windows 8.1. There seems to be a major configuration issue in Outlook 2013 that does not allow you to change the default file location of automatically created OST files.

Fix Genymotion android virtual machine coming up with an error claiming it cannot load the OpenGL 2.0 renderer on a ATI Radeon HD4800 device. Fix unable to initialize OpenGL renderer error.

How important is e-commerce in the UK?

Hitting the end of most business' financial year it is always good to reflect on the year past, this blog looks at the importance of the role of e-commerce in 2013...

Google AdWords Cost Per Click (CPC) Calculator. Once you have completed all of the details on the left this calculator works out the estimated: revenue generated from the campaign, level of return on investment, number of site visits generated, number of enquiries and number of new clients.

H.265 versus VP9 video - Which will win?

The goals behind VP9 and H.265 are essentially the same: deliver the highest quality of video possible at the lowest bit rate (i.e. file size) and requiring as little processing time as possible. However, which will win?

How to edit your hosts file on windows 8 to preview in-development websites.

20 Fun Fact's about Christmas

Being close to the holiday period This blog encapsulates some fun, wierd and unknown facts about the Christmas holidays.

Undoing a commit that has been pushed to a remote repository (e.g. Beanstalk)

This post is about how to undo a change made in git that has been pushed to the remote repository where you want this undo to be reflected should anyone in the future pull from the repository.

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