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There were 5 blog postings during September (2007):
Northern Rock Not So Sturdy for Online Customers
I've just read the BBC News report about the problems Northern Rock's online savers are having in accessing their funds. Like many online accounts, it appears that Northern Rock's online account holders can only access their funds online in...
Alastair Revell, Revell Research Systems | 16th September '07
Do Bloggers Prefer FireFox or Internet Explorer?
Hans-Eric Grönlund has an interesting article on the popularity of FireFox (FF) on his blog, entitled The Firefox Domination which you should read. Frank Carr has also remarked on Hans-Eric's blog that he has also noticed a high ratio of FireFox...
Alastair Revell, Revell Research Systems | 13th September '07
Backwards IT Thinking?
I was interested to read Martin Atherton's article 'Boots, House of Fraser not renewing IT director posts poses some interesting questions' on his blog at IT-Analysis.com, which ponders the somewhat odd move by Boots and the House of Fraser not to...
Alastair Revell, Revell Research Systems | 12th September '07
Straight Back to Google!
I'm constantly surprised by web sites that still have some form of doorway page. I've always felt that such designs probably allude to the designer's origins in print media, where one might argue that the book cover has to sell the book. The cover...
Alastair Revell, Revell Research Systems | 6th September '07
Nostalgia for Turbo Pascal
I was interested in Hans-Eric Grönlund's post on the decline of Delphi and (implicitly) its predecessor Turbo Pascal. I used Turbo Pascal extensively in the late 1980s and early 1990s, particularly versions 4.0 and 5.5, and then later Turbo Pascal...
Alastair Revell, Revell Research Systems | 4th September '07