Category Archives: General stuff

 

5 Ways to Get Inspired for Blog Posts

Finding yourself stumped for inspiration with your blog? Watching the calendar drag you further and further from your last post date? Here are a few simple things you can do to help yourself think up ideas for new posts.

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Tim
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UK2 Sponsors London Perl Workshop

Hi, Considering our entire platform is based on perl it does seem strange that we’ve never sponsored this before, but this didn’t cross my radar until this year when an email from organiser Mark Keating to the London Perl users … Continue reading →

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Andy
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Ofcom maps UK Internet infrastructure

  Ofcom has come up with a map that shows the distribution of broadband and the available speeds around the UK. The clickable map allows users to see various statistics for Internet connectivity in local authority areas across the country.

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Tim
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The Cloud on the Horizon for Pirates and their Pursuers

With the news recently that BT and Talk Talk have been refused the right to appeal against their failed legal challenge against the Digital Economy Act, now is as good a time as any to look again at what this … Continue reading →

Posted on July 5, 2011 by Tim
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Microsoft’s WebsiteSpark challenges LAMP hegemony in web arena

There are many web developers who argue the supremacy of the open-source LAMP model in the construction of web-centric applications versus traditional Microsoft technologies. While it’s true that that Linux + Apache + MySQL + PHP are extremely versatile, cheap … Continue reading →

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Guest Blogger
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Your Smartphone is changing the way web servers get built

  Every now and then a David comes along and slays a Goliath in the IT industry. In this case the Goliath refers to web server space and power consumption while the David is a small server builder called SeaMicro, … Continue reading →

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Guest Blogger
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YouTube chases the silver screen

With over 2 billion daily page views this popular video channel owned by Google is no longer passively accepting user-generated content – it’s also helping create it. While it dismantles its former platform called Google Video, the search giant is … Continue reading →

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Guest Blogger
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Technical Writing Intern Needed

We are looking for a talented technical writing intern to work for us here at UK2.net The candidate: The right candidate will be someone with technical writing skills – some understanding of the web hosting and tech industry is a … Continue reading →

Posted on May 4, 2011 by Craig
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Intel for Hosting: Dynamite Comes in Small Packages

As the march towards hardware miniaturisation continues, one tech giant straddles the past and future with regards the direction of web hosting servers: Intel. Their microprocessors which occupy less space than 1/10th the wavelength of light  (or a strand of … Continue reading →

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Guest Blogger
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5 Essential Plugins For Your WordPress CMS

  Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability. This quote by Dutch Scientist Edsgar Dijkstra in 1930 could easily describe the principles that underpin the WordPress blogging system, which has propelled it to one of the top three positions amongst content management … Continue reading →

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Guest Blogger
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