64-bit computing has been around for a very long time, but it is only now that this capability is becoming a reality as far as the consumer is concerned.

Certain factors are forcing the situation, some of which we discuss in this article.

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Is Barack Obama going to live up to his promises of change, transparency, and accountability?

We can’t answer that question, but we can say that in terms of web design, he’s started things off on the right foot.

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Google has announced a variety of project closures over the past week, some expected, some not so.

Whilst project “closure” might not be the absolute correct term in some cases, it is almost certainly spelling the end of the project at least from Google’s involvement, or in the case of Google Notebook, it signifies the onset of a slow drawn out death.

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Our somewhat nerdy slant to “the year in review”, we’re pretty happy to report on some statistics showing Internet Explorer consistently losing market share over the course of 2008.

Most importantly in this post we highlight the slow but consistent drop in usage of IE6, Microsoft’s aging web browser.

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Passwords are a hugely important factor in keeping your identity, money, email, and more, absolutely safe when you’re using the internet.

Many people have a habit of reusing the same password for many websites, whilst this may seem convenient, all it takes is one mistake and your entire online world is at the hands of someone it shouldn’t be! Fortunately there’s a secure solution, thanks to PassPack.

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How difficult could it be to check if you are registered to vote in your area?

Thanks to the council and government created website checktheregister.ie it’s a pointless endeavour that should be avoided at all costs.

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When things go catastrophically wrong, what’s your first course of action. Panic, call technical support, shout at your computer?

I’d suggest before you do any of the above, you consider some simple steps which might help you understand why things are going wrong. With a little bit of thought, troubleshooting can save you an awful lot of grief.

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A new beta version of Open Office 3 is now available.

We have a look at how the open source alternative to Microsoft Office is maturing and what new features have been added.

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The Email Standards Project has garnered some attention from us over the last while, with its attempts to bring a lesser version of web standards to the process of rendering HTML in emails.

Their recent “2008 Gmail Appeal” looks to have had some success, with a member of the Gmail development team getting in contact and promising that some effort will be made to improve the popular webmail system’s HTML rendering. What’s next?

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Over the next while we’ll be sharing out some invitations to a variety of web based applications which are in “invite only” mode.

If you’re interested in getting an invitation, just leave a comment and we’ll send one out. This week we’re looking at Jaiku, a micro-blogging service from Helsinki.

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