Windows Vista has had a lot of bad press and Microsoft are probably hoping that the release of Service Pack 1 will boost Vista’s image – we have a look at the changes.

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If you’re bored with clicking through pages of thumbnails when you’re browsing image galleries or image searches, then you should definitely check out Pic Lens – a new Firefox browser extension that completely alters the way you look at or search for images on the web.

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With the recent announcement of IE8, Microsoft stated that web designers would have to opt-in to take full advantage of their first ever standards compliant browser.

Web designers supporting web standards responded en-masse pointing out the flaws of this approach, and, in a surprising turn of events, Microsoft listened.

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Tomorrow, Tuesday 26th February, marks the opening of the first Irish Web Technology conference in Dublin’s Cineworld complex on Parnell Street.

There’s a whole range of events covering a diverse range of topics relating to web design, coding, venture capital, usability and much more.

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Does Gmail ever make you grimace? Most users would probably say no. However, if you’re a web designer you might have a different story to tell…

Enter “Project Gmail Grimace”

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It’s been rumoured for a long time, and Microsoft have made approaches to Yahoo in the past, but this time it looks quite feasible that the deal might be accepted.

What’s going on? For a cool $44.6 billion, Microsoft have offered to buy Yahoo! wholesale

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You may not have heard from us in a while, but the Apes have been busy preparing a new winter nest and meeting all those Christmas deadlines.

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Spam. It’s a word that everyone who’s ever had an email account is familiar with – which is quite a lot of people. It’s not just an email problem either, with forums and websites being plagued by it as well.

However there are ways to tackle it, and they require next to no effort from our end.

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Web design is not a simple process and it relies not just on a good designer producing something that has the perfect look, but on good communication between client and designer.

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We’re happy to be announcing the roll out of more updates to our website. This time we’ve concentrated on giving more options to our users and have improved the commenting system.

Hopefully this is something everyone will appreciate and, if you have any suggestions, please feel free to leave them in the form of a comment!

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