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    The fight for a freer web continues

    Life, James Hein, Published on 17/03/2021

    » The social media platform Telegram has over 500 million users with over 55 million active every day. Unlike other platforms such as Twitter, YouTube, Facebook and others, you are free to express your opinion there without being cancelled, shadow banned or throttled in searches.

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    Fujitsu in first big WFH move

    Life, James Hein, Published on 15/07/2020

    » - As predicted, Fujitsu provided a great example when it announced the permanent closure of half of its office real estate in Japan. They will instead have 80,000 workers working from home permanently. This is a huge redefinition of work culture in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak. Called the "Work Life Shift" campaign, Fujitsu is to study data on how employees use offices, with a view to giving them more tools and options to work from home, at hubs or be more mobile. This will end the habit of employees commuting to and from offices. It also indicates the allowance of a higher degree of autonomy based on the principle of trust, Fujitsu announced.

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    Universal sounds, universal sights, universal rights

    Life, James Hein, Published on 24/04/2019

    » Those reading my columns for long enough will know that I play the guitar. I'll never be Eric Clapton but I'm OK. Among the sources I use to improve my technique or break down a difficult lick are the helpful people that post guitar tutorials on YouTube. That could be about to change.

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    At the risk of droning on about UAVs

    Life, James Hein, Published on 26/11/2014

    » A hot topic at the moment is UAVs, or unmanned aerial vehicles. Not the military drone kind but the one with four or six rotors carrying a camera and flying around the neighbourhood taking photos of video up to 4K resolution. The TV show South Park covered this issue in its own unique way and countries are struggling to cope with the legal ramifications of taking pictures over the backyard fence, through windows, above secluded pools and so on. Even innocent pictures like a real estate agent getting an aerial shot of the property can be an issue as one found out recently when part of the shot had someone sunbathing next door that was missed in the process before the billboard went up.

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    Do I really need my new Galaxy S5?

    Life, James Hein, Published on 06/08/2014

    » I've had the Galaxy S5 for some time now and so far the experience has been a pleasant one. One of my first add-ons was a 0.3mm glass screen protector that when compared to an unadorned S5 provides better clarity and viewability outside. I always use a case of some kind just in case I drop the unit so the combination should protect my device from standard heights, I hope.

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    Protect your photographs from spies

    Life, James Hein, Published on 21/05/2014

    » Beware the Cloud, or at least Google+. I took a picture with my phone recently, something I don’t do all that often, and happened to visit Google+ soon after. The first thing I saw was the photo I’d just taken. This was the first time I discovered that any photos I take are by default sent immediately to my Google+ area. You would think this was a setting in the Android G+ app but it is instead in the Photos apps. Google’s default push is to fully open up everything you do to Google, so be careful what setting you have and how you use your camera. To be fair the photo was in a “protected” area but we all know how well that kind of protection remains in the open-to-the-world-plus-their-dog environment we live in.

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    Why Thailand trumps Australia in the online stakes

    Database, James Hein, Published on 29/09/2010

    » How much bandwidth and what kind of speeds do people really need when it comes to the Internet? This is one of those "how long is a piece of string?" questions.

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    Win 7 a winner on my new notebook

    Database, James Hein, Published on 14/07/2010

    » This week I'll catch up on some reports I promised for Windows 7, my new notebook and Jitbit's Macro recorder software.

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