Apple unveils iPad

Apple has unveiled it's tablet device. Features include

• View web pages.
• Play music
  
• Browse iTunes, download music / apps.
• Read iBooks.
• Watch YouTube.
• 9.7 inch LED backlit IPS display
• Multi-touch
  
• up to 10 hours battery life and lots more features!
  

Size:

242.8mm (height)
189.7mm (width)
13.4mm (depth)

For more information see www.apple.com/ipad

Worldwide IT Spending Forecast

Worldwide spending in IT is set to grow by 4.6% in 2010.

The Worldwide spending forecast by Gartner can be viewed here http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1284813.

Top 10 most commonly used passwords

Imperva has released the top 10 most commonly used passwords. Its findings are from the Rockyou.com hack that occurred in 2009.

The top 10 passwords, including the word password are:

1. 123456
2. 12345
3. 123456789
4. Password
5. iloveyou
6. princess
7. rockyou
8. 1234567
9. 12345678
10. abc123
11. Nicole
12. Daniel
13. babygirl
14. monkey
15. Jessica
16. Lovely
17. michael
18. Ashley
19. 654321
10. Qwerty

The full report can be downloaded here http://www.imperva.com/docs/WP_Consumer_Password_Worst_Practices.pdf

See our advice on passwords http://softwareandsupport.blogspot.com/2008/09/passwords.html

Bill Gates is using Twitter

Bill Gates is now using Twitter. He joined on 19th January 2010 and already has 300,000+ followers.

www.twitter.com/billgates

Acer's Environmentally Friendly Laptop

Acer has launched an environmentally friendly notebook which is from its new Timeline series.
The Aspire 3811TZ/TZG It does not contain polyvinyl choride (PVC) or brominated flame retardants.

The laptop is also recyclable.

See http://www.acer.co.uk/timeline/

Google Phone - Nexus One

The new Google Phone, Nexus One was launched on 5th January 2010.

It runs on the Android 2.1 operating system, has a 3.7" OLED display, Google applications and built in 5 megapixels camera.

For the full specs see www.google.com/phone.

See a video here http://www.youtube.com/googlenexusone?utm_source=nexusonesite&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=embed.

It costs $529 to buy the phone and insert your own SIM Card. It will also be available on Vodafone in the Spring.

Importing Bank Holidays into Microsoft Outlook

As it's a new year, you may want to import the Bank Holidays into your Microsoft Outlook calendar.

To do this, open up Microsoft Outlook

1. Click Tools, Options, Calendar Options
2. Click the Add Holidays button.
3. Select your country and it will add in all the Bank Holidays for you.

Happy New Year

Happy New Year to all our clients and readers of our blog!