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Tutorials, help and information

As much as anything this is a place to collect information about the projects which I do. You will also find many different tutorials inlcluding graphical and web design tips.

Feel free to browse around and use any of the material provided. All of it is provided free under the GPL 2 licence. If you would aknowledge me in any work you do using my tutorials or code it'd be greatly appreciated.

Open Source Software

In education sometimes it seems like there is no life beyond preparatory software, but sometimes the best solutions are open source . But what actually does open source mean, and what does it allow you to do?

The demise of Microsoft

Following the launch of Microsoft's search engine named "Bing" earlier this year, Google have struck another blow to the software firm, fighting back with their new operating system "Google Chrome OS" based on their hit browser "Google Chrome". Earlier this week Google announced its first working code releases. Although on the surface this cuts deep into Microsoft's core business, providing an operating system for free, underneath that there are more underlying problems with which Microsoft are having to come to terms.

Graphics tutorials now available

Ever wanted to create a really impressive background for your desktop, but didn't know where to start? Check out some of the best tutorials on the web! Click here

Chromium OS - Running before you can walk

After a surprisingly successful build of Google's new operating system, named Chromium O.S, I have yet to be convinced that the web is capable of supporting the high quality services we know and love. Instant messaging, video conferencing as well as office applications within the cloud seem less than satisfactory compared to the high standard we expect from desktop applications on our office computer.

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