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We
do not intend to make this page into an advertisement page,
but thought that you would find the following items which we
ourselves have found useful (and use), of interest to you.
All of this software has been tried and tested by ourselves and
is in daily use in developing our software. Frank and independent reviews of
the software written by ourselves are also included. Some
of this is operated on a commission basis from when you click
the links, but we have not let the idea of money sway our
views!! Perl
Editors
There
are a vast number of editors and development packages available for the average
Perl programmer. Our Perl scripts are developed
using two excellent editors which allow you to test Perl scripts before
uploading them to the internet server. For developing Perl on Windows based
PC's, we would highly recommend DzPerl
{review} running with
ActivePerl
, although Maxwell Nairn Andrews' free WinPerl
{review
and download}
is also excellent for beginners developing small Perl scripts.
There is also a version of
Perl for the Sinclair QL home computer, which may be downloaded from
Jonathon Hudson's Site.
Video
Streaming
Forbidden
Technologies offers video compression software which can be
utilised to add high quality streaming video to web-sites, or
even to stream videos over GPRS to ARMPocketPC
PDAs (such as O2
xda and Compaq
iPAQ). Its main advantage over other types of video
streaming is that not only are download times fast and
picture quality good, but the player is included as part of
the code which means there is no fear that customers will
have to spend a long time downloading the latest version of
a player, just to watch a short video
{review}
Faster
Memory for your PC
FreeMem
Pro
promises to improve the memory usage on your PC, freeing system resources and
increasing speed in general. We have looked at whether this program does
what it promises.
{review)
Speed Up Internet Connections
Marketscore
are a market research company, who provide some free software to speed up your connection
and also software by
Symantec to protect your system against email viruses, in return
for you agreeing to register as a possible target for their anonymous market research
questionnaires.
This gets a lot of promotion on the Internet, but just how good is
it?
{review)
Propel
provide a commercial internet accelerator program which seems
more reliable and faster than that provided by Marketscore
(above) whilst at the same time protecting your privacy more.
The latest version also incorporates a pop-up and advert blocker, as well as
speeding up file downloads.
(review)
OnSpeed
offer a similar product to Propel, at a much lower cost, but lacks some of the
nicer features and is more restricted in the range of applications which it
supports
(review)
Finding
a Low Cost Web Hosting Package
Having
searched the internet for a high quality low cost web hosting package, we
believe that iPowerWeb are the market leader. However, there are
other low cost internet website hosting companies available - which ones are
worth trying?
(review)
Remote
Control of your PC from anywhere in the World
Another
useful utility is the much heralded
GoToMyPC which enables
you to securely access and use your PC from any Web browser
anytime, anywhere (including mobile devices). Unlike Windows XP's Remote Assistance,
which requires host users to acknowledge an invitation and
permit full access, a computer with GoToMyPC can connect to an
unattended host. On-the-fly screen blanking and keyboard
locking let you thwart intruders. A free trial version
is available for download
{review}.
Internet
Service Providers
Telewest
Broadband offer an excellent internet service, along with
cable TV and phone
lines, all at much cheaper rates than BT. Internet access
is offered on standard dial-up accounts (either pay as you surf
or unlimited access for a monthly fee) or Broadband which is an
always on connection, offering either 10x faster access (512Kb
per second service) up to even 40x faster access (2Mb per second
service) than standard 56Kb per second dial-up modem access
{review}.
Making Money from the Internet??
It
would be nice to make money from surfing the internet, or to get
money back on purchases made over the internet. Well,
there are actually ways of receiving some credit for any
purchases which you make over the internet as well as ways of
winning money and working from home. We review some of
the more popular schemes for earning money (including
competitions, on-line games, paid email, working freelance and
loyalty schemes).
{overview}
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Internet
Advertising /
Affiliate Programs
One
of the main methods of making money out of the internet is
through adding advertising to your website (there are one or two
small adverts on our own web-site). In order to do this,
you will need to become an affiliate of the companies whose
products you wish to offer (unless you are willing to offer free
advertising). The easiest way of doing this is to join one
of several affiliate marketing schemes - this is a overview of
some of the schemes available and our experiences
{review}.
Visitor Tracking and
Statistics
If
you run a website, it is important to be able to know not only how many people
visit your site, but also where those people come from, which links to your
website work and which pages each visitor is interested in. The IndexTools
program allows you to keep a close track on each visitor to your website as they
navigate around the site.
{review}.
Digital
Television and Phone Packages
We have
looked at the services which you can expect from one of the main
cable TV and telephone operators (Telewest Broadband) and
compared them to those provided by NTL and BSkyB together with
BT. Find out about free interactive services and TV email without dial-up
charges
{review}.
Telephone
Service Providers
There are lots
of companies out there who promise cheaper telephone calls than BT - we compare
the services and range of offers available and see whether they match up to
their promises
{review}
Posting Parcels
Are the Royal Mail the only
means of shipping parcels available for the ordinary person? We look at an
alternative here.
{review}
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