Apologies for the lack of updates - 2008 was a pretty busy year, and what with our server falling over due to a hardware fault, the blog came last on the "to do" list.
Even though the site was down for some considerable time, our meetings did continue as normal. We got a new home, in the guise of Luke O'Connor house, which is a very pleasant place to get together.
Anyway, we're now back online at a new domain http://www.wrexham-lug.org/ .
Feel free to browse the site, and get in touch if there is anything that needs changing.
Hardware / Software news
Apart from the success of the Asus range of ultra-portable PC's (they've also got some desktops on offer), one other thing of note from 2008 is the migration towards cloud computing. Basically, it's a collection of utilities (applications) and your own files stored online - so they become accessible from anywhere.
Microsoft have invested heavily in the infrastructure to support such things, and are offering 5Gb free online storage space at it's Mesh website. http://www.mesh.com/ .
It's interesting, in the sense that you can sync a number of devices such as a PC, laptop, phone (eventually) to your "virtual" presence, then access the same files from anywhere. Personally, I don't see this as a particularly new idea, but the fact it's now more mainstream, and easier to implement, makes it more likely to succeed.
See our website for details of the next meeting. I'll try and update the blog regularly in future (famous last words!)
Saturday, 3 January 2009
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