Those eagerly awaiting the next (and last) service pack for Windows XP will have noticed that it’s conspicuous by it’s absence! So what happened? The latest fixes and features introduced by SP3 are causing a problem with the corporate Microsoft Dynamics’ RMS. The bug, which was noticed with the release of SP1 for Windows Vista, [...]

Just a quick note to let everyone know, that due to some server work and hardware upgrades, the skymonkey.org website will be a little patchy from 9PM tonight until about 6AM tomorrow morning – that’s in British Summer Time (1PM-10PM PDT, 4PM-1AM EDT). Once done, everything should be good for a while! If you visit [...]

We’ve all been there – you’ve got an image you need to crop or resize but there isn’t anything installed on the computer you’ve got to do it. Enter Splashup (with or without a red cape) to the rescue. As long as you have the internet, you have the means. With Splashup you can upload [...]

The micro-blogging site that’s big in America, has been used to good effect in the current US election race. Of course, it’s main users are the geek types, who like to check up on what other geek types are up to (check the links on the left!) Well now 10 Downing Street have jumped on [...]

Dice have updated their Battlefield Heroes site with a FAQ section containing some helpful hints such as how to play and what PC specification you need. There are also updates to their screenshots and wallpapers plus a video showing off the character customization system. Below are the requirements for the game taken from the FAQ [...]

Not technically “legal”, or at least according to Apple’s EULA, Psystar have been creating PCs for the last month with OSX pre-installed. So popular are they that they’re unable to fulfil their orders, with various credit card authorisers buckling under the pressure. And because of the suspension of orders on their website, and them moving [...]

Exactly 3 weeks ago Microsoft threatened a hostile take-over of Yahoo. However, here we are on the day 3 weeks later and all is quiet in the Microsoft camp. Have they decided to cut their losses and run with their tail between their legs? Or are they regrouping, for the final assault during the week? [...]

Steve Balmer stated publicly that he wants people to comment on XP, voicing to Microsoft that they shouldn’t give up just yet on the OS. Now it appears the OEM’s are starting to revolt too for the corporate customer’s sake. And I’m with them, and other corporate customers! Vista is good – it has lots [...]

—Superseded by a newer OpenDNS article, written to bring everything up to date. — It’s a common question, and most people don’t really look for the answer. If you make the switch to using OpenDNS, all of a sudden the feature of typing anything into your address bar in firefox, and being redirected to the [...]

In an interesting development regarding the acquisition of Yahoo! by Microsoft, Steve Balmer is quoted as saying that he’s “prepared to move forward alone, without Yahoo.” You could argue that this could be a bluff to wake up the shareholders, as technically the 3 week ultimatum comes to an end this Sunday? Or am I [...]