Using Roundcube to manage your Email
Roundcube is a webmail client that is a favorite of the SWCP staff. It has a number of features that aren't obvious on casual use. Two of these features that save me an enormous amount of time are selective filtering and color coding messages. In this post I'll...
Handy Tip for Browsing the Web on a Slow Internet Connection
If you are using a slow internet connection from a laptop or desktop computer, try this trick to use the lightweight "mobile" version of many popular websites. These sites are designed for small screens and lower-bandwidth smart phones, but they're quite functional...
DSL Basics
DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) is a kind of broadband, that is, a form of highspeed Internet Access that uses a copper telephone connection much like dial-up does. And like dial-up, DSL also uses a modem to convert computer data into tones and send them through the...
Basic Web Hosting
This is the second in a series of blog posts about Southwest Cyberport web hosting plans. If you missed the first one, you can view it here. You can also read about the technical details of SWCP's web hosting infrastructure on our companion blog. This article will...
Search Engine Round-Up
Google reigns as the undisputed king of the jungle, but there's plenty of other critters in this zoo. Despite – or perhaps because of – its predominance and scope, Google may not be the best for every inquiry where personal privacy concerns or a particularly obscure...
Online Data Storage Security
Security and convenience always seem to be at war with each other. Sometimes it's difficult to understand why security folks are so draconian in their rules. It's never for the day to day normal situations that those rules come into play, but for the failures that...