Author Archives: Richard

ZipGenius “Native error:00020″ on Windows 7 x64

We’ve been using the brilliant ZipGenius for some time now on our old Windows XP machines.  It’s worked flawlessly for years, so now we’re rolling out Windows 7 x64 across the company, we naturally decided make ZipGenius part of our default installation. … Continue reading

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Google Confirm – DoubleClick caused Denial Of Service

Over the last couple of weeks, some users of DoubleClick may noticed server outages and massive spikes in server connections.  The connections were apparently referrals from DoubleClick banner adds, but coming in such massive waves that they caused the target … Continue reading

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Web Browser Statistics

The latest browser stats from W3Counter make for interesting reading… Continue reading

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Firefox Crashing Following Latest Update 3.0.9

The new update for Firefox which rolled out today, is already causing problems. We noticed here at Bloom Media that the commonly used “View Source” feature caused the browser to crash. It doesn’t seem to matter what page you are … Continue reading

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Does spam CAPTCHA your attention?

We all hate spam. It’s a daily frustration for most of us and poses an even bigger problem for businesses with an online presence who can be both the victim and an unknowing accomplice to the spammers. E-mail harvesting and … Continue reading

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