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Written by Susan Williamson Monday, 18 July 2011 20:30

Lorem Ipsum is well known as the standard dummy text used by designers and developers the world over to fill in gaps in web content under construction. That's all well and good, but what if you're a little bored of it? Have a look at this article containing a selection of alternative dummy texts. Let us know if you've come across any other interesting options.

Written by Susan Williamson Friday, 15 July 2011 19:41

Here's some interesting, if slightly scary, news about just how secure your smartphone is. A method of keylogging using just a camera positioned over your shoulder has been developed by a team in Italy. Using the familiar layout and large button size of Android and iOS keyboards, the camera has been programmed to easily recognise around 97% of all key entries. The technology is also sophisticated enough to be able to decode passwords in close to real-time. Happy news for criminals, not so awesome for the rest of us! Here's hoping it doesn't catch on...

Written by Susan Williamson Thursday, 14 July 2011 20:31

The latest offering on Adobe TV is a tour of the great InDesign and Illustrator features included in CS5.5. Have a look at the attached video; you might just learn something!

Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 July 2011 17:55 Written by Susan Williamson Wednesday, 13 July 2011 17:46

Google+ is the talk of the social networking world this week and millions of people have already joined up. Pretty impressive considering it's still invite-only. If you have started using the network and want to get a bit more involved, here's a handy article showing how to make your own Google+ desktop app. We'd be interested to see what you come up with.