Nowadays steel seems to be omnipresent, a vital component in the construction industry as well as being found in a variety of products such as food ware, machinery, weaponry and vehicles. Whilst being integral to our modern world it has a rich history and has been produced and use...

The second part of this article outlines the concepts behind the domain name system (DNS) whilst concluding with an introduction to the broad categories of hosting that are available on the market.

Domain Names & DNS

A domain is basically a p...

For those who are starting to look into the various different packages on the market and the variety of services each offers, there is plenty of jargon can provide a barrier to the world of web hosting for the uninitiated. This article aims to simplify a few of the more basic term...

IT professionals and private consumers of technology alike will no doubt be aware of the term cloud computing. A term and a concept that appears to be consuming everything in its path as the future of the IT industry. The following article looks at one incarnation of the technolog...

Shutters are becoming an increasingly popular solution in the UK’s homes, both for interior use, to compliment internal decor and to regulate conditions, and for use on the exterior of the home, to keep out the weather. As their popularity grows, so do the options available to consumers regarding...

Asia is home to many of the emerging powerhouses of international trade including the second largest economy in the world, China. Economic muscle in Asia continues to grow whilst markets elsewhere in the world get to grips with the global recession. It is therefore worth being familiar with not o...

Having looked into what HTML and CSS are and the role they play as the fundamental building blocks of web sites, the second part of this article addresses the two abbreviations XML and CMS - both key to understating web technologies.

XML (& XHTML)

The following article offers a beginners guide to some of the key acronyms and abbreviations used in the world of web design and web development. As with all industries and sectors, esoteric jargon can be a barrier preventing many people from fully embracing web technologies and al...

Designing an item of packaging is not simply about clothing a product in its brand. The brand does play an integral part and can itself be greatly enhanced by successful and complimentary packaging, but the ability to marry the functional purpose of packaging whilst selling the qua...

Having looked at the most salient example of a tax that savings vehicles such as the Junior ISA are exempted from under their tax free status - that of Income Tax - the second part of this article addresses the other two principle types of UK tax that private investors and savers can be affected ...