SocialEye is a new service offered by Elf Knows IT. It is a social networking tool, where you can find out all you need about social networking, and what goes on with it.

• Teenagers can use it to find out the true facts about social networking, and learn about cyber-bullying, and what can be done about it.
• Parents can use SocialEye to learn exactly what goes on in the world of social netowrking, and what their children might be getting up to on the internet.

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Ping.fm is a great service, I wrote about them before here.

They have released a new beta code to join their service if you want. So any of the visitors to my blog here can use their new beta code pingadactyl

Happy Pinging!

What software do you use to browse the web? Stats from April 2008 show:

Internet Explorer:    74.83%
Firefox:                   17.76%
Safari:                     5.81%
Opera:                     0.69%

Office applications play a part in almost everyones day to day routine, Spreadsheets for accounts, Presentations for teachers/lecturers, and Word Processing for almost all uses. What if you could get all this in one place, with access to all your documents no matter where you are? With Google Docs,(docs.google.com) an online office suite from Google, all you need is a computer and a fast internet connection to get access to all the right tools, and your documents.

One thing I love to keep in action on this site is the twitter block I have, where all my tweets are posted on the site here in real time. But twitter have decided not to let me do this anymore, not just me, everyone! Wethere it's a bug in their system, server issues, or a change in the script I have yet to hear about, it's just not working for me.Is anyone else having issues with this? Or better yet, do you know how to fix it?, Let me know with a comment!

I bet you don't really think about this? But how you sit at your computer is one of the most important things about using one, after all it is your health

Here's a few simple steps and points to make sure your body enjoys surfing the new as much as you do!

I'd just like to say thanks to everyone who has commented to me about my first column in the Kilkenny Voice this week, In person and by e-mail, and a special thanks to everyone who has submitted their questions!I have added a block to the top right of the home page, this will be like my Kilkenny Voice corner, where you can follow the columns in the paper here too, and also subscribe to them via RSS, so you can have them delivered straight to you.Keep an eye out for this weeks column this Wednesday, and keep them questions coming in.

OpenDNS is a service that with a few small changes to the network settings on your computer, you can get free protection and filtering on the internet. They now have over 500,000 registered accounts, but the amount of users is much higher than this because you don't have to register to use the service. You might be wondering where does all their money come from? While using their service you get access to their search features, and through this they make revenue from this pages, using Yahoo as a search service.

Valerie sent a message using the contact form at 
http://www.elfknowsit.com/ask.

Dylan sent a message using the contact form at http://elfknowsit.com/ask.

My speakers mouse and keyboard recently just stopped working.I got a USB  mouse and keyboard and they work.I was wondering if getting USB speakers would solve the problem.

Hi Dylan,

I just got a question from Chris, he asked:

I have an old computer at home which I am giving to some relations. I have done some personal work on it. I have deleted it all but I have been told that deleting the files will not stop people accessing them, can the information still be accessed and viewed? Is there any way to make sure my old information on the PC is well and truly gone?

Chris

Why pay for software when you can get it for free?

There is a free alternative for just about any application you use on your computer, such as Open Office to replace Microsoft Office, GIMP to replace Adobe Photoshop, and even free operating systems to replace your Windows OS on your PC, such as Linux.

Free Software can be mainly put under 3 different headings:

I got a question today from John in Galway, He asked about spam e-mail in his Eircom Webmail account.

I have been using the same e-mail address for about a year, and never had a problem with spam or junk e-mail, but lately I have been getting swamped with it, I'm using Eircom web-mail as my e-mail service, Why did the spam only start now? And how can I stop it?
John K

From next week on, I will be publishing an article in a local newspaper here in Kilkenny, The Kilkenny Voice, I will be publishing syndicated information from this site, and also some news and tips on computer/tech usage, mainly aimed at the public who would like to learn but don't have the means or time. Now they can find it in their paper over their morning coffee!