The new version of Microsoft's Windows operating system is now rolling out onto PCs, mobiles and tablets round the world. As has been widely publicised in the lead up to this launch, this upgrade is being made available for free to Windows 7 & 8 users for the first year.

Microsoft have now made free versions of Word, Excel and Powerpoint available to install on Android devices. While these have been available for Apple devices for some time, this marks the first time these venerable applications have made an appearance on Android (by far the more widely-installed operating system).

You will almost certainly have heard companies telling you to move all your data to 'the cloud' and how 'the cloud' is changing everything, but what IS 'the cloud'?

As of this week, the process to move from one broadband provider to another has changed (in most cases).

You may have heard the term "Responsive" or "Mobile-Friendly" website a lot recently, but what do we mean when we say that?

Google have announced that the next version of their Android mobile operating system will be released shortly. It's likely it will be made available in or around September. Google haven't assigned it the traditional "sweet" codename yet (a la Lollipop, KitKat, Ice Cream Sandwich etc). As far as numbered versioning is concerned, it's not currently clear if this will be version 5.2 or version 6.

As we previously reported, Microsoft announced that the new version of Windows, "Windows 10", will be released this summer. They have now confirmed that this new OS will release on July 29th. As many of you will already be aware, Windows 10 is going to be made available as a free upgrade for (most) users of Windows 7 and 8 for the first year.

In the past, some of our customers have queried why there's two charges for their website / email setup. Therefore, this month, we'll cover what the difference is between owning a domain name, and having a hosting account for that domain.