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Hello World! See how creative the Start Software developers are when using the Alpha Anywhere development tool (Tue, 14 Dec 2021)We've just had a lot of fun presenting one of Alpha Software's weekly Wednesday webinars for their Alpha Anywhere development environment. Our topic? How to do something very boring - the classic newbie programmer's "Hello World!" app - in increasing interesting, complex and bizarre ways! Hope you enjoy watching the recording of it here on YouTube. We certainly enjoyed putting it together! If we can help you with your Alpha Anywhere software developments - perhaps you need some support, some mentoring, or perhaps you even need a system looking after - do get in touch.
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Start Software is proud to be a Living Wage Employer (Tue, 22 Oct 2019)
We are delighted to announce that Start Software is now officially a Living Wage Employer.
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Alpha Software webinar to feature Start Software (Fri, 04 Nov 2016)
Alpha Software (creators of the awesome Alpha Anywhere software development platform) are running a series of webinars throughout the autumn and Start Software's director Robin Bennett is presenting on 30 November.
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BBC News
CrowdStrike boss says 97% of crashed systems fixed (Fri, 26 Jul 2024)It's estimated 8.5 million devices were disabled by a faulty update from the cyber-security firm.
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Autumn date to fix blood transfusion services (Fri, 26 Jul 2024)
The systems were affected by a hack on the NHS, which caused significant disruption.
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ChatGPT reveals search feature in Google challenge (Thu, 25 Jul 2024)
OpenAI is working on adding new search powers to its artificial intelligence (AI) bot.
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