Canadian soldiers not to post on FaceBook
The heads of the Canadian military have been telling their troops not to place any personal information on social networking sites such as FaceBook and MySpace. This has come as they believe that this information could be used against them by terrorist groups who could in turn use this information to get at the families, [...]
February 27, 2008$21 billion advertising on the net
Revenues coming from online advertising have for the first time reached $21 billion, this milestone was achieved through the year 2007, and when compared to 2006 which showed a revenue of $17 billion, it is clear that there has been a rise of nearly twenty five per cent.
However the industry is saying that this sort [...]
Girls use net more than boys
Despite popular belief it would seem that it is girls rather than boys who are using the internet more, this means that the “Geek” boy is nothing but a figment of our imaginations for today internet users. In a survey it was found that of those that create web content, blog, add images like photographs [...]
February 22, 2008The Ubuntu five a day
Ubuntu needs your help! The Linux based operating system needs some debugging done; this is a great opportunity for people to get involved in the improvement of this system. But for those who are not sure, what is Ubuntu?
The Ubuntu promise
Ubuntu will always be free of charge, including enterprise releases and security updates.
Ubuntu comes with [...]
The web under attack!
Its been a couple of weeks since the underwater cable problems that has effected the middle and far eastern regions of the world, the loss of these cables initially caused severe problems for the regions but since the traffic has been redirected the network is slow and in some cases on and off occasionally.
These cables [...]
How not to design an icon
Icons are great on a site they add a different feel to how the whole thing works, but sometimes the icons are just plain wrong for the site, these may be because they are not made well or they are just not very well designed. Either way a bad looking icon can make a good [...]
February 18, 2008Yahoo slims down design team
Despite being well over valued by Microsoft, it still appears that the company is finding it tough, so much so that they have apparently fired the whole of the design team. Its not as if they had nothing to do, they were supposed to be working on the next generation design ideas.
But as the company [...]
Web development using Firefox
For some people the choice between using Firefox and Windows is down to a matter of choice and preference but as with Apple and other PC’s there has become this allegiance to one or the other and in some case users are missing out on some really great benefits through no other reason than those [...]
February 13, 2008Top Pirate flees the authorities
Geremi Adam is the worlds top pirate for making copies of films, he would go under the name of Adam aka “maVen” has disappeared off the face of the earth he has been linked with pirating many films, from ‘The Bourne Supremacy’ and ‘Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire’ through to ‘Spongebob Squarepants’ to [...]
February 12, 2008Facebook a life sentence
Joining a social networking site like Facebook would normally be a great experience and most people, who have signed up and filled in their profiles have been very pleased with the results, by meeting new and old friends, some even use it for business.
But changes in the way Facebook is run have made some members [...]
Using Google to the full
Google is so much more than just a search engine, granted it is probably the best search engine to use and everyone wants to be on the first page of their search terms, but it can do much more and here are a few examples which you may find very handy:
Different Types of Files at [...]
World economies at the mercy of the sea
There seems to be news about the damaged undersea cables coming out almost every day, the unofficial count is now set at five cables that have been cut or damaged, but it would also that it is only affecting one particular region, Asia, the Middle East and North Africa, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United [...]
February 6, 2008Policing web advertising
Advertising on the internet is you would have thought a serious business, but with revenues for the year 2007, the figure was around $36 billion which is a lot of money, but still only around eight per cent of the annual advertising spend across the globe, so there is much scope for improvement or is [...]
February 4, 2008Complete working freedom
Anyone who works completely via a computer often dreams of just packing up and travelling off to some beach somewhere and working from there, where it warm, dry and just a little bit out of the rat race.
But it’s the practicalities of actually getting down to doing that often stops us from just grabbing [...]
Internet fails in Asia and Middle East
There has been an internet blackout that covers two continents, parts of Asia, Middle East and even parts of North Africa have been crippled, making some business struggle with other means of communications.
Apparently there was damage made to some undersea cables but there is no other information as to how this happened, but it is [...]