The end for social networking as we know it
As the founders of social networking site MySpace are moved aside there are feelings that there will be a wave of job cuts following a decline in members, social networking initially boomed with start-ups quickly growing from nothing to millions of users.
However, this market has slowed down significantly and still the money making potential of [...]
Opera 10 out on beta
It has been a long time coming, but finally the wait is over and Opera 10 has arrived in beta. On board the user will find a new look that feels better, runs faster and comes with a whole host of new features for the user to play with.
By using compression technology, the user will [...]
Wordpress 2.8 it is good.
It does not seem that long ago when Wordpress brought out the 2.7.1 version of the publishing application, yet it seems that they have already moved on from that and Wordpress 2.8 is already in beta test and would appear to be getting some great feedback.
Therefore, with the beta tester reporting that the new version [...]
Wi-Fi at airports essential
It is funny how things change over time, it was not that long ago when business travellers were more interested in luxury than anything else, but those days have long gone.
Sure the business traveller demands luxury and business class travel reflects that, but instead of glamorous food and surroundings, the business traveller today requires Wi-Fi [...]
Do not disconnect pirate’s plea from artists
There was a well publicised meeting of senior suit types from the government and entertainment industries last week, where the topic of internet piracy was high up on the agenda. The idea is still to force the internet service providers to disconnect the pirates.
The entertainment industry want to follow the French way of three strikes [...]
Google puts the s into search
Making a quick search on Google is simple enough and the average person simply takes it for granted that the results are best that the search engine can come up with, but people who use Google for work and other related searches are not so sure that the results are how they should be.
The common [...]
University records stolen by hackers
The University of California at Berkley Heath have announced that their health services division has suffered a severe breach of security and that there is a possibility of over 160,000 records of people involved at the university getting into the wrong hands.
Around 97,000 records contain the details of social security numbers were stolen, although it [...]
Steve Jobs would you to have his house
There can be a situation where someone has just too much money and Steve Jobs is just an example of this, there is no doubt that he has done a fantastic job and had a great career, he has earned the respect of most of us for what he has stood for.
Yet when it comes [...]
Why are botnets so hard to find
The rise of the botnet has been help by the rise of social networking and other user friendly applications that are appearing on the internet these days.
A user hears of something good or is sent a link to a site that offers a new and exciting way of making friends; they often have to download [...]
Could Google be the next Pirate Bay?
It is debatable whether or not the Pirate Bay will be remain online; it depends on how the next few weeks or months pan out.
So if the site is forced to close, what now for the many users who elect to seek out music, films and games downloads?
It has been suggested that even if the [...]
April Fools Google Style
The 1st April always throws up some interesting news stories or are they, this is the problem with April Fool’s Day, and it’s one of those occasions when almost any announcement or breaking news story is treated with suspicion, no matter how true it may be.
There are some carefully prepared pieces that get people thinking [...]
Boss of Google UK has house removed from street view
While the complaints come rolling in about Google’s Street View feature the boss of Google UK has made sure that his £2 million home in West London is not visible through the service.
Street View allows you to virtually stroll down any street on the database and at anytime turn 360 degrees as if you were [...]
CBS complain about YouTube bloggers
There many media groups who utilise the video site YouTube for clips and even reporting, yet one media organisation The Hoop Doctors have found that their YouTube account has been suspended causing them serious problems.
The problem starts with the complaints from CBS who have filed copyright complaints regarding a clip from a basketball match.
This is [...]
Making a wiki work
Surprisingly the first “Wiki” style pages started to appear during 1995, the term is used for a collection of pages that are produced by a number of different people in order to create an informative page.
Yet it seems that business has never embraced this part of the internet as they have done with blogs etc. [...]
The first computer working again
A computer built at Manchester University back in 1952 may have been the first of its kind, but the developers of the new machine which was named the Mark One or occasionally it was referred to as simply “Baby” had no idea what the machine could do.
However, it was found that if they entered hundreds [...]
Apple planning major event
It may be early days just now, but it seems that Apple are planning what is being called a “Major Event” although there are no precise details the initial date has been set for the 24th March and is being named as a desktop hardware event.
As with many of these types of things, there [...]
Yahoo to be streamlined
It is always the same when a new boss starts, things change and people get worried. This is no different at firms like Yahoo with the new chief executive Carol Bartz being recruited last month changes are on the way.
The word is streamlining which is not a word used when a company is thinking of [...]
Facebook backtrack on TOS
When an organisation the size the Facebook decide to revise their terms of service, it is never going to go unnoticed, in fact not only did this move attract attention it virtually caused a riot amongst the members.
The problem occurs with the data that members upload to the site; essentially, what Facebook claimed is that [...]
In flight internet flying into trouble
The introduction of in flight internet, is good for business as this opens up a new revenue stream for the airlines, who could really use a lift in these troubled times.
However, the staff of the airlines and in particular the flight crews are foreseeing that there could be trouble ahead as in flight internet becomes [...]
Teens a danger to themselves
For most parents the fact that their children on spending a lot of their spare time online is not a problem, but it turns out that for teenagers the greatest threat to them on the internet is actually themselves.
The chances of them being harmed in way by complete strangers is very rare, of course we [...]