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 [...]
Sheryl Crow gives away music
The popular singer Sheryl Crow is offering copies of her political take on the current world situation to anyone who signs up to join the Rock the Vote web site, or for anyone who wishes to be on the organisations mailing list.
However, as an extra bonus, for the first fifty thousand people who take up [...]
Google to buy Digg
This is another one of those on and off deals, but in reality, it looks as if it was always on this is because it would seem that both Digg and Google are close to putting pen to paper now. This deal could see Digg go to Google for as much as $200 million.
Digg [...]
July 18, 2008Mother uses internet for child’s illness
When Danielle Fisher aged, 13 fell ill, the first port of call would naturally be the local GP but when that fail to work then it was onto the local hospital. However, after six months the girls symptoms of fatigue and headaches remained undiagnosed.
However, when all else fails there is only one place to [...]
July 14, 2008Two days upcoming on Digg
For the many users of Digg there has been a few unannounced changed which are causing some questions to be asked as to the motives of the Upcoming section. This section is normally where a new news story would be placed for twenty four hours before moving on to wherever they go next.
But recently [...]
April 9, 2008Google and the Olympic torch
Do Google filter out news that is sensitive to certain people? This is the question being asked of them, as on the day when the Olympic Torch relay passed through London, anyone would have thought that the whole thing went off without a hitch.
Yet other media certainly did not hold back on the coverage [...]
March 26, 2008Businesses, families and blogging don’t mix
Being a manager within a large business has its perks, you get to know about all of the company operations such as takeovers and other major business decisions. But if you let you family know about the business deals and one of your children happens to like blogging, then you could be heading for serious [...]
February 8, 2008Using 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 [...]
You Tube gets royal approval
We have all got used the “Queens Speech” every year at 3.00 pm on Christmas day, in fact our Queen has will be making her fiftieth speech this year, which is quite a feat indeed.
But more than that the Queen have given her royal seal of approval to the “Royal Channel” which is going to [...]
Googles games means advertising heaven
Webmasters of games and other related sites may find that Google will have some great advertising opportunities soon with the purchase of the ad firm Adspace who place in game adverts; this is a serious advertising opportunity as the ads can be placed to appeal to certain groups of people depending on what the game [...]
October 31, 2007USA the Internet slowcoach
Despite having all of those companies and business people who have made so much money from the net, it would appear that the US is getting behind in the internet speed race.
This is in contrast to other countries having steamed ahead with new technology. Although there are no straight forward figures for anyone to actually [...]
Webmaster Assists in Suicides
There is a huge rise in the type of site offering suicide advice and assistance, these are mainly located in countries that have either no or are neutral to the world’s laws and law enforcement agencies. This makes monitoring these practices almost impossible as the people behind these “Businesses” can literally close up and start [...]
September 26, 2007Brit accused in internet scam
A couple have been charged with organising and operating an internet investment scam. The British man, Bryan John Marsden, 59, and his Malaysian born wife, Phan Sew Ken, 55, pleaded not guilty when they appeared in the Kuala Lumpur court.
They are charged with illegally collecting deposits via two internet based businesses. This took place [...]