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Dogbert the CEO Starts an Internet Business
I used to read Dilbert everyday in my youth, before I went to University. My mum used to send the newspaper clippings to me at Uni each week. The other day a friend posted a link to a recent cartoon, it was the first time I had read a Dilbert strip ...
Facebook Servers Down, Games Broken, No Scrabble
Early this evening we reported how Twitter was struggling under the massive demand for its services. Now Facebook is struggling. I cannot play Scrabble! It’s my move! This is a disaster! And Mafia Wars is very sluggish. Social Media? Social Dec...
Has Twitter Reached Its Capacity?
Today Twitter was full. Just an error message saying that there were too many people tweeting and a request to try again later. Twitter is now HUGE. Are its servers big enough for further expansion? Not really sure what their image represents on thi...
What is Google Analytics Intelligence?
Google Analytics has a new tool in Beta called Intelligence. It allows users to set up alerts. At the moment we do not know much more. This is how it is described by Google (analytics.blogspot.com): “How would you like to have 24-hour a day acc...
Big Microsoft Windows Update Tomorrow
Microsoft is set to release a big operating system update tomorrow, 13th October, to close some security loop holes and improve performance. The update will be the biggest single software update ever released by Microsoft. In total 34 different secur...
From the SlashDot Effect to the Bolt Factor
This week has been another exciting week in athletics, as Usain Bolt has been smashing sprint world records again (his own records no less). This he resulted in a huge increase in traffic on the Internet as people search to find out more about him, w...
Another DNS Attack on Twitter
Cannot access Twitter again today. Last week there was reports of a DNS attack on Twitter, maybe it is happening again. Currently just getting a server error for the site. HTTP Server Error 503 No available server to handle this request More soon....
Nokia and Microsoft to Produce New Smartphones
Nokia and Microsoft and joining forces to produce a new range of smartphones (mobiles with internet access, email, social networking etc.). Between them they hope to strengthen their market position against the highly successful Blackberry from RIM, ...
Yahoo Ditches Its Search Engine and Uses Bing Instead
In the news today, biggest Search Engine story for some time. Yahoo Search is dead. It will use Bing’s engine for its search. The partnership between Yahoo and MS is finally taking shape. Microsoft will acquire an exclusive 10 year license t...
Google Comes Of Age as Conservatives Suggest Storing NHS Data on its Servers
The British conservative party have suggested that they will use Google or Microsoft to store and manage patient data for the National Health Service. This may come as a surprise to most web users who still think of Google as still being just a searc...
Bing To Show Twitter Updates in Search Results
Bing is taking its battle with the mighty Google seriously. When Bing was first launched people thought that it was simply a rebranding of the old Microsfot Search Engine. But they have bigger plans in the pipeline, and are looking at ways to get fre...
Michael Jackson Has Died
We have just heard that Michael Jackson has died of a heart attack at his home. Shocking news. He was only 50, and leaves 3 children....
SimonSeeks.com - New Travel Website that Rewards Holiday Makers
A new travel website has been launched this week. Simonseeks.com is much like any other holiday review site on the surface, however it is unique. The aim is to allow holiday makers to write up their own travel guides, and in return they can receive a...
Sportingbet.com Announces Football Betting Raising Revenue
The recession has badly affected many online casinos, as people chose to find less expensive hobbies. However, one areea of online gambling has seen an increase. Betting on football (soccer) matches is currently experiencing a period of sustained gro...
Gumblar - virus Threat to the Internet - How to Remove
The Gumblar virus is on the warpath infecting more home computers and more websites everyday. Unlike other viruses, it is not infecting computers with the sole aim of stealing credit card details. It infects a computer with the ultimate aim of creati...
Natasha Richardson’s Death Exploited by Hackers
Computer security firm Sophos has warned that many new websites have sprung up that are exploiting the death of actress Natasha Richardson. Many of the sites are designed to attract people that are searching for information on her life and the tragic...
Facebook Undergoes another minor makoever
Just noticed Facebook is looking a little smoother around the edges, and also that user “status” has been replaced with “What’s on your mind?”. User profile photos now have rounded edges too. On the home page there is ...
Mobile Photography with Android and Picasa
Since buying my G1 I have been playing about with the built in digital camera. It has proved to be better than I expected, although by no means as good as my Canon DSLR. However, what makes a digital camera so good on a Google phone is the ease at wh...
Radio Caroline Online is 10 Years Old
Radio Caroline was the first and most famous of the UK’s pirate radio stations. It started transmissions in 1964, on Easter Sunday, from a ship anchored in international waters off the coast of Felixstowe, Suffolk. Radio Caroline is now legal t...
Roundhill Labs Release wpToGo Upgrade
The second upgrade in a week is now available, wpToGo, the leading Wordpress aplication for Android mobile devices, now supports tags. Other bug fixes include force closures and blank titles. Well done Dan, project manager at Roundhill Labs. WpToGo i...
Where has my GMail Gone
It seems that the might Google are having some server issues today. Although I can access my GMail account new emails are not coming in. I have tested my pop3 accounts and these are working OK, so it is definately a Google problem. This is the first ...
wpToGo Upgrade Available For Android
Good news for Wordpress bloggers with an Android mobile device, a new version of wpToGo has been released. The latest version allows for multiple accounts as well as photo uploading. Great work from the author who had announced that he did not have t...
3G in the park
It seems that my 3G conection is good in the park near where I work. Not a big park either and surrounded by buildings. It is lunchtime, and I managed to log in to my blog in record time. Maybe the problems I was having was that Caffe Nero on London ...
Nokia Opens Its Doors To Skype
Nokia has announced that it is planning to offer Skype on some new mobile phones. Skype allows free Skype to Skype calls and also discounted calls on Skype Out. Customers can also have their own Skype In telephone number. Three, the UK network provid...
Microsoft Reveals the iPhone and Android Rival
Microsoft has announced that it is confident that its latest mobile phone software is solid enough to knock iPhone off its pedestal. This also does not bode well for Google’s Android phone, the G1. Microsoft claim that there new mobile phone s...
WordPress 2.7.1 is available! Please update now.
Exciting. Well, sort of, in a geeky kind of way. The last Wordpress upgrade introduced automatic upgrades, so this new release, 2.7.1, is the first time that we can test it. I have tried it on one blog, and glad to say that it worked a treat. No more...
G1 Connection to 3G Very Slow Today
I was planning to write up a new article this lunch hour for my health and fitness blog, but a painfully slow internet prevented me from doing anything for the first 40 minutes. So now I have time just for a brief rant, and a warning to fellow mobile...
G1 Test Blog
Today I finally bought myself a new phone, and opted for the Google G1 phone from T-mobile. So far I am very pleased. The keyboard is actually much easier to use than I thought it would be. My thumbs could be a little thinner, but I am typing this wi...
Google Is Only Human - Error Leads to Every Website Declared as Harmful
Yesterday a strange thing happened on the internet - well on Google, but for many, Google *is* the internet. All searches made on the Google search engine were labelled as “This site may harm your computer”. Google kindly places a warning...
Google has a new favicon / logo
Today Google’s blue G disappeared, and was replaced by a colourful favicon. Is this a permanent change, or just something temporary to mark an event? The colours are the same as those on the Chrome browser, i.e. Google’s blue, red, green ...
