BBC Click eReader reviews
Posted by: neilmbailey on: November 30, 2009
Interesting four-minute review of the latest eReaders BBC Click
Cloud Computing
Posted by: neilmbailey on: July 9, 2009
A quick guide to the concept of Cloud Computing can be found here on Crave.
BT abandon Phorm
Posted by: neilmbailey on: July 6, 2009
Shares in Phorm tumbled more than 40% today on the news that BT was abandoning the project. Full story from MediaGuardian
UPDATE JULY 9 09: Carphone Warehouse’s TalkTalk has also announced it’s leaving Phorm
iPhone 3G s reviews
Posted by: neilmbailey on: June 19, 2009
Looking good, but at too high a price?
And here’s another piece from gadget site Crave on the cost of upgrading.
Phorm faces a “critical six months”
Posted by: neilmbailey on: June 11, 2009
Struggling with concerns about customer privacy and a lack of commitment from UK ISP, behavioural advertising company Phorm faces a critical six months according to this article in The Guardian.
New iPhone
Posted by: neilmbailey on: June 9, 2009
The BBC’s reporting a mixed reception to Apple’s new iPhone: it’s faster, has greater capacity (at a price) and promises better battery life, but the other new features don’t really make it a must-have upgrade. Details here
The next version of Windows – in five minutes
Posted by: neilmbailey on: May 28, 2009
The BBC News technology programme Click has an informative feature on the new version of Microsoft Windows (due later this year). Here’s the link
Behavioural targeting and Phorm
Posted by: neilmbailey on: May 20, 2009
An explanation of how online advertising bevahioural targetting works (or is supposed to) can be found in this post on the BBC Internet Blog It’s somewhat contentious that the BBC should be talking about such things, of course.
New iPhone rumours
Posted by: neilmbailey on: May 20, 2009
Apple’s Worldwide Developers conference has in the past been where CEO Steve Jobs announces new products to Mac enthusiasts. On June 8th this year Mr Jobs will be absent but the announcements regarding new iPhone technology are fully expected, with the rumour mill running high.
According to this report, the new iPhone will be rubberised and be seriously beefed up, whilst this report from the Wall Street Journal suggests that there will be a whole family of new iPhones, but they won’t be announced until Jobs’ return at the end of the month.
Whatever the exact timing, there’s no doubt something is afoot: Apple and O2 are both clearing out existing iPhone inventory from their warehouses – expect some price cutting in the next few weeks leading up to announcements of the new models.
Google apologise for service disruption
Posted by: neilmbailey on: May 15, 2009
Even the mighty sometimes stumble. Anyone with a GMail account or other services from Google will have noticed major problems on Thursday (May 14th). Full coverage here: BBC News
Tech News from WEBUSER
- Is Lady Gaga a man? asks the web in 2009 November 30, 2009Question-and-answer-based search engine Ask Jeeves has revealed the most common queries of 2009.
- Fake lottery scam warning November 30, 2009The Office of Fair Trading has issued a warning about fake lottery scams, thought to generate some £260m for cybercriminals every year.
- Royal Society launches interactive timeline November 30, 2009The Royal Society has made some of its most influential and intriguing scientific papers available to the public to celebrate the organisation's 350th birthday.
- Tiger Woods car crash video warning November 30, 2009Cybercriminals are attempting to trick surfers looking for information about golfer Tiger Woods' car crash.
- Twitter voted top English word of 2009 November 30, 2009The name of micro-blogging site Twitter has topped a list of the most popular words of the year.
News from TRUSTED REVIEWS
- Google & Bing Reveal Hottest Trends of 2009Numerous surprises in the world of web searching.
- Nokia Considers Selling Mobile Phone Division?Different parts of the company state different things - never a good sign.
- Lenovo Buys Back Mobile Phone BusinessRealises its mistake at considerable cost.
- Firefox 3.7 Alpha Launches With Direct2D GPU RenderingBeats IE9 to the punch in what could be one of the most significant upgrades to web browsing in many years.
- Aino Becomes 2nd Sony Ericsson Phone to Fail In a WeekWho on earth is doing the pre-release testing?!
BBC Technology News
- Game firm pursues virtual thieves November 30, 2009
- Stephen Gately tops Google search November 30, 2009
- BT boss has only broadband home November 30, 2009
