Tag: internet
The internet will stop in 2010 – I'd throw your computer away now if I were you
The internet is going to explode in the three seconds!
No, of course it isn’t but these are the kinds of things some newspapers would like you to believe.
The latest piece of semi-cataclysmic fear-mongery comes from the Metro and – just in case you weren’t worried enough about climate change, terrorism and immigration – they’re asking you to add to the list that the internet is doomed to grind to a halt in 2010…
China allows access to Wikipedia – but nothing dodgy about Tibet allowed
Chinese authorities seem to be gradually lessening their censorship rules to keep the IOC happy, with Wikipedia popping up for those stuck on the other side of the ‘Firewall of China’.
Select English-language pages now appear for vandalism, although try looking up ‘Tiananmen Square’ or ‘Tibet’ and you’ll still be greeted with an error message. Also, the Chinese-language pages are still blocked, so it’s either a temporary glitch in the awesome-sounding Golden Shield Project, or we’re seeing China start to appease foreign visitors…
Not ISPs' job to police the Internet, says CW's Charles Dunstone
Following last week’s news that Virgin Media may be the first ISP to police their customers in a bid to crack down on illegal downloaders, the chief executive of the Carphone Warehouse, Charles Dunstone, has said that it’s not an Internet Service Provider’s job to police the Internet…
Jakob Nielsen: getting old makes you slow! Really, wow
For every year you grow older, you go to 0.3% more web pages to find what you’re looking for and spend 0.5% longer trying to find it when you get there. That’s according to the results of a new study by web usability boffin, Jakob Nielsen…
Yahoo announces upgrade to OneSearch 2.0 voice-recognition mobile search software
More news from CTIA over in Las Vegas, this time from the Yahoo camp, who certainly isn’t letting bully-boy Microsoft get in the way of their new innovations.
Unveiled yesterday was their voice-enabled search function for mobile phones, OneSearch 2.0, created in partnership with voice-recognition firm Vlingo. It’s been in existence since early 2007, with 29 mobile network carriers offering the service.
Simply by speaking…
The Byron Report part 2 – Brown asks child psychologist for a four-year follow up
Impressed by her recent work and her sensitively-angled head, Gordon Brown has asked Dr Tanya Byron to compile a follow-up paper to her recent report on online child safety.
“The prime minister has asked if I would come back in 2011…
Famous blogger says Internet is dead, continues blogging anyway
According to Mark Cuban, a billionaire who made a lot of his money on and because of the Internet (and who now spends a lot of his time pissing off bloggers who try to report on the Dallas Mavericks) the Internet is dead.
Speaking at the CTAM (Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing) conference, he announced, “The Internet’s dead. It’s over.”
Funnily enough, though, Cuban still appears to be blogging, and that’s even after he grudgingly let amateur bloggers back in to his sports team…
OMGWOW! Emoticons: The Game – Out Now! OLOL!
iQ212, a developer that will no doubt become synonymous with creativity and ambition, has announced its first game. It is called ‘Emoticons’.
Orange offering discounted music as part of new mobile advertising trial
Orange is trialling a new ad-funded download service with nearly a million of its users, allowing them to get their hands on free or half-price music.
"No more social networks!" cry those with the cash
It seems that every other day there’s a new social network — or at least, new to me — and I’m left wondering just how many more social networks the world can cope with.
Seems like those with a lot of money (i.e. not me) to invest in such businesses agree, if the consensus at the Dow Jones Web Ventures conference this week is anything to go by…
