Tag: internet
British Internet users wasting time 'wilfing' online
A new report suggests that two out of three UK Internet users waste significant portions of time to irrelevant web browsing. "Wilfing" is one of those irritating new technology-related acronyms that means "What Was I Looking For?", and occurs when…
Microsoft reveal mobile Internet browser prototype
Microsoft has unveiled a prototype mobile Internet browser which it claims will mirror the ease of going online via a desktop PC. Deepfish aims to solve the problems of slow loading, unintuitive pages that look different to what the user…
UK Internet users failing to take responsibility for online safety
A new study from the Get Safe Online (GSO) campaign revealed that nearly one in eight UK web users were a victim of online fraud last year, and that the average personal loss totalled £875, not to mention the stress…
UK's busiest eBay street is in a Norfolk village
Though I think our household comes close for Internet deliveries (we're certainly almost on first name terms with the staff at the local Post Office sorting office), a street in a Norfolk village trade more items on the eBay auction…
Saturday 24th March 2007 is Shutdown Day
A global experiment takes place tomorrow. Shutdown Day is an Internet experiment to see whether people can manage without their computers for one whole day – 24 hours. With so many people reliant, even addicted to computers and the Internet,…
Find love on public transport with On The Same Track web service
"We've all been there. We see someone on our train journey and wish there was an easy way to chat to him/her. Let's face it, it's more difficult in real life." That's the opening gambit of the new networking web…
Wiki service to rival Google and Yahoo?
The founder of online user-edited encyclopaedia Wikipedia claims that his company is ready to take on the might of Google and Yahoo, and grab as much as 5% of the search engine market. Speaking in Tokyo, Jimmy Wales said that…
DVD Forum approve CSS Managed Recording specification for download DVDs
CSS Managed Recording, a technology allowing films to be downloaded from the Internet and burnt to DVD using the same content protection system as commercial DVDs, was approved by the DVD Forum yesterday. The main requirement is that different blank…
Tim Berners-Lee speaks out against DRM and for Net Neutrality
Grandfather of the world wide web, Tim Berners-Lee, has appealed to the US Congress to protect the concept of Net Neutrality. He also questioned the value of Digital Rights Management (DRM) He said that it was very important for lawmakers…
NSPCC to inhabit Habbo Hotel to spread anti-bullying message
Whilst it's more fashionable for companies and charities to get in on Second Life, there are other virtual worlds that are getting a presence from large organisations. The UKs leading children's charity, the NSPCC, is to set up a temporary…
