Do you know your megabytes from your megapixels? If so, have a go at BBC News Online’s New Year Technology quiz. The ten questions will test your knowledge of the technology year. I got 7 out of 10 (4, 5,… Continue Reading
The BBC, and many other websites, keeps it’s message boards and have your say debates open 365 days a year, including Christmas and boxing day. Why? Well, for the BBC it makes perfect sense – our TV and radio broadcasts… Continue Reading
A California based technology company, Juniper Networks, is taking a group of anonymous message board users to court. The case, filed by in Santa Clara on December 14, claims that ten anonymous users, which it names as “Does 1-10” collectively,… Continue Reading
Australian police have reportedly arrested and charged a man with inciting violence by SMS text message. The man, who hasn’t been named, is accused of sending text messages encouraging people to gather at two beaches in Sydney during the race… Continue Reading
The New York Times website is using google maps to organise reader’s comments about the transportation system strike. Want to know how to get from where you live to work, what the bus queues are like, or whether a particular… Continue Reading
Yahoo has added yet another "tagging" based service to it’s portfolio of websites by acquiring social bookmarking service del.icio.us. I’m a big fan of user tagging of content and hope that this development, along with Yahoo’s recent acquisition of flickr,… Continue Reading
A few months ago, a colleague of mine let it slip that the BBC News website was moving it’s "Have Your Say" section to a new discussion platform. The main point of this was to ensure that there was transparency… Continue Reading
I often find that I don’t have time to read all the new emails in my inbox at a particular moment or on a particular day. Sometimes emails end up sitting, unread, in my inbox for a few days before… Continue Reading
Ever wondered what George Bush has on his iPod? No, me neither, but courtesy of BBC News Online we found out this week that he listens to Van Morrison, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eric Clapton and a few country singers I’ve… Continue Reading
As many readers will know, I use typepad, a hosted blogging service, to publish this blog. I originally chose typepad over other blogging platforms because I thought they had nicer design templates and because I was hoping to, eventually, move… Continue Reading