Hardly a week goes by without a news story, where an outage impacts key online services. Twitter has had a series of well-documented resilience issues and more recently, errors have impacted Skype’s services too. Typically, when a tech issue hits a large tech company, they are up and running again pretty swiftly. However, when a…
The BBC news announced today that The British Library wants to archive every British website, for posterity. This GREAT IDEA has been dedicated quite a bit of air time on TV and radio – as well as coverage on the BBC website.
The coverage is all about how important it is not to lose these websites, as they are a part of the Internet’s heritage. They say that we don’t want to lose these sites for ever – Good point.
But – The service already exists!
Until recently, the most followed people on Twitter were generally the top tech ‘celebrities’ – people you and I know, but the average man or woman on the street would never have heard of! Kevin Rose, Leo Laporte, Veronica Belmont and Scoble etc. However, this is all starting to change; thanks to the arrival of…
Today, Apple announced the best quarterly revenue and earnings figures in their history! Despite the credit crunch, the daily reports of doom and gloom (and lay-offs across the IT sector), Apple are growing like never before. Apple record profits Apple.com reported some amazing results pretty-much across the board, though iPhone sales where below many experts…
Is the release of the Microsoft Windows 7 public beta a success story or not? The answer seems to depend on who you listen to. Let me explain! Windows 7 is no Vista! It seems that the generally positive reviews of the Windows 7 beta, have generated the kind of buzz that Vista could only…
Why doesn’t the tech news industry make better use of technology? These guys know better than most, that with some simple software and an Internet connection, you can now attend seminars / keynotes and also review software – without actually leaving your computer. This stuff’s been around for years! However, it seems that although they…
Windows 7 seems to be getting some pretty positive reviews right now. I used it on one of my machines a couple of weeks ago and I have to admit, it was quite impressive. However, I think the price of Windows 7 is going to have to be pretty impressive too, if Microsoft want to…
So, Steve Jobs has announced that the claims that he is ‘on his death bed’ are all unfounded. The Apple CEO is apparently suffering from a hormonal imbalance, which is why he’s dropped so much weight and looks so sick. This news comes after we were previously told by Apple, that his gaunt appearance was caused…
UPDATE: Please read this – why Windows 7 should have been FREE for every Vista user! OK, up front I am NOT a Microsoft hater. I use XP on one of my PC’s and have a laptop that came with Vista Home Premium pre-installed. Yes, I also use a MacBook Pro and have a Linux…
Separated at birth – My avatar and Moby! I asked my Twitter buddies over the weekend, if my avatar looked like Moby. I was contacted by @Geek_News from the GeekNews.Net blog. He sent me a link to the picture of Moby below, which pretty-much confirms that me and Moby are in fact identical twins! ….
