March 30, 2006
Government websites failing
Link: Government websites failing
Filed under: Web Development News, Webmaster News, Internet News
by Brian Turner
The University of Southampton has released a study that shows that 60% of UK government websites contain serious HTML errors, and fail W3C standards on website design.
A big part of the problem is that the websites are designed specifically for Internet ...
March 29, 2006
Google deletes GoogleBlog - by accident
Link: Google deletes GoogleBlog - by accident
Filed under: Blogs, Google News
by Brian Turner
Google today admitted that an employee accidentally deleted the company's official blog.
The Google Blog is an online journal that Google has primarily used as a public relations tool and method of communication with the public.
Although Google attempted to make light of the issue, ...
Huge numbers of websites attacked
Link: Huge numbers of websites attacked
Filed under: Software News, Webhosting News, Webmaster News, Technology News, Internet News
by Brian Turner
Huge numbers of websites are being indirectly attacked, as the nameservers that tell the internet where to find them are directly targeted.
Using Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, the servers are flooded with useless information that can cause them to crash.
Individual servers ...
eBay threatened with closure for infringement
Link: eBay threatened with closure for infringement
Filed under: Ecommerce News
by Brian Turner
eBay, the huge online sales and auction service, is being threatened with closure of a key service over patent infringements.
The dispute is with the company MercExchange, who have already successfully argued in the American courts that two of its patents have been infringed ...
Superfast Bluetooth for next generation wireless
Link: Superfast Bluetooth for next generation wireless
Filed under: Mobile News, Technology News
by Brian Turner
A superfast form of Bluetooth - a wireless technology for connecting computer devices - is on its way, and supported by industrial heavy-weights in hardware and software.
Promising speeds nearer 100 megabits per second, as compared to the standard 1 megabit per ...
Beatles fight Apple
Link: Beatles fight Apple
Filed under: Companies News, Legal News, Apple News
by Brian Turner
The Beatles Apple Corps record company is taking Apple Computers to court.
The row is over the use of "Apple" as a trademark for the music business.
Both companies have been in conflict before, and the current action is over a claim of breach of argument ...
March 28, 2006
Pensions protests halt Britain
Link: Pensions protests halt Britain
Filed under: Pensions News, Political News, Employment News, Economy News
by Brian Turner
Over 1 million Council Workers have gone on strike in the UK, bringing large parts of local government to a halt.
The strike is over protests to back-date new pension rules, which will prevent any council worker from retiring on a full-pension at age ...
March 27, 2006
More serious bugs bite Internet Explorer
Link: More serious bugs bite Internet Explorer
Filed under: Browsers, Microsoft News, Security News
by Brian Turner
Microsoft was today warning that three new Internet Explorer vulnerabilities put users at risk.
One simply causes IE to crash, but the other two are more malicious, and allow a third-party to take control of a users PC.
The warning comes as the security record ...
London prices blow housing bubble bigger
Link: London prices blow housing bubble bigger
Filed under: Property Market News, Economy News
by Brian Turner
Property prices in London have started going up again, pushing overall UK lending figures up on the month.
While it has been predicted already that house prices would see a small revival early 2006, few are optimistic that house prices will do anything but ...
March 23, 2006
Search online for offline shopping
Link: Search online for offline shopping
Filed under: Ecommerce News, Marketing News
by Brian Turner
According to ComScore, 63% of search-related purchases happen offline.
The study, sponsored by Google, was run in December 2005, and tracked 11 retail categories and the search behaviour of 83 million Americans.
Certainly it underlines an important point - simple stats tracking of online PPC ...
March 22, 2006
Gordon Brown delivers…speech
Link: Gordon Brown delivers…speech
Filed under: Pensions News, Political News, Economy News
by Brian Turner
Gordon Brown today delivered his budget speech, which for all intents and purposes was more talk than action.
Having failed their own targets for reducing child poverty, Gordon Brown went into damage limitation by announcing a round of increased funding for schools - something that's ...
Windows closed for Christmas
Link: Windows closed for Christmas
Filed under: Hardware News, Microsoft News
by Brian Turner
Microsoft have announced that release of their next-generation Operating System for Windows - Vista - will now be delayed to January 2007.
Business users will have access to Windows Vista from November of this year, but normal consumers will have to wait until ...
French bite Apple; Apple bitter-sweet
Link: French bite Apple; Apple bitter-sweet
Filed under: Political News, Legal News, Apple News
by Brian Turner
Yesterday, the French lower Parliament voted to force all music downloads in the country to be cross-compatible between different services and devices.
Today Apple responded angrily, calling the proposed law "state-sponsored piracy".
However, they also bullishly suggested that sales of iPods - Apple's key ...
Defamation ruled in messageboard case
Link: Defamation ruled in messageboard case
Filed under: Legal News, Webmaster News
by Brian Turner
A man has been awarded £10,000 in damages, after a woman posted repeated abuse and allegations against him on a Yahoo! message group.
The man in question was a member of the UK Independence party, and the allegations made against him varied ...
March 20, 2006
Online banking struggles with IE7
Link: Online banking struggles with IE7
Filed under: Browsers, Ecommerce News, Microsoft News, Internet News
by Brian Turner
The Royal Bank of Scotland is warning users that it's online banking facility will not work with Internet Explorer 7.
The warning comes as Microsoft prepares to launch Internet Explorer 7 this summer.
Some banks use somewhat antiquated online banking systems, and the Royal ...
March 16, 2006
Retail sales continues weakness
Link: Retail sales continues weakness
Filed under: Property Market News, Employment News, Ecommerce News, Business News, Economy News
by Brian Turner
Retail sales saw another fall last month according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), continuing a trend in weak consumer spending.
In a year-on-year comparison, retail sales were down 0.9% on the same period in 2005.
The figures also co-incide with a slight ...
RFID tags vulnerable to virus attack
Link: RFID tags vulnerable to virus attack
Filed under: Hardware News, Mobile News, Security News
by Brian Turner
Radio Frequency ID tags - aka RFID - are smart barcodes using radio signals, that allow for easy tracking of goods from suppliers to distributors to consumers.
Made from a tiny computer chip and radio emitter, they are expected to eventually replace barcodes.
Unfortunately, they've ...
March 13, 2006
Police threaten copper bloggers
Link: Police threaten copper bloggers
Filed under: Blogs, Legal News
by Brian Turner
"These blogs reveal what actually goes on behind the glossy, PR-friendly corporate image put across by most forces, and threatens to actually inform the public as to what police officers do."
That's the statement of police blogger Bow Street Runner, who claims ...
CIA secrets found online
Link: CIA secrets found online
Filed under: Political News, Legal News, Internet News
by Brian Turner
Just searching the internet, the Chicago Tribune claims to have uncovered a list of 2,653 CIA employees, and details of 24 secret CIA facilities.
While the information behind the claims has not been published, it highlights the freely available nature of information ...
March 8, 2006
MPs for tougher sentencing on hackers
Link: MPs for tougher sentencing on hackers
Filed under: Political News, Legal News, Security News, Internet News
by Brian Turner
Cross-party support for a bill amendment in the House of Commons could see substantial increases of maximum sentences handed out to hackers.
The move could also see other attempts to damage or disable websites as carrying a stronger criminal penalty.
The amendment is being made ...
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