Technology Mashup

Thoughts from my first 5 minutes of using Google Chrome

Ok, so I've checked it out on my windows box and I must say its very impressive. My corporate system is very secure, and Chrome seems to have coped with the proxy very well. Here are my notes.

Interesting article from Mark Watts on the Risk Management blog at Computer Weekly today with the snippet below requiring Britain to respond to the EU commissioner in respect of whether Phorm complies with data protection legislation.

It's not clever and it's not grown up, but I found this strangely amusing.

Just decide what to ask, and watch the results!

Hint: "Stand on your head" produces disappointing results. "Blow me a kiss" really made me laugh...

http://www.subservientchicken.com/

“NATION shall speak peace unto nation.” Eighty years ago, Britain’s state broadcasters adopted that motto to signal their hope that modern communications would establish new bonds of friendship between people divided by culture, political boundaries and distance.

For those who still cling to that ideal, the latest trends on the Internet are depressing...

Developments in Online Advertising

By Steve Nimmons

Online advertising has been with us since the earliest days of the Internet and where ‘eyeballs meet content’ advertisers will always be close by. We have travelled an immense distance in the last 15 years. The first Web portals were (almost uniformly and tastelessly) bedecked with every imaginable flashing widget that might attract a valuable click-through. I will spare the early designers blushes but some sites would today come with health warnings for photosensitive epilepsy.

My advice would be for removal of all of the clutter on the MySpace interface and there are too many really rather annoying adverts. Group searches I think are also quite weak on MySpace compared with Facebook.

MySpace prepares for re-design - MySpace prepares a major redesign next week as it tries to attract more casual users and increase the amount of time its members spend online.

Internet key to Obama victories - The Democrats seem to have a decisive advantage in using the internet as a campaigning tool in the presidential election.

[BBC UK Technology News]

Card details stolen in web hack - Card details of up to 38,000 customers are stolen after the Cotton Trader website is hacked, the BBC learns.

[BBC UK Technology News]

Web users 'fear media intrusion' - Most users of social networking websites are concerned about media intrusion, a survey suggests.

[BBC UK Technology News]

EU calls for net address upgrade - Time is running out for Europe to embrace the net's new addressing system, Brussels warns.

[BBC UK Technology News]

YouTube law fight 'threatens net' - Legal action against YouTube by content giant Viacom, threatens internet freedom, says owner Google.

[BBC UK Technology News]

Web users 'getting more selfish' - Web users are getting more impatient, selfish and ruthless when going online, research suggests.

[BBC UK Technology News]

Interesting density stats, but of course the speed quality is likely to be lower in rural areas so there is a 'bigger' picture to consider in terms of overall utility...

Rural homes dominate broadband UK - Rural households are now more likely to have a broadband connection than residents of towns, says Ofcom.

[BBC UK Technology News]

It did seem inevitable that with the Microsoft deal off that Yahoo! and Google might 'cosy up'. Any consolidation in the search market is bound to trigger palpitations for the regulators - and rightly so.

Alarm at Google Yahoo partnering - US advocacy groups urge regulators to block any deal Google and Yahoo might strike after a two-week experiment.

[BBC UK Technology News]