Microsoft Face The European Commission Again
Friday, den 21. December 2007Norwegian software firm, Opera, has filed a complaint to the European Commission against Microsoft for anti-competitive behaviour by bundling Internet Explorer packages with their programme. Opera have also said that Microsoft have refused to obey web standards making it impossible for browsers to be interoperable.
Microsoft have stated that putting IE into their packages have made it more beneficial for users. However, the EC have received the complaint from Opera and have further stated that they will investigate into this carefully. The complaint had claimed that the bundling of IE with Microsoft have put them in an unfair advantage above every other software and making competition much more difficult.
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Ofcom To ask For More Honesty From ISPs
Wednesday, den 19. December 2007Consumer satisfaction with Internet Service Providers has been slipping of late.
Broadband providers market their services with a view to supplying the fastest broadband service above all others. However, research shows that if you buy 8Mbit/s, you are actually quite unlikely to ever get more than 4Mbit/s.
Broadband speeds are affected by various factors including distance from exchange and network status but this is not made clear to consumers. Once contracts are signed, with the customer believing they will be getting the ultimate speed and performance from their ISP, they are then committed for at least 12 months.
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Politics and Google
Tuesday, den 18. December 2007Politics has not always been seen as the avant garde of the technical revolution but this is increasingly changing in the run up to the 2008 US presidential candidate race. In times gone past, with less on-demand information being available to the mass audience, candidates courted as many companies and unions in their campaign for votes. The visits to General Motors and other industrial powerhouses for question and answer sessions can be viewed as testament to this outdated form of attracting voters.
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URL Rewriting
Tuesday, den 18. December 2007
Search Engine Optimisation Techniques
The world of search engine optimisation (SEO) is a strange place to explore. There are many different ways to improve visibility in search engines and especially in Google. There is a right way to improve natural search engine rankings and a wrong way. Sadly many choose to turn to the dark side and exploit search engines in an incorrect manner. They use ‘black hat’ techniques to gain quick and easy positions without considering the consequences.
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Knol, the new world of knowledge
Monday, den 17. December 2007
Google has decided to carve itself out a share of the online information industry. With Wikipedia, Squidoo and Yahoo Answers proving so popular with the online public Google have seen the potential for another site in this already crowded market. What however will be their unique spin on the medium?
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Google – Good Guy, Bad Guy or Grinch!
Thursday, den 13. December 2007Businesses that rely on Google for higher rankings and achieving good sales target are probably finding December a difficult period, with Google being renowned for constantly changing algorithms and plummeting links to sites that it suspects is only using them to gain a high placement in search results, known as link-spam.
Google determines whether the incoming links are an “honest” representation of the site linking to you, so when it reduces their value in algorithm your website will fall dramatically down in the search engine results list. This could be fatal for companies/business that relies heavily upon organic search results, meaning a massive drop in trade for them.
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New Photo Recognition From Nokia
Thursday, den 13. December 2007For next year’s perfect Christmas present, get your name down for the latest technological advancement from Nokia.
New software applications are being developed for translation purposes with numerous uses. Chinese restaurants in the UK often equip their menus with English translations but not always. In China the chances of this are even less likely. So, if you don’t want to get your seaweed mixed up with your steak or your lychees confused with shark fin soup, try this.
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Google Searches Of The Year
Tuesday, den 11. December 2007Google recently released its fastest growing search terms for 2007, instead of compiling the list through search entries alone, Google have collated the list along the lines of growing numbers of searches. This filters out some of the ‘Britney’ background noise and gives a valuable insight into fashions throughout the year. Usually coming at the end of the year the list is slightly early in its announcement but with 2008 not far away it gives a representation of the trends present during 2007.
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Cyber War Is Waged
Monday, den 10. December 2007Organised and random acts of terrorism have been ousted from the number one position as the biggest threat to national security and have been replaced by a cyber cold war.
Cyber espionage has been under development for some years but has recently been stepped up from curiosity to an all out security threat. Government and military computer systems have come under sustained attempts by hackers. 120 countries have the technology to do this but it would seem China is the most advanced.
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HMV Target Gamers
Monday, den 10. December 2007HMV Target Gamers
HMV have responded to predictions that the CD market set to decline by 10% per annum by embracing the gaming market. With consumers increasingly downloading films and music CDs and DVDs have experienced a price deflation. HMV had made strides to improve the sales of DVD box-sets as these were perceived by the consumer to have a greater added value. However sales of these have slumped and prices have been slashed accordingly. A DVD box-set of the complete works of Hitchcock cost £90 last year but is now leaving the shelves for £25. The chief executive of HMV Simon Fox stated, “People are getting more for less”.
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