It’s unlikely that you have your own power station at home and you probably keep your money in a bank, not stuffed inside your mattress. But you almost certainly keep your important digital files, such as documents, photos, music and videos, on a hard drive in your house. Many people are well organised and decide [...]
General Information Archive
26th January 2012
New data protection proposed
A new law promising internet users the “right to be forgotten” will be proposed by the European Commission on Wednesday. It says people will be able to ask for data about them to be deleted and firms will have to comply unless there are “legitimate” grounds to retain it. The move is part of a [...]
16th January 2012
What to Expect From a WordPress Hosting Company
There are so many WordPress hosting companies in the world today that is often very bewildering for the user to know how to select the best company for their purposes. The Manchester based WordPress hosting company, 34SP.com, in common with most independent industry analysts, suggests that the novice looks at online user forums and, importantly, [...]
2nd January 2012
Samsung risks following Sony and IBM’s slide
It’s an old saying, but nonetheless often true, that a company cannot stand still, it will go one way or the other; could this be happening to Korean Giant Samsung? The South Korean firm could soon enter a sunset scenario that would see it follow other downturns. Just as the Roman and British empires rose [...]
27th December 2011
Top of the Christmas list
The iPhone 4S, which was released in October, made up a quarter of all handset sales in the four weeks before December 9, according to market research firm GfK, closely followed by Samsung’s Galaxy SII which was the second-best selling phone in the week up to December 9th. However, a big disappointment for Nokia’s new [...]
18th December 2011
Sky for Xbox Kinect App
Is this the way that entertainment will be going in the future as the Xbox’s latest update seeks to make the video games console a single hub for all sorts of home entertainment, whether this is films, TV or gaming, the Xbox with Kinect should be all you need. Controlled by gesture, voice or the [...]
24th November 2011
Spotify signs up 2.5m paying subscribers ahead of major announcement
Spotify the music streaming channel released the data today, 24 hours after sending out invites to journalists for an event next week, at which Daniel Ek, Spotify’s co-founder and chief, is expected to outline some major changes and say what is next for the business. A story of success, Spotify has added 500,000 paying subscribers [...]
19th November 2011
Schoolchildren should be taught to create software
There is now a strong move from government that it recognises that learning the skills to use ICT [Information and Communications Technology] effectively and acquiring the knowledge of the underpinning computer science are two different subjects. This move follows on from criticism of the education system by technology giants including Google and Microsoft. Earlier this [...]
9th November 2011
Facebook want changes to ask consent for privacy changes
Privacy campaigners have welcomed a report that Facebook is to ask users to opt into any changes in the way it uses their personal information. The popular social networking site was intending to go ahead with alterations to its members’ settings without asking for fresh consent. However, the website is changing its policy after an [...]
19th October 2011
Kindle hits Amazon profits
The kindle has been a huge success, but the tablet which stores hundreds of books which can be read electronically has hit the profits of the giant online retailer. The company, the world’s largest online internet retailer, said third quarter net income was £40m down. It was during this period Amazon launched the Kindle “Fire” [...]