Since my J.O.B. involves working in academic environments, I’m naturally attuned to anything going on in that arena. Techdirt reported today on a new Slashdot article about how professors want to pull the internet plug in classrooms. This is not…
Reported in GigaOm that Apple has a patent aplication out that suggests that it is building a virtual store with an immersive 3d environment that is less “cold and sterile” than othe web stores. The rumour that accompanies this is…
An AP report on a survey conducted by Accenture indicate that the overwhelming majority of Internet users use a single username/password combination for the majority, if not all, of the websites they visit. The problem with this is obvious, if…
Most of the readers here have been around the Internet and its pre-cursors for a while and are familiar with the groups that almost all commentors fall into. There are loosely 3 groups in increasing order of prevelance: those that…
There is a great article in the New York Times today talking about how many techno addicts are so connected to that the only time they are free of their electronic Internet leash is when the sleep. I know very well what…
Since being offered a 62% premium over their market capitalisation from Microsoft to buy the company, Yahoo executives have been doing everything they can to avoid getting sold. They have shopped around for other buyers and looked to adopt poison…
When deciding what sort of information you want to publish about yourself online, you almost need to treat yourself like a brand you are marketing. It is always worth a second thought about how a piece of information may impact…