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• 02 April 2009

• Opinion: Why the world needs Wikia Search

  Wikia Search always seemed like a non starter. Expecting a community driven, open-source search engine to rival Google is a laudable aim, but it never appeared realistic in the short term. And now it's gone.

• 01 April 2009

• Opinion: Today's April Fools' Day technology pranks

  News Editors the world over are on high alert this morning, and not because of Conficker. Mischievous marketing departments at some of the world's biggest companies are embracing April Fools' Day with a selection of press releases designed to hoodwink the masses, and no journalist wants to get caught out.

• 30 March 2009

• Opinion: PC Advisor readers back Google Street View

  A threat to our privacy, a tool for criminals or, quite simply, a complete waste of time and effort? Google Street View's UK launch earlier this month has sparked fierce debate about surveillance society and what gives the world's largest search engine the right to put photos of our homes and streets on the internet for all to see.

• 27 March 2009

• Opinion: Host your own online G20 summit

  Next week sees London host the G20 Summit and it seems to have ushered in a silly season of official over-reaction and spurious ways for interested individuals to get involved.

• Opinion: Firefox is finished: get Google Chrome

  Firefox is over. There, I've said it.

• 24 March 2009

• Opinion: All we are saying, is give Phorm a chance

  Phorm. Phorm, Phorm. Where did it all go wrong?

• 20 March 2009

• Opinion: Google Street View – Twitterers what are YOU doing?

  Google Street View launched in the UK yesterday to much interest. It took barely five minutes for concerns about privacy to be aired, though, and the search engine company has already bowed to pressure from some users and started removing photos.

• Opinion: What could tempt you back to Internet Explorer?

  Internet Explorer 8.0 is now available and, by all accounts, it's a decent web browser. But really, who cares?

• 18 March 2009

• Opinion: Twitter, Facebook updates halt court trials

  Two trials in the US have been halted after it was revealed jury members posted messages about the cases on social-networking sites.

• 17 March 2009

• Opinion: Kids use the internet a lot, Pope a Catholic

  So each month UK children spend an average of 43.5 hours online. And we're supposed to be surprised, even worried, by this? So it would seem, going by the deluge of press coverage.

• 12 March 2009

• Opinion: Twitter and the fear of digital exclusion

  I resisted, I really did. But eventually Twitter got me. One Tweet and I was in.

• 10 March 2009

• Opinion: Comic Relief offers digital red noses

  As part of Comic Relief's 'Do Something Funny for Money' campaign, the charity is encouraging users to donate money to the cause by offering web users the chance to put a digital red nose on their Twitter profile pic.

• 09 March 2009

• Opinion: TinyURL's a big hitter for Twitter

  "TinyURL is experiencing temporary dificulties." Yes, that's 'dificulties'.

• 24 February 2009

• Opinion: Apple Safari 4 beta is a Beautiful browser

  Apple's Safari browser has had a makeover and is now Beautiful. And smart. It's not smart enough for Apple to include a grammar-checker for its marketing, it seems.

• Opinion: Is Gmail down? Turn to Twitter

  Ever wondered whether your favourite website is actually down, or whether it's just an isolated problem at your end?

• 16 February 2009

• Opinion: PC Advisor jumps on the Twitter bandwagon

  ITV's announcement today that it is giving up on Friends Reunited - four years after it paid £175m for it - demonstrates that social-networking sites live a precarious existence. The must-visit website or Web 2.0 tool of today will get replaced by a Web 2.1 upstart tomorrow, meaning many of us leave several out-of-date profiles sitting around on the internet untouched.

• Opinion: How Facebook lost $11 billion dollars

  Due to a hefty dollop of technological ineptitude, we know that Facebook is worth $11 billion less Microsoft thought it was.

• 11 February 2009

• Opinion: Mind the gap folks, heres Google Latitude

  Google's Latitude has been thrust upon an unsuspecting world, to predictable howls from the privacy lobby.

• 05 February 2009

• Opinion: Stephen Fry Tweets his lift ordeal

  Tech-fan and Twitter regular Stephen Fry found a novel way to stave off the boredom when he got stuck in a lift - by updating his Twitter profile.

• 29 January 2009

• Opinion: What's your favourite video website?

  PC Advisor is looking for recommendations of your favourite video websites. Which sites serve up the best video content, and what makes them particularly attractive? Do you look for the widest variety of clips, or the best quality?

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