More Broadband Opinion

  • 02 October 2009

  • Opinion: Bing vs Google: is Microsoft losing its grip?

    Don't look now, but Microsoft's search engine may be starting to lose its momentum. Following a few months of modest growth, the search engine formerly known as Live seems to be reverting toward its pre-Bing levels.

  • 01 October 2009

  • Opinion: Google Wave: Holy Grail or another disappointment?

    Google Wave is another grab for the Holy Grail of collaborative computing. But will it be more successful than previous attempts?

  • 29 September 2009

  • Opinion: Happy birthday Google. I can't live without you

    Google turned 11 yesterday, and it's hard to believe the company is so young. Long ago it became its own verb and permanently etched itself into internet culture. Now, with its many offshoots, Google is an institution.

  • 28 September 2009

  • Opinion: Twitter earns $100m, but loses wow factor

    Twitter is the talk of the web at the moment, with word that its latest round of funding could be worth as much as $100m. That would bring the company's total value to a whopping $1bn.

  • 24 September 2009

  • Opinion: Bonkers broadband and call centre hell

    "If you know your account number, are calling from the moon, and can recite the words to the second verse of the national anthem, backwards, press 1. For all other enquiries, press 2, get a duvet and settle in for the duration." Call. Centre. Hell.

  • 23 September 2009

  • Opinion: Facebook drops Beacon, hopes nobody notices

    What type of tech news is released late on Friday, long after most bloggers, reporters, and readers have signed off for the day? Bad or embarrassing news, of course. In Facebook's case, the news concerns Beacon, the controversial people-tracking platform that the company rolled out in 2007.

  • 22 September 2009

  • Opinion: The Beatles really are bigger than Jesus

    If John Lennon was alive today, he could be safe in the knowledge that just 43 years after proclaiming to the Evening Standard that The Beatles were bigger than Jesus, Google says they actually are.

  • 18 September 2009

  • Opinion: Microsoft Bing can beat Google. Here's how

    Microsoft Bing is making progress in its bid to dislodge the reigning search leader, Google. But Bing faces a long, steep road ahead if it's ever going to beat Google. Here's how it can do it.

  • Opinion: What's your favourite price-comparison site?

    We'd like to hear your recommendations of price-comparison websites. Which ones do you use, how effective do you find them and what's the most you reckon you've saved by doing so?

  • 17 September 2009

  • Opinion: Can Google Chrome 3.0 conquer the browser market?

    Google is hoping its newly released Chrome 3.0 browser can shake up the evolving browser market. The browser, unveiled on Tuesday, promises improved performance and a host of new features - but is it all enough to actually win over new users?

  • 16 September 2009

  • Opinion: Search visually, with Bing Visual Search

    If you know what something looks like, but not what it's called - a dog breed, for example - Microsoft's new Bing Visual Search beta is ready and able to help. A picture really can be worth a thousand words.

  • 14 September 2009

  • Opinion: Facebook Lite: Why you'll love it

    The newly launched Facebook Lite looks like being a hit. Reportedly developed for people in countries with slow web connections, the streamlined site proved such a hit with beta testers it was given a general roll-out.

  • 11 September 2009

  • Opinion: Facebook launches Twitter-style @ tags

    Facebook is taking another step toward Twitterfication with the introduction of a new '@'-based tagging system for status updates. The feature, which bears an undeniable resemblance to Twitter's system for referring and linking to other users, was announced in a company blog posting yesterday afternoon.

  • 10 September 2009

  • Opinion: Technology helps us cheat smarter, not harder

    Today's reports that almost two thirds of students copy work from the web fits nicely into the book of: 'Well, yeah'. It was ever thus - only the means of cheating changes.

  • Opinion: Broad-banned

    The promises made by ISPs at the turn of the century that broadband would soon be regarded as no more cutting-edge than running water weren't far off the mark.

  • 02 September 2009

  • Opinion: What went wrong between Skype and eBay?

    The future looked bright in September 2005, when eBay announced it was buying Skype Technologies for $2.6bn. But after four years of unfulfilled expectations, the marriage ended on Tuesday, when eBay said it was unloading Skype for $1.9bn. But what went wrong?

  • 01 September 2009

  • Opinion: Liskula Cohen, and why web anonymity matters

    Over the last few weeks I've spent probably too much time thinking and writing about the Liskula Cohen libel case. It concerns one of my favourite topics: Internet Anonymity vs Privacy vs Personal Responsibility. And how often does an IT blogger get to write about catty supermodels?

  • 26 August 2009

  • Opinion: Yahoo is delusional

    Remember Yahoo? Apparently the company neglected to read my post about how its star has faded, and it isn't yet ready to shut the doors and call it a day. Yahoo still feels it has a trick or two up its sleeve and deserves a seat at the adults' table with Microsoft and Google.

  • 18 August 2009

  • Opinion: Jordan is worst celebrity Tweeter

    Glamour model Jordon has been voted the most annoying celebrity Twitter user, says OnePoll.

  • 12 August 2009

  • Opinion: Aussie techies text-message ALF

    Decades after Roswell allegedly gave house room to an alien and Indiana greeted the arrival of extraterrestrials in Close Encounters of the Third Kind, those curious about what other life forms may exist on other planets are being given the chance to try and make electronic contact.

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