More Internet Opinion

  • 09 September 2010

  • Opinion: Final Third is absurd

    Seven years ago this month, for the 100th issue of PC Advisor, we reflected on the technologies and products that had been launched within the life of the magazine. We each made a case for the one we thought had had the biggest impact. Digital photography was – and probably remains – my favourite, but the most disruptive technology was, of course, broadband. So vital has the web become to our everyday lives that lack of connectivity significantly affects our ability to get things done.

  • 13 August 2010

  • Opinion: What's your favourite online learning website?

    We want to hear your recommendations of the best learning resources on the internet.

  • 05 August 2010

  • Opinion: Internet Explorer 9: Next Stop, Public Beta

    With the success of Internet Explorer 8 - gaining 1.38 percent market share in the US to lead the pack with more than 42 percent of the market  -it is easy to forget that Microsoft is hard at work developing Internet Explorer 9. Microsoft has unleashed the fourth Platform Preview release for developers, and told partners and developers to start preparing - the public beta of IE9 is coming soon.

  • 21 July 2010

  • Opinion: Google's New Image Search: Thanks, Bing

    It's good to see the smart people at Google Search are keeping a close eye on the competition. The company's official blog has announced a series of minor but useful tweaks to the popular Google Image Search, which has mushroomed from a relatively tiny index of some 250 million images when it launched in 2001 to more than 10 billion today.

  • 28 June 2010

  • Opinion: YouTube Premium: is it time to charge for videos?

    YouTube's popularity continues to make for impressive statistics, but it also serves as a reminder of how little the site has changed through the years.

  • 14 June 2010

  • Opinion: Wanted: someone to pay for a new web

    Unlike at the 1990 World Cup, fans these days can follow their heroes 24/7 via the web.

  • 11 June 2010

  • Opinion: The real reason Google pretended to be Bing

    Google’s homepage is back to its old white self and peace returns to the quiet world of search after 14 hours of sheer, excruciating visual hell.

  • 29 May 2010

  • Opinion: What's your favourite wedding website?

    We want to hear your recommendations of websites related to weddings.

  • 26 May 2010

  • Opinion: Google TV proves one thing: TV needs a 'hide' button

    Google demonstrated its revolutionary new Google TV initiative this week but also revealed something we already knew: TV is rubbish.

  • 10 May 2010

  • Opinion: Facebook needs to face up to privacy issues

    Facebook, Schmacebook. CEO Mark Zuckerberg has both feet in the air and his head firmly stuck inside yet another dung hill, after Facebook's recent changes to its 'information-sharing' policies.

  • 07 May 2010

  • Opinion: The web doesn't need the .xxx porn domain

    At what point would content become 'adult' enough for the proposed .xxx domain for pornographic websites? Let the Great Smut Debate begin.

  • 05 May 2010

  • Opinion: Microsoft and IE are losing to Google Chrome

    The latest web-browser figures are out. Google Chrome continues to gain market share, and Microsoft's Internet Explorer is still falling. In fact, IE has dropped below 60 percent market share for the first time, fuelled by a perception that IE is less secure.

  • 01 May 2010

  • Opinion: What's your favourite website for nights out?

    We're looking for websites that help you enjoy a night out. Which sites are best for finding brilliant restaurants and pubs, nightclubs and bars, and for recommending evening entertainment of all kinds?

  • 30 April 2010

  • Opinion: Steve Jobs' comments won't silence the Flash mob

    Before Apple boss Steve Jobs sat down to write an angry letter about why Adobe Flash stinks, he should have realised that this war of words cannot be won.

  • 29 April 2010

  • Opinion: New threat: Undetectable Facebook scams

    I recently received two Facebook email notifications that set my security spider-sense tingling. Nothing was obviously wrong with the messages, which said that my friend had tagged a photo of me and commented on it. But something about a reference to an app named 'Who stalks into your profile' just didn't feel right.

  • 20 April 2010

  • Opinion: Facebook's 'Like' button may soon be everywhere

    Facebook is rolling out updates to its service, and they revolve largely around what's known as the 'Like' button. The biggest tweaks of all, however, may still be ahead - and may reach far further than Facebook.

  • 19 April 2010

  • Opinion: Facing up to responsibility

    As many a politician discovered in the run-up to the general election, a reputation can be easily destroyed by clumsy use of online self-promotion tools. It's become quite a game watching the fallout after another memorable clanger has been dropped, wondering which wannabe MP would mess up most spectacularly.

  • 17 April 2010

  • Opinion: Why the iPad is the most addictive gadget yet

    My son was watching TV on my Apple iPad the other day. He was sitting in front of our big-screen HDTV, which was turned off. His big-screen laptop was nearby - also turned off. It occurred to me: is the iPad addictive?

  • 16 April 2010

  • Opinion: Amazon and Twitter roll out URL shorteners

    Amazon and Twitter are the latest companies to offer their own URL-shortening services, joining a crowded playing field of entrants - and potentially sounding a death knell for smaller URL link players such as Is.gd and TinyURL.

  • 15 April 2010

  • Opinion: Why would the 'social generation' pick Microsoft Kin?

    Something about Microsoft's Kin phone just doesn't add up. The Kin, unveiled by Microsoft on Monday, is billed as a mobile phone for the 'social generation' and is meant to appeal to the younger, always-connected crowd, and yet the Kin's social network support is decidedly unrobust.

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