More Internet Opinion

  • 10 February 2010

  • Opinion: Can Google generate a business Buzz?

    Google has dived into the deep end of social networking with the announcement of Google Buzz. In addition to providing a platform for users to share information, status updates, pictures, and videos with their social network, Google also wants companies to embrace Buzz as a business tool.

  • 08 February 2010

  • Opinion: Google Books: time for a rethink?

    Google Books is a wonderful idea that's having a hard time meeting legal requirements. That's the upshot of the latest round in the battle between the world's search leader and the people who actually create the content Google exploits for huge profits.

  • 03 February 2010

  • Opinion: Protect yourself from online shopping perils

    When it comes to online shopping, there are a number of steps you can take to protect yourself against scam websites designed to fleece you of your hard-earned cash. But protecting yourself from bad customer service online is much harder, as I recently found out.

  • Opinion: What's your favourite gardening website?

    We're looking for recommendations of gardening websites. Where do you go online for help in the planning, design or maintenance of your garden?

  • 26 January 2010

  • Opinion: Pope to priests: go forth and blog

    A year after the Vatican launched its own channel on YouTube, the Pope is asking priests worldwide to adopt social media to spread the word of God.

  • 25 January 2010

  • Opinion: Going Google-eyed

    At the start of 2010, Google summoned the tech press to its HQ in California for the launch of its own Android-based smartphone, the Nexus One.

  • 22 January 2010

  • Opinion: Astronauts use Twitter from space

    The International Space Station received an upgrade this week that gives astronauts aboard personal access to the internet.

  • 21 January 2010

  • Opinion: Twitter, shower gel and the art of terrible PR

    I'm in the fortunate position of being able to pretend - to myself, at least - that Twitter amounts to more than an enjoyable waste of time. As the regular keeper of the Twitter.com/PCAdvisor flame, I am at least in part paid to, well, Tweet.

  • 19 January 2010

  • Opinion: Internet Explorer 6.0 dealt another blow

    Spooked by the use of an Internet Explorer exploit to attack Google and other firms in China, France and Germany are both urging their citizens to stop using Microsoft's web browser.

  • 18 January 2010

  • Opinion: Man arrested under Terror Act for Twitter joke

    Those who like making risqué jokes on Twitter should probably steer clear of terrorism-related material for a while, following the astonishing news that a 26-year-old man has been arrested for facetiously threatening to blow up an airport on the micro-blogging site.

  • 14 January 2010

  • Opinion: Hallmark's search for Twittermantics

    If you want to woo your loved one this Valentine's Day, why not consider writing a romantic poem? Better still, why not write it on Twitter?

  • 08 January 2010

  • Opinion: Singles365.com 'comes to rescue' of fat online daters

    An online dating site is offering free membership to 5,000 lonely hearts who were rejected from BeautifulPeople.com for gaining weight.

  • 04 January 2010

  • Opinion: Google Chrome takes third place from Safari

    Google's Chrome web browser has sneaked past Apple's Safari to claim third place in the most recent web browser market share statistics from Net Applications. Its climb up the market share ladder is even more impressive when you consider that Chrome has only been around a little over a year.

  • 25 December 2009

  • Opinion: What's your favourite cultural website?

    We're looking for recommendations of culture-related websites. Which site do you visit to get your fill of art, dance, music, theatre and other highbrow stuff?

  • 23 December 2009

  • Opinion: 2009: The year in Google Doodles

    On Monday Google unveiled its latest Google Doodle, a festive tropical Christmas postcard that overlays the company's logo on its main search page. The company is rolling out a series of additional Christmas Doodles, and is archiving them at this web page.

  • 14 December 2009

  • Opinion: 5 web-centric alternatives to Google Chrome OS

    Despite Google's move into the operating system space with Chrome OS, the idea of a primarily cloud-centric OS is nothing revolutionary; the earliest examples date back to 1999. There have been numerous other attempts at developing web-centric OSes. But so far none have truly broken into the mainstream.

  • 11 December 2009

  • Opinion: Facebook's privacy settings still aren't right

    Facebook's new privacy controls remain a work in progress a full 24 hours after release and months after they were announced. Responding to criticism over making its users' Friends Lists public, Facebook is rolling out a new option that allows users to protect their Friends List from viewing or searching.

  • 10 December 2009

  • Opinion: Google: killing the internet?

    To many people Google is the web: the only search engine worth using that they've ever known. And in line with the 'Don't Be Evil' motto, this has tended been a good thing. (You at the back: note the past tense.) 

  • 03 December 2009

  • Opinion: Bing's cool new search tools: a visual tour

    Microsoft continues to tweak its fledgling Bing search engine, which was launched in June. Today it announced a series of enhancements, many involving Bing Maps, designed to provide a better search experience and hopefully lure people away from Google.

  • Opinion: What's your favourite political website?

    We're looking for your recommendations of politics-related websites - and a selected contributor will win a great prize.

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