More Internet Opinion

  • 30 July 2009

  • Opinion: RIP Yahoo Search

    Goodbye Yahoo Search, and thanks for the memories. The partnership between Microsoft and Yahoo, announced on Tuesday, will mark the end of Yahoo Search.

  • 29 July 2009

  • Opinion: Microsoft/Yahoo: No threat to Google

    As the tech world awaits an announcement from Yahoo and Microsoft on their web search and advertising partnership, I'm wondering how such a partnership can achieve its ultimate goal - loosening Google's stranglehold on the highly lucrative internet search market.

  • 28 July 2009

  • Opinion: Broadband speed bores again

    Every few weeks the media awakes to the fact that broadband speeds don't always (ok, never) match up to the claims made by the telecoms suppliers.

  • 22 July 2009

  • Opinion: Google 'mythbusters' tackle YouTube criticism

    Google is doing a little image control this week, trying to deflect criticisms of YouTube, its wildly popular video site. Google is fighting back against questions about the site's finances and the quality of videos available on the site.

  • 17 July 2009

  • Opinion: Internet addiction: from hoax to epidemic

    How often do you tell your kids they don't know how lucky they are? Do you say things like: "When I was young we didn't have no dang fool intertubes and online games?" and then force them to go outside and do something? Could it be that your kids have Internet Addiction Disorder?

  • 16 July 2009

  • Opinion: Google Chrome tips: show home page at startup

    Google's Chrome browser? Not a fan. Though it does seem faster than my beloved Firefox, there are several things I don't like about the interface. Here's how to fix one of the most common complaints.

  • 15 July 2009

  • Opinion: US airline learns power of viral anti-marketing

    US airline United Air Lines has learned the hard way that you shouldn't annoy web-savvy rock musicians. Besides being genuinely funny, the YouTube video 'United Breaks Guitars' is a great example of viral revenge - the flip side of viral marketing.

  • 10 July 2009

  • Opinion: What's your favourite job website?

    We're looking for recommendations of job websites. Job search sites, CV directories, professional social networks - what's the best one out there?

  • 09 July 2009

  • Opinion: Phorm's just desserts and the future of the web

    Phorm's Webwise online advert-targeting service, something for which the term 'controversy-dogged' could have been invented, experienced two major setbacks this week, finding itself dropped by the ISPs BT and TalkTalk.

  • 07 July 2009

  • Opinion: Twitter hit by gorilla attack and PR onslaught

    This weekend saw two big news stories in which Twitter proved vulnerable to exploitation by unsavoury characters. And I'm not sure which was more disturbing.

  • 04 July 2009

  • Opinion: Firefox 3.5 can learn from its rivals

    Mozilla is shaking up the web-browser world with Firefox 3.5 and its support for new web standards. But it can still improve its performance, reliability, and usability by learning from its rivals.

  • 03 July 2009

  • Opinion: Facebook causes cancer, and other myths

    There's nothing like a good, eye-catching headline. Such as 'Facebook causes cancer'. If that were true it would be pretty alarming. Fortunately, it's not.

  • 01 July 2009

  • Opinion: Firefox 3.6: a sneak preview

    While most of the tech world is busy getting to know Firefox 3.5, which incorporates significant speed increases and a host of added features, Mozilla's engineers are already deep into their next big project: the tentatively numbered Firefox 3.6, codename Namoroka.

  • 29 June 2009

  • Opinion: Why in the end you'll pay for Google Voice

    Google Voice means Google is technically, literally and actually a telephone company.

  • 25 June 2009

  • Opinion: Firefox add-on compares Wolfram Alpha & Google

    A free Wolfram Alpha Google add-on for Firefox lets you run a side-by-side comparison of results from Google, and the new Wolfram Alpha search engine. Google matches run down the left side of your browser as always, while Wolfram Alpha results are displayed on the right, where text ads would otherwise appear.

  • 23 June 2009

  • Opinion: Here comes Firefox 3.5, Internet Explorer killer

    Mozilla's Firefox 3.5 Release Candidate 2 is now out in the open, and the web browser's release could accelerate the decline of Microsoft Internet Explorer as the dominant choice for computer users worldwide.

  • 22 June 2009

  • Opinion: Smashing the digital divide

    Lord Carter's Digital Britain recommendations included an upgrade for digital radio, measures to improve mobile phone coverage and new efforts to tackle music and video software piracy. But it was the announcement of what critics are calling a 'broadband tax' that captured the most headlines.

  • 18 June 2009

  • Opinion: Bing continues to grow, but is Google suffering?

    Microsoft is gaining new ground with its freshly rebranded Bing search engine, some recently released data suggests. Bing, the research finds, grew 0.8 percent during its second week online, following a 2.2 percent jump during its debut week. One question that has yet to be answered, though, is how that growth is affecting other search engines.

  • 17 June 2009

  • Opinion: Twitter proves its worth in troubled Iran

    Twitter has suffered endless wise cracks about its users tweeting more about their favourite sandwiches and coveted parking spots than anything truly important, but the past few days have showed the microblogging site's real promise.

  • 16 June 2009

  • Opinion: Google rattled by Bing? Pull the other one

    If the US newspaper New York Post is to be believed, Microsoft Bing has got Google on the run. The paper's recent "Fear grips Google" story certainly got some attention, if only for its over-the-top headline.

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