More Internet Opinion

  • 13 June 2009

  • Opinion: Google antitrust case misses the point

    The issue when considering whether Google is a monopoly isn't merely its search dominance: it's Google's ability to control online advertising and, increasingly, what we read or don't read.

  • 12 June 2009

  • Opinion: Windows 7 without Internet Explorer explained

    Microsoft has confirmed plans to ship a version of Windows 7 without Internet Explorer. But what can we expect from Windows 7 E, as the browserless system will be called?

  • 06 June 2009

  • Opinion: Simplify your life with free web services

    More and more web-based services offer compelling tools that allow you to keep track of stories of interest or subjects that matter to you.

  • 05 June 2009

  • Opinion: Google Squared struggles to make search easier

    The first thing I learned from Google Squared is that I don't exist. The second was that Secobarbital is really a type of fish, not a sedative drug. Third, I learned how hard it can be to communicate the best use for a new search technology. Especially when it's not ready for prime time.

  • 01 June 2009

  • Opinion: Is Microsoft Bing worth a fling?

    When it comes to search, Microsoft has been sitting in a leaky boat with the waters rising on all sides. It's desperately hoping that Microsoft Bing, the newly reincarnated version of Live Search, will toss the company a lifeline.

  • 29 May 2009

  • Opinion: Google Wave: selective sharing on social networks

    When Google Wave was unveiled, it was described it as a marriage of email and instant messaging. But to me it looks more like the kind of social network that I'd really like: one where I can exactly target the people with whom I want to share a comment, photo or video.

  • Opinion: Microsoft Bing: close but no cigar

    Analysts have given a mixed response to Microsoft's new search engine, Bing. They say Microsoft Bing will help the company gain some search share against Google and has features that users will find helpful, but is in no way a quick fix for Microsoft's poor position in the search market.

  • Opinion: Twitter fans raise $850k for heart transplant

    It's easy to mock the banality and self-regard of the average Twitter user (and fun, too), but the Twitterati can be surprisingly altruistic when the occasion calls for it. And when there's a celebrity or two involved.

  • 27 May 2009

  • Opinion: No broadband? Support the digital TV switchover

    We live in a country where 65 percent of people are unaware about the ongoing digital TV switchover (aka: analogue TV switch off), and 3 million households can't get 2Mbps broadband - the Government's stipulated minimum internet connection.

  • 19 May 2009

  • Opinion: Wossy reveals himself on Twitter

    Micro-blog site Twitter has once again given away more than it should, but this time it's not related to an ill-advised sharing of opinions or sexual shenanigans. And rather than the message of the tweets, it's the structure of the micro-blogging site that's being blamed.

  • 15 May 2009

  • Opinion: Ping.fm: efficient time-wasting on Facebook, Twitter

    Want to tell the world you just got tickets to the first day of the Ashes? If you subscribe to more than a couple of social networks, it might take you longer to post all your updates than it did to buy the tickets.

  • 14 May 2009

  • Opinion: Internet meltdown predicted tomorrow

    Prepare for internet meltdown tomorrow as the end of domestic Internet access is predicted for Friday May 15, 2009.

  • Opinion: Wolfram Alpha: Google add-on, not killer

    The natural-language search engine Wolfram Alpha is expected to launch May 18 and more details about the site are emerging.

  • 12 May 2009

  • Opinion: 10 guaranteed ways to be a Twitter superstar

    Everyone wants to be a Twitter superstar, don't they? You needs a lot of followers. Like thousands. Hundreds of thousands. Or a million.

  • 11 May 2009

  • Opinion: 6 ways to protect your privacy on Google

    Concerned that Google knows too much about you? Here are six top tips to protect your privacy online.

  • Opinion: What does Google know about you?

    Kevin Bankston of the Electronic Frontier Foundation recently said: "Google knows more about you than your mother." A few years ago, it might have sounded far-fetched.

  • 08 May 2009

  • Opinion: The Windows 7 free for all explained

    The public flogging of The Pirate Bay achieved... not much. 'Law-abiding' folk still merrily download pirate media, copyright holders impotently wring their hands on the sidelines. Same same, match match.

  • 06 May 2009

  • Opinion: Google: rival, partner, 'monopolistic newsstand'

    Unless you're in the face-mask business, it probably hasn't escaped your attention that we're in a recession. It sucks. But it's also the first economic downturn of the digital age (and for 'digital', read 'Google').

  • 04 May 2009

  • Opinion: WikiHow: how to do (just about) anything

    More and more these days, I find myself wanting to learn new things (probably a byproduct of turning 40) and wanting to save money on other things (definitely a by product of the financial apocalypse).

  • 01 May 2009

  • Opinion: How to protect your privacy on Facebook

    Facebook users who are concerned about keeping control of their information should get themselves over to the social network's Privacy Settings page without delay.

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