More Internet Opinion
- 30 April 2009
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Opinion: Internet Explorer 8 vs Firefox 3.5
Every day I sit at my computer and open two browsers: Firefox 3.5 and Internet Explorer (IE6, then IE7, and recently IE8). I maintain two separate browser lives, in a sense. But which is the better web browser?
- 29 April 2009
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Opinion: Microsoft Vine: social networking for emergencies
Microsoft has launched a private beta of its new Microsoft Vine service, a social-networking tool that allow small groups to trade vital information. Microsoft Vine is a downloadable application that allows you to send out Twitter-style alerts and longer reports, and keep track of your Vine contacts.
- 28 April 2009
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Opinion: Facebook vote? What Facebook vote?
Facebook users were recently polled about new Principles and Statement of Rights and Responsibilities, and three quarters of respondents preferred Facebook's new terms of use. But there's a small problem.
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Opinion: Swine Flu spreads on Twitter
Forget Oprah: the biggest star of Twitter at the moment is Swine Flu. There have been relatively few reported cases of Swine Flu so far, but mass hysteria is sweeping the globe, and Twitter is adding fuel to the fire.
- 27 April 2009
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Opinion: AT&T uses behavioural advertising - but not as an ISP
AT&T has denied using behavioural advertising systems as an ISP, but it does as an advertiser, according to a vendor of such services.
- 23 April 2009
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Opinion: Google Profiles: your own private Google
Will Google Profiles rescue your reputation - or make you another pawn in Google's quest for world data domination?
- 21 April 2009
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Opinion: Google News Timeline: a wonderful waste of time
Got work to do? Then don't, for your own good, check out Google News Timeline. This new Google Labs feature, which organises news stories and other information by date, looks to be the most enjoyable time waster since Google Earth.
- 17 April 2009
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Opinion: Get more from Firefox tabs
Sure, you use Mozilla Firefox, but are you really making the most of it?
- 15 April 2009
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Opinion: Amazon's 'gay' book debacle: hack or glitch?
What really happened that caused hundreds of books with homosexual themes to disappear from Amazon's best-seller lists?
- 09 April 2009
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Opinion: 'Arrogant' newspapers vs 'parasitic worm' Google
Listen, can you hear it? That choked gurgling is the sound of newspapers drowning in a pool of ink. But is Google to blame, as they claim?
- 07 April 2009
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Opinion: What's your favourite genealogy website?
We want to hear which websites you use for family-tree research.
- 06 April 2009
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Opinion: 8 reasons why Twitter and Facebook help productivity
Office workers who find time for a little Facebook and Twitter get more work done than those who don't. Here's why.
- 03 April 2009
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Opinion: Inside Twitter's new 'Discovery Engine'
Twitter is stepping up its game with its Discovery Engine souped-up search feature. The futuristic-sounding service packs some extra punch into Twitter's existing search functionality and could give the web interface a much needed jolt of energy.
- 02 April 2009
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Opinion: Why the world needs Wikia Search
Wikia Search always seemed like a non starter. Expecting a community driven, open-source search engine to rival Google is a laudable aim, but it never appeared realistic in the short term. And now it's gone.
- 01 April 2009
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Opinion: Today's April Fools' Day technology pranks
News Editors the world over are on high alert this morning, and not because of Conficker. Mischievous marketing departments at some of the world's biggest companies are embracing April Fools' Day with a selection of press releases designed to hoodwink the masses, and no journalist wants to get caught out.
- 30 March 2009
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Opinion: PC Advisor readers back Google Street View
A threat to our privacy, a tool for criminals or, quite simply, a complete waste of time and effort? Google Street View's UK launch earlier this month has sparked fierce debate about surveillance society and what gives the world's largest search engine the right to put photos of our homes and streets on the internet for all to see.
- 27 March 2009
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Opinion: Host your own online G20 summit
Next week sees London host the G20 Summit and it seems to have ushered in a silly season of official over-reaction and spurious ways for interested individuals to get involved.
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Opinion: Firefox is finished: get Google Chrome
Firefox is over. There, I've said it.
- 24 March 2009
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Opinion: All we are saying, is give Phorm a chance
Phorm. Phorm, Phorm. Where did it all go wrong?
- 20 March 2009
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Opinion: Google Street View – Twitterers what are YOU doing?
Google Street View launched in the UK yesterday to much interest. It took barely five minutes for concerns about privacy to be aired, though, and the search engine company has already bowed to pressure from some users and started removing photos.
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