Search engines, such as Google, which help us find useful information on the World Wide Web, are taken by granted by most of us. There are an astounding 150 million+ websites on the internet currently, according to Netcraft. So, how exactly does Google sift through this astounding number of websites, and find information relevant...
You can never know enough about Firefox. I’ve been using it for many years now, and I am still uncovering its vast depths. There are many features that you may not know about, and I definitely won’t have enough room here to cover them all. Therefore, I’ll start off with the ones I think...
For those of you who are not aware of the revolutionary step forward in gaming, here it is -The Tony Hawk Ride, with a skateboard controller. It will deliver a completely different experience to the conventional Tony Hawk game, which will be available for the PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 in the USA. Surprisingly,...
“Twitter is a unique social network that offers several potential applications for a company’s marketing strategy.” Twitter, the microblogging social network, has become the favourite of celebrities and the tech-savvy. Businesses worried about left behind are experimenting with this service, in order to promote themselves. However, if done badly, the effect could be embarrasing....
The Pirate Party are one of the biggest parties in Sweden. For those of you know who are alien to this topic, let me explain who “The Pirate Party” are and how they started out. The Pirate Party are a political party based in Sweden. Their main aim is to reform laws involving web...
As you all know, Google Chrome is a web browser developed by Google with extremely fast loading time. Google have now unveiled a much more improved edition of their highly thought of web browser. The issue many of us had with Version 1 was that it seemed to lack some vital tools, such as...
Yet more Microsoft heading your way. This time not as controversial as Microsoft are set to release the highly anticipated Visual Studio 2010 beta, which is all ready available to all the public. Microsoft developer tools solution specialist, Jihad Dannawi quoted: “On 18 May Visual Studio 2010 Beta 1 (Professional, Suite and Team Foundation...
Wolfram Alpha- student’s antidote for homework! The newly-launched “knowledge engine” was created and developed by Wolfram Research. The service is named after Stephen Wolfram, a British physicist who played a major part in the building of the engine and in announcing it publically. The service itself is a student’s dream. Unlike Google, which lists...
Microsoft have announced that the new Office 2010 Technical Preview ( also known as Office 14) will be provided to selected “testers” this summer. But the chances of you being one those select few are limited. Do not be too disheartened as, just like the release of Windows 7 RC, Office 14 is now...
Named after one of the attack domains, the ‘Gumblar’ is a new and complex malware attack, which uses fruitful attack methods and carries a heavy payload. Analysts suggest that the malware compromises websites by injecting malicious Javascript code into certain parts of website. The victim only has to visit infected pages to run the...