With the recent budget that has been announced, Chancellor Alistair Darling has reiterated the commitment from the government to make Britain one of the world leaders in digital technology. He plans to roll out a major change to the broadband speeds. Super-fast broadband will be available to 90% of homes by 2017 which will be [...]
Facebook have announced that they will aggressively disable applications that apparently allow users to view their profile and information on it. Facebook also announced that the applications don’t actually work and do not allow real private information.
The stalker applications as they are known have lured unwitting users and have helped spread the rogue software by [...]
The plan that was rejected 3 years ago to create an internet domain specifically for adult websites has been re-considered. Icann who govern the internet said the “.xxx” proposal will be looked at on 12th March. The idea of a .xxx domain was first thought of in 2001 and Icann approved the proposal 4 years [...]
Creators of small web browsers want their software to be given more prominence on the browser option screen on Microsoft platforms. There have been 6 software companies that have complained to the EU stating that many users do not realise their programs are on offer. The 12 web browsers that users have to scroll to [...]
Microsoft is apparently set to ask millions of users across Europe whether they want to use a web browser such as Firefox or Chrome instead of their own. Users of their operating system Windows will be offered the choice. A pop up window will prompt users to choose/install one of 12 browsers or just stay [...]
