Many years ago there was a joke in techy circles that likened Microsoft to the Star Trek aliens 'The Borg'. It appeared at the time (mid 1990s) that Microosft were indeed determined to assimilate eve…
I'm not overly paranoid about people knowing where I've been on the Internet; I'm aware that it's pretty easy for a website to feed your browser 'tracking cookies' that can be used for marketing and a…
As is my habit, I popped in to the BBC Website this morning to catch up on what's been happening in the world and saw this article, with the link headline from the front page of 'Why globalisation mea…
A few days ago I came acrossthis item in Google's blog - looking at what they call 'Social Search. This is a set of applications being developed by Google to allow image content that you and your soc…
I'll be the first to admit that my knowledge of football is minimal, and my interest in the game is not that great either. However, for the last couple of weeks it's been incredibly difficult for any…
There is nothing new in the efforts to engage pupils at school by combining what is taught in lessons with what interests them in the outside world. In many respects it's a good way forward - some ye…
Hands up whoever has heard of the Red Queen's Race? That was the athletic event in Wonderland where the participants had to run very hard to stay exactly where they were. I'm becoming convinced that…
A few days ago I came across this news story, in which a group of French journalists are to be holed up in a farmhousesomewhere with no access to normal news media but with access to Social Media - Tw…
Have you heard of ACTA? How about the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement? No? Well, you're probably not alone. After all, here in the UK the Government won't even put documents regarding the Agre…
As anyone who's ever heard me rant about the 'numbers game' side of networking - especially on sites such as Ecademy, Linked in or Facebook - will testify, I'm a great believer in quality rather than …