Archive for August, 2009
Check Out My Guest Post 2 – Comments still zero?
About a year ago I said about my first guest writing experience : It was the first time I wrote extensively about a subject that was more generic than technical. The call to action involved readers taking the analysis and making it personal. It was the first time one of my posts received so many rea
Facebook 3.0 hits iPhone after approval delay
If you're a heavy iPhone user, there's a fair-to-middling chance you're also well into Facebook, so it's fortunate that the beloved SNS has just had a spec-bump to version 3.0.The newest version of the iPhone app had, apparently, been waiting for Apple approval for a while and is now available throu
Vodafone doubles mobile broadband speeds
Vodafone has announced it will be upgrading its UK network to areas of highest demand to 14.4Mbps to increase mobile broadband speeds.While certain areas of the UK, such as London and Birmingham which are among the busiest, have already been upgraded, Vodafone is now rolling out the scheme to a larg
Banks criticised for online security
UK banks' online security may not be as stringent as you may imagine, with a study suggesting that Abbey and Halifax are not as secure as their rivals. Which? Computing states that Halifax's log-in procedure – which requires the user type in all of their information – could be prone to keylogger
Hollywood finally embraces DivX
Hollywood finally gets it. After years of shunning DivX as the favourite file format of movie pirates, four major film studios are finally jumping on board.Film Fresh is the first download-to-own (DTO) retailer to offer Hollywood films in the DivX format, albeit with fairly tight DRM.The site (www.f
Massive pirate movie haul shakes Europe
Sweden has been subject to its biggest ever siege of pirate movies, a haul which may be the largest ever found in Europe.Sweden's Anti-Piracy Bureau (Antipiratbyrån) helped police track down the 33-year-old pirate who claimed that he had no knowledge of the illegal movie bounty found on his servers
Heroes trumps Lost in illegal download battle
A chart of the most TV shows illegally downloaded on the internet has been released, with US dramas topping the list.While it's not an accolade any TV series would want, Heroes – Tim Kring's superhero soap opera – is the most file-shared show on the net this year with 55 million people downloadi
Google faced with Italian anti-trust probe
Google is currently being investigated in Italy, after a complaint was made against the company. The missive, filed by the talian Federation of Newspaper Publishers, is centred on Google not adequately disclosing exactly how it manages its news ranking process. The complaint has lead to Google's off
Canada forces Facebook to improve privacy
Three cheers for Canada, which has taken on the might of Facebook and earned promises of tighter security and increased privacy."Facebook is promising to make significant technological changes to address the issue we felt was the biggest risk for users - the relatively free flow of personal informat
Spotify iPhone app arriving ‘very soon’
PaidContent.co.uk has had confirmation from Apple that the Spotify iPhone app has been approved and will be available to download shortly.A spokesman told the site that "The current status as of right now is it's been approved. We've been in constant communication working with the developer and have
