items tagged with Web
Live Search piggybacks on Java's popularity
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2008-11-10 22:23:59
The days when Sun and Microsoft were at each other's throats are long gone. The latest development in their lovey-dovey relationship for the 21st century will see Sun help promote the use of Live Search.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2008-11-10 22:23:59
The days when Sun and Microsoft were at each other's throats are long gone. The latest development in their lovey-dovey relationship for the 21st century will see Sun help promote the use of Live Search.
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How two of the world's largest websites use Linux for high availability
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-11-10 06:53:02
Pop quiz: you have a web site and you want it to be popular. It must scale to tens, hundreds of thousands, even millions of visitors. It has to be snappy and responsive. What server platform will you host it on? Here’s what two of the world’s most popular sites – Wikipedia and Digg - went with, and it wasn’t Windows.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-11-10 06:53:02
Pop quiz: you have a web site and you want it to be popular. It must scale to tens, hundreds of thousands, even millions of visitors. It has to be snappy and responsive. What server platform will you host it on? Here’s what two of the world’s most popular sites – Wikipedia and Digg - went with, and it wasn’t Windows.
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Amazon's simplified packaging: save frustration, save the planet
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Commerce
2008-11-03 17:26:52
Much packaging is designed to make products look good on the shelf or to discourage shoplifting. Neither is relevant to online retailing, so Amazon is moving towards "frustration-free packaging".
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Commerce
2008-11-03 17:26:52
Much packaging is designed to make products look good on the shelf or to discourage shoplifting. Neither is relevant to online retailing, so Amazon is moving towards "frustration-free packaging".
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How to sell Linux netbooks to the world
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-10-28 09:04:38
2008 has been the year of the netbook. Since the surprise runaway success of the ASUS Eee Linux PC in 2007 there has been a surge of hardware vendors joining in. Yet MSI users have poo-pooed the use of Linux on these systems. I disagree. Here's why Linux netbooks are the future.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-10-28 09:04:38
2008 has been the year of the netbook. Since the surprise runaway success of the ASUS Eee Linux PC in 2007 there has been a surge of hardware vendors joining in. Yet MSI users have poo-pooed the use of Linux on these systems. I disagree. Here's why Linux netbooks are the future.
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Britney Spears, the toxic, womanizing, hit-generating tweeter?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-20 16:00:34
Oops... Britney Spears has done it again, thrusting herself into the limelight with a new website that has garnered over a million hits in 24 hours, taking on the social networking world with an all out “friend” assault and tweeting like a song bird on the messaging website Twitter.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-20 16:00:34
Oops... Britney Spears has done it again, thrusting herself into the limelight with a new website that has garnered over a million hits in 24 hours, taking on the social networking world with an all out “friend” assault and tweeting like a song bird on the messaging website Twitter.
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2008 the “year of the smartphone” says Telsyte
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-10-20 05:37:28
Research firm Telsyte has put out a report on smartphones in the Australian market, showing nearly 3 in 10 phones sold will be smartphones, with 50 new models introduced this year alone.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-10-20 05:37:28
Research firm Telsyte has put out a report on smartphones in the Australian market, showing nearly 3 in 10 phones sold will be smartphones, with 50 new models introduced this year alone.
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Web surfing on Motorola Razr still outranks iPhone
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-10-17 08:43:22
The latest statistics from mobile metrics firm “AdMob” shows that mobile ads served on a to the iPhone puts it in 4th spot globally, and 7th in the US, while Motorola’s thin Razr sits in top spot in both places. What’s going on?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-10-17 08:43:22
The latest statistics from mobile metrics firm “AdMob” shows that mobile ads served on a to the iPhone puts it in 4th spot globally, and 7th in the US, while Motorola’s thin Razr sits in top spot in both places. What’s going on?
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Firefox 3.1 beta lands on Planet Earth, not ready for most Earthlings
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-16 06:37:46
If you love trying out public beta browsers, then you’ll be rushing to download the beta of Firefox 3.1, and while you’ll lose access to your favourite plug-ins, there are some interesting new features that all Firefox users will enjoy once 3.1 goes gold.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-16 06:37:46
If you love trying out public beta browsers, then you’ll be rushing to download the beta of Firefox 3.1, and while you’ll lose access to your favourite plug-ins, there are some interesting new features that all Firefox users will enjoy once 3.1 goes gold.
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Go ogle Google as it was back in 2001!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-13 03:35:42
Wow - way back in 2001, only a few years after Google launched in 1998, the 2001 index only let you search through a mere 1,326,920,000 web pages – and we can see that in 1999, Google had a Yahoo!-esque exclamation mark. My how times have changed...
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-13 03:35:42
Wow - way back in 2001, only a few years after Google launched in 1998, the 2001 index only let you search through a mere 1,326,920,000 web pages – and we can see that in 1999, Google had a Yahoo!-esque exclamation mark. My how times have changed...
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Dying to get a digital copy of Nitschke’s suicide e-book?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-10-13 02:22:33
Banned from being imported or printed in Australia, the “Peaceful Pill eHandbook” Digital Edition from Australia’s own “Dr Death”, aka Dr Philip Nitschke, is being launched today in London – to get around those import laws.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-10-13 02:22:33
Banned from being imported or printed in Australia, the “Peaceful Pill eHandbook” Digital Edition from Australia’s own “Dr Death”, aka Dr Philip Nitschke, is being launched today in London – to get around those import laws.
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YouTube screws non-US netizens with US-only full length TV eps
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-12 06:05:35
YouTube finally gets the right to legally show full length episodes of select TV shows, such as Star Trek, MacGyver and the original 90210 from CBS, then screws all those Internet users not in the US by saying "This video is not available in your country". Thanks YouTube and CBS for nothing!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-12 06:05:35
YouTube finally gets the right to legally show full length episodes of select TV shows, such as Star Trek, MacGyver and the original 90210 from CBS, then screws all those Internet users not in the US by saying "This video is not available in your country". Thanks YouTube and CBS for nothing!
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“Keynote” says users find mobile iPhone sites frustrating
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-10-12 02:54:46
A “first of its kind” study says users are frustrated with some sites designed for mobile viewing on the iPhone, while only a low number of users are noticing or "clicking" on mobile ads. There’s still work to be done to get the Internet right on mobile devices!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-10-12 02:54:46
A “first of its kind” study says users are frustrated with some sites designed for mobile viewing on the iPhone, while only a low number of users are noticing or "clicking" on mobile ads. There’s still work to be done to get the Internet right on mobile devices!
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YouTube “malware” sites threaten web users
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-10 02:02:33
A warning has gone out that fake YouTube pages are loading malware onto users’ computers - how can you protect yourself?!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-10 02:02:33
A warning has gone out that fake YouTube pages are loading malware onto users’ computers - how can you protect yourself?!
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ANZ banks on iPhone to bring new business
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-10-09 05:32:44
The ANZ Bank has developed its own iPhone friendly online banking site. It is the first bank in Australia to do so, and joins a very select group of banks worldwide who offer such a service. Here's how it works and how the ANZ hope to win your banking.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-10-09 05:32:44
The ANZ Bank has developed its own iPhone friendly online banking site. It is the first bank in Australia to do so, and joins a very select group of banks worldwide who offer such a service. Here's how it works and how the ANZ hope to win your banking.
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Blackberry’s Storm set to rain on iPhone’s parade
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-10-08 06:27:06
“Exclusively” coming to Verizon in the US, and Vodafone in Europe, India, Australia and New Zealand, BlackBerry’s very iPhone-esque Storm promises the Blackberry’s unparalleled email experience, “world first” “click” feedback on a touch screen, cut and paste, multi-touch amongst other iPhone-beating and matching features designed to make the iPhone’s outlook cloudy. Should Apple get out its umbrella?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-10-08 06:27:06
“Exclusively” coming to Verizon in the US, and Vodafone in Europe, India, Australia and New Zealand, BlackBerry’s very iPhone-esque Storm promises the Blackberry’s unparalleled email experience, “world first” “click” feedback on a touch screen, cut and paste, multi-touch amongst other iPhone-beating and matching features designed to make the iPhone’s outlook cloudy. Should Apple get out its umbrella?
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Bogus 'Jobs heart attack' story hits Apple and citizen journalism stocks
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-10-05 19:17:26
A spoof - or perhaps malicious - post claiming Apple CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack hit the company's stock price. Does this cast doubt on the 'citizen journalism' concept or is it just good old-fashioned stock manipulation?
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-10-05 19:17:26
A spoof - or perhaps malicious - post claiming Apple CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack hit the company's stock price. Does this cast doubt on the 'citizen journalism' concept or is it just good old-fashioned stock manipulation?
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Build better blogs with Linux
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-10-02 04:28:50
Chances are you have some sort of web site. Linux has a rich history of text processing which can be used to turbo-boost your blogs. In fact, blogging goes to Linux like a hand to a glove.
Read More About Build Better Blogs With Linux...
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-10-02 04:28:50
Chances are you have some sort of web site. Linux has a rich history of text processing which can be used to turbo-boost your blogs. In fact, blogging goes to Linux like a hand to a glove.
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iPhone Flash Player progress confirmed
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-09-30 17:50:51
The release of Adobe Flash for Apple's iPhone might not be imminent, but it may be more than a mirage on the horizon if the two companies can come to terms.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-09-30 17:50:51
The release of Adobe Flash for Apple's iPhone might not be imminent, but it may be more than a mirage on the horizon if the two companies can come to terms.
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Three days between Firefox 3 updates
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2008-09-28 22:28:38
A new version of Firefox 3 has appeared, just three days after the debut of the version it replaces.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Open Source
2008-09-28 22:28:38
A new version of Firefox 3 has appeared, just three days after the debut of the version it replaces.
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Paris Hilton, Damien Hirst, Sophie Monk, Internet TV and porn
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-09-27 07:25:45
You can never see enough of Paris Hilton. That seems to be the message that the Internet is telling us this week as the IT girl and occasional porn star keeps the web buzzing this week.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-09-27 07:25:45
You can never see enough of Paris Hilton. That seems to be the message that the Internet is telling us this week as the IT girl and occasional porn star keeps the web buzzing this week.
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