Category: Columns & Opinion
Could Micrahoosoft! take on Google?
Will Head writes… Word on the internet is that Microsoft is lining up a bid for Yahoo in an attempt to take on Google once and for all. The software company is apparently ready to slap down hard cash for…
Pandora stops streaming outside the US
Will Head writes… As a result of pressure from rights holders, it looks like the Pandora “bit of stuff you know, bit of stuff you don’t” music service is going to be out of reach to non-US visitors. In some…
Was Digg right to give into its users?
Will Head writes… How much of a fuss can a 32 digit number cause? Quite a lot it would appear if that number can unlock the secrets to the majority of HD DVD discs that have shipped so far. The…
Joost launches – well, sort of
Will Head writes… There's no big fanfare, but much hyped TV over the internet service Joost quietly slipped from a closed beta test, to a slightly less closed one just a few hours ago. That doesn't mean that you can…
Be careful what you share online, lesson 436
Will Head writes… You know that REALLY funny picture you posted on your MySpace page – you know, the one where you're drunk, wearing very little and doing things you shouldn't with a traffic cone? You do know that might…
iPods banned from exam rooms…
Will Head writes… A school in Mountain View has taken the step of banning students from using iPods during exams in case they use them to cheat. This move comes off the back of banning caps and mobile phones -…
Don't drink and surf
Will Head writes… We've all done it – sat down in front of a PC, glass of wine in hand, merrily surfing away. Maybe visited a forum here, a discussion there – perhaps the odd bit of instant messaging in…
The Telegraph vs Google – who's in the right?
Will Head writes… Looks like the Telegraph is the latest publisher none too happy with Google for the way it chews up and indexes its news stories and then hangs them out alongside everyone else's for all the world to…
Watch out – the robots are coming…
Will Head writes… Who's responsible if an autonomous robot shoots and kills someone? This, and other hopefully less scary questions, will apparently be answered at a public debate at the Dana Centre, part of London's Science Museum, tonight. Now, allowing…
When is a BlackBerry not a BlackBerry?
Will Head writes… RIM is soon going to be rolling out a version of its much prized instant email software that will run on Microsoft's Windows Mobile platform. The company has offered similar functionality in the past through BlackBerry Connect,…