Category: Websites
UK airport websites struggle under increased demand
Today’s UK heightened security and associated disruption has taken its toll online as well as at the airports themselves. Websites for major UK airports including Heathrow and Gatwick have struggled under the wave of extra requests for online information….
British online shoppers take security seriously
Another e-shopping survey, this time from the British Computer Society, which suggests that, in the main, the 17 million British online shoppers take online security seriously. Over 90% said that they took precautions when purchasing online, including ensuring that…
Stick Soccer – watch the hours fly by!
Remember Stick Cricket? It was an infuriatingly addictive cricket game that halted my productivity (no jokes please) and the workrate in many offices round the country, as we all strived to single-handedly beat the Aussies in true Botham '81…
Google tells users "your search data is safe"
After the AOL mishap where individually identifiable search terms were released into the wild (one woman from Georgia has already been identified by those hard-hitting journos at the New York Times) – Google has insisted that such a catastrophe…
Website of the Day: Geek24.com
Today’s Website of the Day is Geek24.com – "gadgets, technology and your daily dose of geek". Recent posts include "Chicken Electronics: Circuit boards made of Chicken feathers", "Tupperware iPod Boombox", "Awesome Remote control Toys with miniature Jet turbine engines",…
Happy Birthday Flash! 10 years old today
Flash, the web software that helps power the likes of YouTube, MySpace and Google Video, plus countless others, is ten years old today. Wired News has posted a brief history of its life, plus a lengthy interview with Mike…
Google lawyers take offence at 'genericide'; inappropriate use of the name
The Google lawyers have got hot under the collar, last month sending a letter to the Washington Post citing inappropriate use of the term 'to google'. It's another case of a trademarked name becoming a generic term for a…
Website of the Day: The Edge of I-Hacked
Today's Website of the Day is The Edge of I-Hacked, a blog about technology security issues and hacking, plus a few more general tech posts. If you want to know what's happening in the world of (in)security, from Apple…
Website of the Day: YouTubeReviews.com
Today's Website of the Day is YouTubeReviews.com – one of those sites that does pretty much what it says on the tin. James has spent time surfing the myriad of videos on YouTube to bring this collection to you. Check…
Ashley's Monday rant: Is YouTube the new MySpace for bands?
Here at Tech Digest we are obviously huge fans of both MySpace and YouTube. You can find our content all over both sites. Yet while it was obvious to all of us that MySpace was going to be huge…