Tag: Websites
Is Google going to downgrade websites that don’t use encryption?
Tottenham Turfies launches: A Moshi Monsters rival for young Spurs fans
This is a guest post by Chris Waddams, Spurs fanatic and writer for www.thfc1882.com. Tottenham Hotspur football club have launched their new website Tottenham Turfies, a Moshi Monsters rival aimed at young Spurs fans. They claim that it is the…
Stuffster wishlist tracks gadget prices to save you £££s
We don't normally write about website launches on Tech Digest, but the launch of Stuffster.com could be exactly what gadget fans have been looking for in these penny-pinching times. A wishlist website, Stuffter's big draw is that it keeps a…
Snowglo: Gamifying crowd-sourced review websites
Looking for a social network, game and reviews site rolled into one? Probably not, but newly launched site Snowglo makes a good claim as to why you should be. Snowglo requires you to create a profile, and then lets you…
DNS Changer: Destroyer of (internet) worlds? Or "Millennium Bug" no-show?
There's a new king of nasty computer viruses in town, and it's name is DNS Changer. It threatens to shut down the internet. But that's impossible right? Becca Caddy of our pals Shiny Shiny looks into the threat. Should we…
"Troll Bill" could mean the end of web nasties. But will it cost us our web freedom too?
Trolls: as pervasive on the web as trojans, dodgy porn and those picture you just knew you should have deleted from your camera. Spouting out abusive comments on chat rooms, social networks and forums, the era of the web troll…
Boo-hoo at Yahoo! as 14% of workforce is cut
Yahoo! have confirmed that it is to cut 2,000 jobs, equal to 14% of its workforce as they aim to transform into a "bold, new Yahoo!". Restructuring has been long overdue at Yahoo! as it has gradually fallen from favour…
Five tech fixes for a fiver with fivesquids.co.uk
What can you get for a fiver these days? A couple of beers? Maybe a portion of fish and chips if you're lucky? Thanks to a new website called fivesquids.co.uk, your crisp £5 note may stretch a lot further than…
GUIDE: What to look for when buying a website domain name
What's in a name? Well, quite a lot when it comes to the web, actually. Picking the perfect domain name can be as difficult as naming a child, and when you think about how much time and effort you're…
Web archivist saves 172 axed BBC websites in torrent time capsule
A plucky BBC fan has set about the task of archiving almost 200 Beeb websites before distributing them online in a single torrent file. The BBC plan to cull some 172 of their websites in a massive cost-cutting measure, citing…