I’ve just signed the petition for a .ENG domain courtesy of DotEng.
The rules on top-level domains are being relaxed and this will make a .ENG domain much easier to secure than previously. If the .SCO or .CYM campaigns for Scotland and Wales are successful that will set a precedent for all the home nations.
We […]

The insurance company finally paid out on my broken laptop so I’ve finally been able to get a replacement.
It’s a nice bit of kit but it came with Vista, Microsoft’s most controversial operating system so far.  I’ve read and heard good and bad reports of Vista but so far I quite like it.
After a couple […]

The British government has announced its intention to shut down England’s radio telescope array, Jodrell Bank.
The Science & Technology Fund is facing an £80m shortfall in its budget which it intends to plug by cutting funding.  So far, £8m of taxpayers money has been spent on the e-Merlin project which is an upgrade to the […]

I’m a bit of a flip-flopper when it comes to web browsers. Back in the day I swapped between Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator then between Internet Explorer and Firefox.
I swapped to Firefox because it supported tabs and then back to Internet Explorer when version 7 introduced tabs. In the intervening period I […]

Yahoo has rejected a takeover offer of $41bn (nearly £21bn) from Micro$oft saying that it undervalued the company!
Shares in Yahoo closed at $19.18 (about £10) on the 1st February when Micro$oft made their offer and the $41bn offer would have been worth $31 (about £15) per share.  Amazingly, the Wall Street Journal reckons that Yahoo […]

Federal Europe is launching yet another investigation into Micro$oft 3 months after concluding their last investigation which resulted in a €500m fine.
The first investigation was into allegations that Micro$oft was shutting out rivals in order to dominate the web market.  They were found guilty in October 2004 and launched an unsuccesful appeal which ended in […]

O2 have done a deal with Apple to become exclusive stockists of the iPhone in the UK.
Apple said they wanted to do a deal with the best so they chose O2.  Interesting choice as they have the 3rd largest network in the UK behind Orange and Vodafone - only T-Mobile (formerly One2noOne) and 3 have smaller […]

ntl:Telewest are currently trialling 50mbit cable broadband and aim to have it released to the mass market early next year.
This morning we got a leaflet from them offering Virigin mobile phone packages (they’ve just bought Virgin) to tie up with the existing phone/tv/broadband we already have.  We’ve only just changed to Orange otherwise I’d have […]

Just been watching my brother-in-law and his mates in a bar in Prague using their live webcam.

Richard Branson has announced a $3bn investment in biofuels in an effort to fight climate change.
The investment will be made through a new venture, Virgin Fuels.  The man is a genius, he can’t lose!
The State of California has just launched a law suit against major car companies over climate change and the oil market is […]

Defra have created a wiki for an Environmental Contract.  Wiki’s are a collaborative tool in which web users can contribute to the content and help build up a kind of online encyclopaedia.  For an organisation, such as a government department, there is the option to restrict who can make changes to the wiki in question.  Nobody […]

Has anyone tried Adobe Flex yet?
Flex is basically an XML-based language for creating rich Flash applications.  The XML source is compiled, along with any ActionScript included in it, into a binary SWF file which can then be embedded into a web page.
The language is aimed at developers rather than designers and does away with the […]