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Interesting read here on The Register drawing together two articles and discussing struggling Web 2.0 companies. In the first, the FT report that Web 2.0 companies are basically not really making any...
Is the general scepticism about Brazil’s inclusion amongst the BRIC countries justified? The country is politically stable, it has a rising economy, a well-educated workforce and a burgeoning financia...
We’ve heard before that women are getting paid less than men for various reasons – they give up work for children, discrimination and so on. Now, research from the University of Essex says that women ...
There's something I find soothing about the sound of a torrential rainstorm - water hitting the windows, dripping off the trees etc. The relaxing effect kind of goes off a bit when you realise some of...
In response to some questions on the Catalyst Code blog I thought I might make a few things clearer here, such why I see a real change coming faster than many may realise. The thrust of the commen...
The American Council of the Blind (ACB) claims the US has stubbornly resisted incorporating any changes that would help visually impaired people - including shape, size, texture, or meaningful colour ...
Ever dreamt of going into space? Well now you might just have a chance! The European Space Agency has announced that it is looking for new astronauts and that they want the right staff rather than the...
It makes you wonder if we're all following a bit of a red herring with mobile phone payments and banking ? There seems to be so much money being poured into the solutions, but not enough 'Pervasive R...
Interesting read on The Register about a cross site scripting bug on Worldpay. Then a lot of comment about whether it was fixed quickly enough! Amateur security sleuth Adam Grit spotted the loophole...
You may recall that Chris has some issues with Vista - well maybe I have a workaround. There are one or two applications I still need Windows to run - various SQL server admin tools and the like - s...
It seems that careers in technology and architecture may have a lot more in common than we may initially think. Both involve long working hours and hard work. Both offer first class career development...
I can only hope that a company which profits by selling data about consumers might have at least a thought for those consumers. Identity theft is a growing problem and these 'information' companies ...