Feel The Need For Speed

A quick blog today on broadband and the speed that is promised, yet hardly delivered.
 
OK, it isn’t quite a promised, but if one doesn’t look too closely, the idea of expecting something like 8mb and actually only getting 1mb due to factors such as distance from the telephone exchange, electrical interference etc can be a [...]

Bill Gates the Nomad

Well, today is the day that Bill Gates finally hangs up his hat and in the words of Paul Young, “Where ever I lay my hat, that’s my home”.
OK, that is not strictly true, but I believe Mr. Gates will be doing some major mileage over the coming years and hopefully giving many people [...]

STORM CLOUD OVER ICELAND

 

The latest buzzword doing the rounds in the internet world is called, ‘The Cloud’.
In simple terms, ‘The Cloud’, is just a definition used for using the internet to get to huge areas of processor power at various locations throughout the world e.g. a big player in this field is actually Iceland, due to the [...]

648,000 pounds of CO2

Yes, the Cannonball Run is back in the US of A and it most certainly is going to be controversial to some and pleasurable to others….maybe even Burt himself!
The above amount of CO2 used is based on last year’s event being measured across all participants of the event.  Base that on the average person [...]

SWEDISH BUGS

With the advent of the ‘Big Brother’ effect becoming more evident in today’s society, a story in the media could potentially have more far reaching effects.
Today, the Swedish parliament will be voting on a bill that will allow the authorities to monitor (snoop) on telephone, email and fax communications.
OK, this isn’t strictly earth shattering [...]