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Matt Cutts: Google Algorithm Change Launched

31, Jan 2011

We all know that Google changes the algorithm on a regular basis, so it’s very rare that their tweaks are particularly newsworthy. However, the latest change has been deemed important enough that Google Web Spam supremo Matt Cutts has felt the need to announce it: “We’re evaluating multiple changes that should help drive spam levels [...]

Egypt Switches off the Web

28, Jan 2011

Egypt disconnects itself from the internet With Google spreading into Iran, you could be excused for thinking that the internet was one step closer to being a truly global phenomenon. But, as with most technologies, it appears to be one step forward and one step back when it comes to people having internet access. Following [...]

Google Retires Real Estate Search

27, Jan 2011

2011, the bloggers tell you, is going to be the year of local searches (as was 2010, if you cast your mind back). Google have integrated Google Places with their search results, and are continuing to make strides with the ridiculously named Google Hotpot. But when it comes to local searches, it looks like users [...]

Browsers Strike Back in the Battle for Online Privacy

26, Jan 2011

Google, Mozilla and Microsoft to Release Do Not Track Systems The defining debate of 2010 was that of internet privacy. Privacy campaigners across the world were up in arms about Google and other online companies collecting and storing information on the websites we visit, the ads we respond to and the data we upload to [...]

All Change at Google, and BBC Online in Decline

25, Jan 2011

Predictions of 2011 being a quiet year for the online world have proved to be false after two big news stories this week. Huge changes are underway at both the world’s largest search engine and the UK’s biggest website. No Schmidt at Google HQ Google have announced that controversial CEO Eric Schmidt will be removed [...]

Is The Internet Dehumanising Us?

24, Jan 2011

With the rise of email, Facebook, Twitter and other social networks, people have never been as connected to the global community as they are now. We can instantly communicate with friends, family, colleagues or strangers on the other side of the globe – all without a second thought. But a leading American sociologist is claiming [...]

Broadband Prices – Getting Cheaper?

21, Jan 2011

The days of £150,000 broadband in rural areas could well be over. The UK telecoms regulator, Ofcom, has decided that the prices that BT charge to other internet providers is too high. Because the Internet network in some areas is dependent on BT’s telephone network, providers such as Virgin Broadband are currently forced to pay [...]

Are Social Network Scams 2011′s Biggest Threat?

20, Jan 2011

Facebook have been in the news again with yet another security scare. Apparently, Facebook application developers will be able to access your contact details, including your telephone number and address. This has ruffled a few feathers amongst the online security industry, with a number of firms claiming that spam, phishing and other scams on sites [...]

Google Now Available in Iran

19, Jan 2011

They might have pulled out of China, but Google are continuing to expand their global operations into the Middle East. Following a relaxation in US sanctions against Iran, Google software such as Google Earth and the browser Google Chrome can now be downloaded in the country for the first time. It’s not a complete relaxation [...]

“Cyber Terrorism” Isn’t the Real Threat

18, Jan 2011

A whole range of news sources have picked up on stories about cyber-terrorism and cyber-war over the past few months. However, a new study from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) suggests that online warfare isn’t the threat that some sources paint it as. For starters, most acts of cyber-terrorism (Wikileaks activists blocking [...]


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