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Monthly Archives: February 2011

Twitter up for Sale

Posted on 10th February, 2011

Apparently hype pays. Twitter are in initial talks over a buyout from either Facebook or Google, which could be worth £6.2 billion. Despite the fact that the microblogging site still doesn’t make much money through its (admittedly limited) advertising service. Over 175 million Twitter accounts have been registered, with over … Continue Reading

Careless Tweeting Could Cost You Your Career

Posted on 9th February, 2011

Anything you Tweet is in the public domain, the Press Complaints Commission has ruled The Daily Mail and Independent on Sunday have been cleared by the PCC on charges of breaching a civil servant’s privacy, after publishing a number of messages that the sender insisted were only for her 700 … Continue Reading

Linking Analytics to your Google Webmaster Tools Account

Posted on 8th February, 2011

Google have announced that as of February 2011, verified webmasters (those with a Webmaster Tools account) will be able to link their Webmaster Tools and Google Analytics accounts together. This will provide webmasters with more information on who’s visiting their websites, and how visitors find them. So to help you … Continue Reading

Want to win $20,000 from Google?

Posted on 7th February, 2011

If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. That seems to be Google’s reasoning in enlisting hackers to beef up the security on the Google Chrome browser. The annual TippingLab Pwn2Own contest will pit hackers from around the world against the industry’s leading browsers and mobile devices for a share of … Continue Reading

Less than 48 Hours of IP Addresses Remaining

Posted on 3rd February, 2011

The sky is falling! The internet is running out of IP addresses! We’re all doomed! Only one of the above statements is true. And it’s the one in the middle. As we reported on back in November, the internet is fast running out of numberical IP (internet protocol) addresses. And … Continue Reading

“Bing have copied our work!” – Google

Posted on 2nd February, 2011

“You’ve copied my work!” You could be forgiven for thinking that we’re reporting on schoolroom bickering,  but a recent post on Google’s blog is claiming that rival search engine Bing has been copying Google’s search results. Google say that Bing are using IE8 and the Bing toolbar to monitor what … Continue Reading

Using Internet Explorer? Be Careful

Posted on 1st February, 2011

In an announcement that won’t actually surprise many people, Microsoft has announced that there is a potentially serious flaw in Windows which could render Internet Explorer vulnerable to malicious files and viruses. If it sounds familiar, it’s because Microsoft announced a similar flaw back in December 2010: For instance, an … Continue Reading

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