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Monthly Archives: August 2011

Government Use of Data “Deeply Flawed”

Posted on 15th August, 2011

As a society, we store over 295 Exabytes of data. And the Equality and Human Rights Commission has stated that the government uses and stores too much of that data in intrusive and insecure ways. Current privacy laws used by the UK authorities just doesn’t do enough to keep information … Continue Reading

Google+ to Introduce Games

Posted on 12th August, 2011

Google Plus‘ meteoric rise has continued unabated for two months now, with the site breaking all sorts of growth records. But now Plus has Facebook firmly in its sights as Google unleash another feature designed to lure in new users. They’re sending  in the Angry Birds. Yesterday, Google engineering chief … Continue Reading

Anonymous Declares War on Facebook. Then Doesn’t.

Posted on 11th August, 2011

The problem with large, anonymous groups with no leadership structure is that it’s sometimes very hard to come to a consensus. And that becomes a real problem when half of the group wants to launch an online war when the other half doesn’t. The Internet pressure/hacking/community action (delete as applicable) … Continue Reading

Cleaning Up After The Manchester Riots – Useful Links

Posted on 10th August, 2011

If one thing’s become obvious this morning, it’s that the people of Greater Manchester don’t just sit back and whinge when a violent minority take to the streets. This morning, people across Manchester and Salford have mucked in to clean up the cities. If you’d like to get involved with … Continue Reading

Wikipedia “Unbalanced” – In Need of Women Contributors

Posted on 9th August, 2011

Are you an intelligent woman with a grasp of feminist history or childcare? If you are, and you can write, then Wikipedia needs you! Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has claimed that while the site’s team of “Geeky, 26 year old males” have no problems with writing about science, technology (and … Continue Reading

Facebook “Spam King” Surrenders to FBI

Posted on 8th August, 2011

The history of crime has been littered with heroic/foolish last stands and shouts of “you’ll never take me alive”. So when a hardened master criminal meekly hands himself in, fans of mobster films everywhere feel a tinge of regret. But when you’re the criminal mastermind behind junk Facebook messages, you … Continue Reading

UK Teenager Claims Coveted Championship

Posted on 5th August, 2011

David Haye’s lost his world championship belt. Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton aren’t going to claim any titles this year, and the less said about the fortunes of the UK’s football teams the better. Yes, 2011′s been a bleak year for British international success. But there’s light at the end … Continue Reading

Facebook Violates German Privacy Laws

Posted on 4th August, 2011

It’s a day ending in a Y, and that means that someone, somewhere, is complaining about Facebook’s stance on privacy. This time the someone is Hamburg’s privacy commissioner and the somewhere is Germany. German authorities are claiming that a new service of Facebook’s breaks German laws on privacy and data … Continue Reading

Chrome Now Number Two

Posted on 3rd August, 2011

One thing’s for sure, with the slow uptake on Firefox 4 and Internet Explorer’s continued decline, Google Chrome could well be the browser to watch out for in the future. Occasionally, the FirstFound Blog makes a prediction that turns out to be correct. Back in March, we suggested that Chrome … Continue Reading

Yahoo Giving Up in Europe?

Posted on 2nd August, 2011

It’s been coming for a while, but tomorrow marks the end of Yahoo’s attempts to crack the search engine market in Europe. As of August 3rd 2011, Yahoo will stop providing search results all over Europe, instead showing organic results provided by Microsoft’s Bing search engine. The only data Yahoo … Continue Reading

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