Last week it was Google deciding to create its own operating system. This week it’s Microsoft making the big announcement: that the next version of Microsoft Office will be available online, for free....
Unless you’ve been paying zero attention to the newspapers, TV and web over the last few months, you must’ve heard of Twitter. The ‘microblogging’ site has received loads of press – helped by...
It’d be interesting to be a fly on the wall at Microsoft’s headquarters today. Why? Well, Google has just fired the most blatant shot yet in its battle to take business from Microsoft,...
As you’ve probably heard, Firefox 3.5 has been released and is available to download. There are changes and new features in several areas, but some of the most interesting for web developers are...
When news of Michael Jackson’s death broke last week, it sent shockwaves around the world. Celebrities don’t come much bigger and that meant from London to Lima, New York to New Delhi, everyone...
Microsoft hasn’t had the best of luck with its search engine really. As far as we can tell, since 2005 its Google competitor has been called MSN Search, Windows Live Search and –...
Somewhat to my surprise, I find I’m giving a free talk on MySQL quirks in Leeds this evening — I’d been expecting to attend talks on Raid and Cacti, but the speaker can’t...
We all know how horribly disorientating getting lost can be. Okay, getting stuck out in the middle of some desolate terrain, minus a map and compass, may not be a regular occurrence in...
