There are going to be some big changes to Facebook business pages in the coming days, and one of the biggest is the death of the ‘fangate’. In a seemingly …
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Hackers break SSL used by millions of sites
For those of you who don’t know SSL (secure socket layer) is the technology that establishes an encrypted link between your web server and a browser. This link ensures that …
Olympic athletes can blog and tweet but must respect IOC guidelines
Athletes competing at the London Olympics will be allowed to blog and use Twitter, but must operate within International Olympic Committee (IOC) guidelines. The Olympic Charter bans political demonstrations, so …
Remembering online passwords – no wonder we struggle
According to research commissioned by Skrill, the firm behind Moneybookers, a third of us resort to writing down passwords so that we can remember them, while another third simply forget …
UK newspapers’ web traffic figures
The death of Osama bin Laden drove UK newspaper website traffic to unexpected heights in May, according to the latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations Electronic. Leading the …
Harry Potter ebook downloads only available from Pottermore website
Harry Potter author, JK Rowling, launched the Pottermore website earlier in the week, but at that time it was little more than a landing page saying ‘coming soon’. Now, following …
SeeSaw internet TV service could be revived by Bebo owners
It is being reported that Bebo’s new owners, Criterion Capital Partners, may be in the market for the online TV service, SeeSaw. SeeSaw is currently owned by Arqiva who last …
Harry Potter website ‘Pottermore’ launched by JK Rowling
Harry Potter author, JK Rowling, has launched a new website, Pottermore. It is not yet clear what the site will feature as it is nothing more than a holding page, …
New domain names will come at a cost
The Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has approved hundreds of new endings to domain names other than the common .com, .co.uk and .net ones that we currently …
