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  • What’s in a (domain) name?

    Part of your online identity, for a start. Have you registered a domain in your own name? If not, have you checked whether someone else has? And if they have, do you know what they’re doing with your name? Naked…

  • Rebranding the French presidency

    French president Nicolas Sarkozy is in the UK on a state visit, the first by a French leader in over a decade. Watching the BBC News 24 live coverage this morning of his arrival at Windsor Castle for all the…

  • Aggregating the walled gardens

    Social networking will become a ubiquitous feature of online life, says The Economist, but states that this does not mean that social networking is a business. The Economist has a thoughtful assessment to support its statement on the business of…

  • Too many crazy drivers

    The news last week of a woman motorist sent to jail for running down a cyclist while she was sending a text message on her mobile phone is a sobering thought for every driver. Even though I use a hands-free…

  • Courageous decisions helped regain brand trust

    I watched a fascinating documentary on the Virgin1 TV channel last night – the story of the Tylenol poisoning crisis in 1982. Seven people died in the Chicago area after ingesting Tylenol Extra Strength capsules that had been deliberately laced…