Category: Technology

  • A brewing PR problem for Skype

    I’ve been hearing more about some people’s unhappiness with Skype over the withdrawal of London 0207 SkypeIn numbers. I’ve not had any email from Skype to say my SkypeIn number is one of those that will be withdrawn. Is it…

  • Skype in is Skype out for some users

    With the success some Facebook groups have had recently in influencing opinion or even changing courses of action by large organizations, I wonder what the results will be for a new protest group that’s been formed on the social networking…

  • A hell of a way to get up to speed about data protection

    You’d have had to be off planet not to have heard about this political disaster that blew up yesterday which led to Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling apologizing in the House of Commons. I watched the whole thing live…

  • Finally – Web 2.0 explained!

    Ok, kids, you want to understand Web 2.0? Forget all the corp-speak about "user-generated content" or – even worse – "platforms" and "applications." Just watch this. All you need is here. From Nokia. Nice connection (no pun) with their slogan,…

  • Second Life support for Windows Vista

    Does Second Life now officially support Windows Vista? According to the Second Life wiki, the answer is no. The wiki page in question, last updated on October 2, still says Vista is not supported: […] Officially at this time (2007-08-27),…