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Full story: Top 20 UK tech blogs for February 2011
We’re into the second month of 2011 and it’s time for a preview look at the latest monthly ranking of technology blogs in the UK from European search engine and news portal Wikio. As usual each month, they’ve given me a sneak peek at the top 20 tech blogs from the full list of the top 100 tech blogs in the UK that Wikio will update during this weekend. Here’s the top 20 list for February 2011 with positions compared…
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Full story: FIR Book Review: The New Small by Phil Simon
The New Small: New Breed of Small Businesses Is Harnessing the Power of Emerging Technologies, by Phil Simon FIR Contributor Donna Papacosta reviews Phil Simon’s The New Small. According to the book’s website, "…you’ll discover how companies creatively and intelligently use technology to reach new customers, reduce costs, increase internal collaboration and communication, and create flexible work environments. Rife with profiles from a wide variety of industries, The New Small offers pragmatic advice and lessons about how small businesses are…
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Full story: The Hobson and Holtz Report – Podcast #584: January 31, 2011
Content summary: Diary note: next FIR Live on Feb 19 with Paul Gillin and Eric Schwartzman; listener comments discussion; News That Fits: social media and its role in events in Tunisia and Egypt: discussion, Michael Netzley reports from Singapore, the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop, Edelman Trust Barometer 2011 published, Dan York reports on Facebook security and more, Pollstream promo, Mark Story reports from Washington DC; music from Simon Campbell and the Very Very Bad Men. Get FIR: Download the…
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Full story: Windows boot-up made faster with Soluto
Watching BBC Click on TV yesterday, I was interested to find out more about soluto.com that was mentioned on the show. This is a program for Windows that claims to dramatically speed up the boot time of your computer so that it doesn’t load programs or services that aren’t necessary when the computer is preparing itself for your use, and so makes the PC ready for you to use much more quickly. I installed it and made some choices on…











