Monthly Archives: November 2009

Podcast: Ahoy There, Microsoft (BBC)

How Microsoft loses my trust over Windows Seven, and how it can get it back. A weekly column I recorded for the BBC World Service Business Daily (the Business Daily podcast is here. To listen to the podcast, click on the button below. To subscribe, click here. (Put file here.) To listen to Business Daily… Read More »

Podcast: Coughing, Men and Senior Sexting

This week’s podcast is from my weekly slot on Radio Australia Today with Phil Kafcaloudes and Adelaine Ng:

* Research company proposes coughing into your mobile phone for instant diagnosis
* Really? Men don’t read manuals, men take less time on helplines than women but have to call back more often
* Sexting on the rise among old people? The American Association of Retired People (AARP) says yes, offers tips.

To listen to the podcast, click on the button below. To subscribe, click here.

Podcast: Ahoy There, Microsoft (BBC)

How Microsoft loses my trust over Windows Seven, and how it can get it back. A weekly column I recorded for the BBC World Service Business Daily.  To listen to the podcast, click on the button below. To subscribe, click here. Loose Wireless 091111   To listen to Business Daily on the radio, tune into… Read More »

Hundreds of Facebook Groups Hacked

  (Update UTC 2100: I’ve received a reply from Erik Hjort af Ornäs, the registrar of the site itself, and have included his statement below and in the comments, as well as that of Facebook. Both deny any hacking took place) A hacker, or group of hackers, has found a back door into taking over… Read More »

SideWiki’s Wish Fulfilment

A piece in today’s Guardian attracted my attention–“SideWiki Changes Everything”—as I thought, perhaps, it might shed new light on Google’s browser sidebar that allows anyone to add comments to a website whether or not the website owner wants them to. The piece calls the evolution of SideWiki a “seminal moment”. The column itself, however, is… Read More »