Tag Archives: Internet

Maybe you haven’t heard of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) before but you will probably see them mentioned a bit more in the near future. ICANN is an internet non profit organisation which controls the web’s domain names among other things. Do you know how many domain name endings are available right now?  There are currently around...

Ok, so you go to the big city for a few days and don’t want to miss out on reading your email, watching YouTube videos and seeing what everyone is up to on Facebook. How and where can you now do it without spending a lot of time and money in Internet cafes? 1. While at the Tube station. As well as “strenuously avoid any eye contact” and “puzzle over the strange...

The internet changes all the time, doesn’t it? Today’s success story is tomorrow’s sob story and nothing stays the same for more than a week, isn’t that right? Well, actually it appears not to be the case anymore. The stunningly popular mini blogging site Twitter has just celebrated its 5th birthday, and that made us wonder whether some other things have been...

Do you despair with the speed of your Internet? Or just fancy something a bit quicker, how about a service that makes broadband and even fibre optic lines look slow? Sound too good to be true? Not if the Photonic Hyperhighway ever comes into fruition. The project is being run by the university of Southampton and aims to harness technology that could improve speeds and...

It may not come as a surprise to many, especially parents of kids that are never away from their laptops and other Internet enabled devices. Apparently according to Geek Squad research, as a nation, we Brits are basically helpess if we can’t turn to the Internet or electronic devices in our hour of need. Nearly half of us rely on the Internet when we’re ill;...

Clearly, more and more people and companies are attempting to create the next big storm and make their millions and while some of the more recent Internet websites and services may well turn out to be quite ingenious and decent money spinners for their creators there are some sites that just sound a bit too weird. Rent A Friend is one such site, although to be fair to...