Archive for September, 2008

Run for the Hills: The Internet is Running Out of IP Addresses

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed.There are only 600 million email address left on the Internet and they will run out by 2010. This is mainly due to the amount of mobile devices, such as Blackberries, that require Internet Protocol [IP] addresses to connect to the WWW.
Before you [...]

Reviewed: Google Chrome Web Browser

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

Recently Google released their own browser to take on the big boys of Internet Explorer and Firefox. It’s still in a Beta release stage and I have been using it since it was made available to download.
The Positives
One of the positive aspects of Google Chrome is the speed. It is faster than IE7 and Firefox [...]

The UK Government Gives Phorm the OK

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

So Phorm will be embraced by all citizens of the United Kingdom. All hail Phorm! In its infinite wisdom the UK government has given Phorm the go ahead to pester advertise to consumers who have the unfortunate predicament to have Internet access provided by Virgin Media, BT and Talk Talk.
More ISP’s will now start seriously [...]

Where Does the Traffic Come From?

Friday, September 12th, 2008

This week my blog has had a 324% increase in traffic. When I checked my Google stats and my hosting stats I had to look twice. That kind of traffic increase is mind-blowing, especially when my hit counters have been steady, if not spectacular.
Without divulging any trade secrets [yeah as if!] of where the increase [...]

Phorm Gets Investigated and Take a Share Price Hammering

Monday, September 8th, 2008

The City of London police are investigating as to whether the 2006/2007 trials that BT completed without their customers permission are worth pursuing.
Phorm’s share prices have also taken a hammering and their share price of £35.04 back in Feb 08 has tumbled to £5.80 as of 4th Sept 08. Karma works in mysterious ways.
Phorm are [...]

Google Chrome Web Browser Project Out Soon

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

Google Chrome will be the newest web browser on the block. Google will release their open source web browser shortly. They have an informative [if slightly too long] ‘comic’ that explains why they are releasing an open source web browser and the benefits of downloading and using it.
The main features is that each tab will [...]