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Watching the Web

‘Twitter revolution’ beats old-style media

Recent events in Iran have provided a fascinating example of how the internet is so much part of our lives that any large-scale attempts to control it can threaten a country’s economy.
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Inside Watching the Web

Belfast has chance to be the master of its own domain

Tuesday, 23 June 2009

The web has been buzzing this week with discussion of what will happen when the organisation that controls the internet’s address system, ICANN, throws the system open to big changes.
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Automatic: a better option

Automation for the people is key to managing IT processes

Tuesday, 16 June 2009

There are two things about people’s attitudes to technology that have always puzzled me.
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Search facilities on the internet are still in their infancy

Seek and you might find there’s more to the internet than Google

Tuesday, 9 June 2009

I’m willing to bet a pound to a penny that if I mention the names Jookster, Swiki, Rollyo and Clusty, most people won’t have a clue what I’m talking about. Yet all of them are innovative players in the multi-billion dollar search industry.
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Some hard drives in computers on sale at car boot sales were found to contain confidential information about companies such as Ford, Laura Ashley and Nokia

Protecting data is key to company’s survival

Tuesday, 2 June 2009

Mention data loss, and most of us will think of the 2007 incident in which HM Revenue and Customs (www.hmrc.gov.uk) misplaced the child benefit records of 25 million people.
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Cutting out all the red tape can be the icing on the cake

Tuesday, 26 May 2009

When the state of New York recently established a hotline for citizens concerned about swine flu, it caused a furore.
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Kiefer as Jack Bauer - battling terrorists

Cyber terrorism: fact or fiction?

Tuesday, 19 May 2009

Jack Bauer, Kiefer Sutherland’s character in the TV series 24, has been battling it for most of the current series.
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In common with the starting line at the Belfast Marathon, you have to be quick off the mark to catch the attention of a website browser

Time of the essence on the web

Tuesday, 12 May 2009

There’s a well-known maxim in the world of online retailing which states that if your site takes more than four seconds to load in a visitor’s browser, you’ll lose the custom.
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Former Home Secretary David Blunkett has warned that the Olympic Games in London in 2012 could be disrupted by hackers

Time to grab your security blanket

Tuesday, 5 May 2009

A recent survey by Deloitte (www.deloitte.com.uk/itcr ) has shown that 73% of large corporations and government departments are planning to cut their IT spending. Luckily, the majority are not willing to compromise on security.
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By disposing of redundant computers, you are contributing to the mountain of electronic waste that the developed world produces every year

Green machines don’t cost the earth if you choose wisely

Tuesday, 28 April 2009

Green computing is something of a buzz phrase these days, but what exactly does it mean?
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The troublesome baggage system at Terminal Five at Heathrow depends on software for its day to day operation

It’s the name of the game

Tuesday, 21 April 2009

When you see a new face on Watching The Web, it calls for an introduction.
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Sydney Harbour Bridge ? see it from your living room

Is Google’s Street View really another invasion of privacy?

Tuesday, 31 March 2009

Privacy has been a major talking point on the web in the last few weeks.
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Call them mousewives or momtrepreneurs, but online working from home is an increasingly common option for mums who stay at home with families

Beating the downturn by staying at home to work

Monday, 23 March 2009

Mark Radcliffe has an interesting claim to fame. He recently became the UK’s second eBay millionaire.
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Even though Bono had not heard of Spotify U2's latest album, No Line on the Horizon, made its debut on the new music service

How to spot an opportunity online when it comes along

Monday, 16 March 2009

If you haven’t yet heard of Spotify (www.spotify.com) you are in a rapidly dwindling minority.
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Online advertising is predicted to be worth £5bn by 2012

A fifth of all UK advertising spending is now going online

Monday, 9 March 2009

You don’t often see the words “soaring” and “profits” in the same sentence these days, but one company is celebrating a 41% jump in its income to £38m — thanks to the internet.
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Fashion is a growing online retail category

Stylish innovations that bring home the high street experience

Monday, 2 March 2009

It’s often said that clothes and the internet simply don’t suit each other.
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Keep your head in the clouds for secure online data storage

Monday, 23 February 2009

What do Microsoft and the office supply company Staples have in common? Both believe that the future of data storage is online.
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Will the BlackBerry fall into the 'technological quicksand'?

Obama’s BlackBerry is a tough call for security chiefs

Monday, 16 February 2009

We’ve all heard about President Obama’s attempts in recent weeks to retain his BlackBerry. Like many other users of the device, he finds it hard to let go.
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The Belfast Telegraph?s online edition continues to strengthen with monthly page impressions up from 2.3 million in January 2008 to 8.4 million last month, and unique users up to 434,000 to 1.1 million

Media is only starting to explore a brave new world

Monday, 9 February 2009

The New York Times recently ran an amusing video about reading a newspaper online. It showed the first attempt — in 1981 — by the San Francisco Examiner to distribute its content electronically.
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World is all a-twitter over micro-blogging success story

Tuesday, 3 February 2009

What do Stephen Fry, Philip Schofield and Britney Spears have in common — aside from being famous, that is?
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With its flexibility and the cost savings on office space and equipment, teleworking can stack up as a strong proposition

Why the time is now right for teleworking

Monday, 26 January 2009

A couple of recent surveys have identified something of a paradox when it comes to mobile and flexible working.
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