Web Browsers – It’s a love hate relationship.

I love browsers. Hey, it’s the reason we surf the web. But lately they have thrown up more issues than need be required. Let’s take a closer look at why I love and hate web browsers. People use different web browsers for different reasons. These reasons range from ‘I have no choice, my company has [...]

Web Trends – Where Do You Get Your News From?

This is an interesting question because the source of news for many is in a state of transition. Some get their news from a traditional newspaper, some use television, some look to the Internet, whilst the rest are getting their news from a multiple number of sources throughout the day. But the Internet is causing [...]

The Machine is Us/ing Us by Michael Wesch, Kansas State University.

Machines are processing more and more information everyday. We need them to survive in today’s’ information age. What will happen as the data begins to pile up, and we decide to ask the machines to help us make decisions based on this historical data.  Ooh scary! Well maybe it is or maybe it ain’t or [...]

Google Street View On The Slopes For Winter Olympics 2010.

Get a better idea of how steep the slopes really are with Google’s Snow View. Keep up to date with the games with Google and Street View for the slopes at : http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/games10/index.html

The guy that broke the Internet.

One of my favourite articles from Wired Magazine November 2008. Secret Geek A-Team Hacks Back, Defends Worldwide Web But who was he kidding? He was just some guy. The problem had been coded into Internet architecture in 1983. It was 2008. Somebody must have fixed it by now. He typed a quick series of commands [...]

Interactive Textbooks for Education.

I used to hate carrying books to school. You’d think I was packing for a round the world tour, filled with sun and action packed adventures. No, I was just going to school. Macmillan US makes textbooks dynamic which allow teachers to freely customise and modify the textbooks, which can then be made available online [...]

Please Rob Me – Listing all those empty homes out there.

These guys have a serious point to make about how some users on location based services are not aware of the online privacy issues. Find out more at: http://pleaserobme.com/

MIT OpenCourseWare (OCW) is a web-based publication of virtually all MIT course content. OCW is open and available to the world and is a permanent MIT activity.

Free Online MIT Course Material. What is MIT OpenCourseWare? MIT OpenCourseWare is a free publication of MIT course materials that reflects almost all the undergraduate and graduate subjects taught at MIT. OCW is not an MIT education. OCW does not grant degrees or certificates. OCW does not provide access to MIT faculty. Materials may not [...]