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July 8th, 2010 by michael.frier

Daily News – 08/07

The Register – Amazon.co.uk takes on Tesco

Amazon’s UK tentacle is upping its range of goods for sale to include thousands of grocery and food items and lashings of lovely booze.

The Daily Telegraph – Mozilla unveils Firefox 4 beta

Firefox 4, the latest version of the popular internet browser, has been released as a public beta, and adopts some of Google Chrome’s features.

Computer Weekly – Marks & Spencer online sales grow 49 per cent

Marks & Spencer’s online business M&S Direct saw sales rise 49 per cent in the first quarter of the new financial year. Overall UK sales were up 4.4 per cent, with the online side of the business playing a strong role in the performance. The company has invested in its online business in recent months. It extended its Shop Your Way multi-channel ordering service to more than 400 stores and has launched a fully mobile-enabled website.

Total Telecom – Ridley Scott teaming up with YouTube on documentary
Google-owned YouTube described it as a “historic cinematic experiment” intended to “document one day, as seen through the eyes of people around the world.”

Management Today – £35m a year for the Business Link website? Really??

Opinion was split when new business minister Mark Prisk announced the Government was pulling the plug on Business Link: although many business owners have long considered it a total waste of taxpayers’ money, others sing its praises. However, it is now reported that the website cost the taxpayer an extraordinary £105m over the last three years.

The Guardian – Facebook applications requesting permission to steal your data

The world of Facebook can be a dangerous place, as two separate incidents this week have proven.

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May 26th, 2010 by michael.frier

Daily News – 26/05

IT PRO – Europe has a single digital market – and it’s illegal
The EU’s Neelie Kroes explains why Europe needs a digital plan to jumpstart the economy and protect the environment.

The Daily Telegraph – Google Chrome out of beta

Google’s web browser, Chrome, has moved out of beta for Mac and Linux users, the company confirmed. The new versions boast several new features, including improved support for HTML5, the video technology that rivals Adobe Flash, and the ability to synchronise browser preferences between computers.

Management Today – Currys customers to get iPad before pre-orders arrive

A coup for DSGi – but dedicated fanboys may have to wait two weeks to get their iPads. Apple has admitted that dedicated fans who pre-ordered the iPad as soon as it was announced could face delivery delays of up to a fortnight – but those who didn’t bother may be set to get their hands on one sooner. DSGi, the owner of PC World, Currys and Dixons, has scooped its rival high street retailers by announcing that its outlets will be seeling the new iPad from 9am on Friday.

CIO – Queen’s Speech adds to IT concerns about cuts

Public sector IT professionals are increasingly worried that vital projects will be canned to meet budget cuts. IT suppliers, who earn annual revenues of £17 billion from public sector contracts, are also expressing serious concerns over the government’s near £3bn cuts in project spending.

BBC – First human ‘infected with computer virus’

A British scientist says he is the first man in the world to become infected with a computer virus. Dr Mark Gasson from the University of Reading contaminated a computer chip which was then inserted into his hand.

BBC – Big Irish crackdown on net piracy

The Irish Republic has begun a piracy crackdown which could see customers cut off from the net for a year.



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January 4th, 2010 by Speed Budapest (Matt)

Top 10 Google Chrome Extensions

Google Chrome ExtensionsIt is now nearly a month since Google launched ‘Extensions‘ for its free web browser, Chrome, so we’ve had a bit of time to play around and test out some of the 1,000 or so extensions available.

Extensions basically allow users to customise Chrome by adding features and functions that they require. A lot like add-ons for Internet Explorer or Firefox.

Here is a list of 10 extensions that we think are worth downloading:

  1. Goo.gl url shortener
    This extension allows you to shorten website addresses with Google’s URL shortening service Goo.gl. Once compressed the url is automatically copied to clipboard and you can share it with twitter, facebook, blogger, gmail or your default mail client.
  2. HTML2PDF
    This extensions lets you create a PDF from any webpage instantly with a single single click.
  3. Invisible Hand
    InvisibleHand discreetly notifies you if the product you’re browsing is available more cheaply from another retailer. The notification provides a convenient link straight to the relevant product page on the competing retailer’s website. (Disclosure: Invisible Hand is a Speed client)
  4. SendTo Extension
    This plugin lets you send the web page that you are viewing currently to various internet services directly from your Chrome browser. It support a whole host of sites including WordPress, Facebook, Delicious and Bit.ly.
  5. Zemanta
    Zemanta is great extension, designed to assist bloggers. It expands the user’s regular blogging dashboard, populating it with content suggestions relevant to the current text. Zemanta also presents images, links, articles, and tags that can be instantly added to the post at the touch of a button.
  6. Chromed Bird
    Chromed Bird lets you to follow your Twitter timelines and interact with your account.
  7. Google Mail Checker
    This extension displays the number of unread messages in your Google Mail inbox. You can also click a button to open your inbox instantly.
  8. Tech Crunch
    The TechCrunch extension for Google Chrome can help you to keep up-to-date with the latest technology news by providing a feed of the latest news stories posted on Tech Crunch.
  9. Google Translate
    This extension adds a button to your browser toolbar that enables you to translate entire webpages into a language of your choice with one click.
  10. Shiny MPs
    The Shiny MPs extensions gives you regular updates on your local MP’s parliamentary activity as well as quick links to important information.
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September 28th, 2009 by Speed Budapest (Matt)

Daily News 28/09

The Guardian – Orange signs iPhone deal with Apple
O2′s exclusive deal to support Apple’s iPhone in the UK is set to come to an end, after Orange announced today that it would also be selling the handset later this year.

Silicon.com -IT chiefs ignoring data centre energy use
Data centre and IT chiefs aren’t paying enough attention to measuring, monitoring and modelling energy use in data centres – and unless they do, they will not be able to cut their energy costs and meet compliance requirements, according to analyst Gartner.

Computer Weekly – Google Chrome Frame doubles security risk, claims Microsoft
Microsoft has slammed Google’s Chrome Frame, which enables users of Internet Explorer to run the Google Chrome browser withing a frame in Internet Explorer. Microsoft claimed that the Chromium plug-in would open users to greater security risks.

CBR – Social networks key to good customer service: report
Consumers are increasingly turning to social network sites to solve their customer service issues rather than contacting a company directly, according to a new report. The survey of 2,050 UK consumers, conducted by YouGov for salesforce.com, found that two-thirds lack the confidence that a call centre would be able to satisfactorily handle their query.

Computing – New tool simplifies customer feedback management
Customer feedback management firm Managemycomplaints.com (MMC) has launched in the UK with a namesake online service designed to give SMEs the ability to forge closer relationships with their customers, but at low cost. Available for less than £2 per user per day, the new service enables organisations to log, manage and report on every comment a customer makes, giving them greater insight into what their customers think of them, and therefore helping to improve retention rates.

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