Technology

I keep reading reports of Second Life being an overhyped piece of dead meat, and now get the same vibes about Twitter and more. In the latest round of discussions, James Gardner and Ron Shevlin both question the worthiness of Twitter for banking, whilst an interesting survey by Purewire found that millions of Twitterati never…

I keep reading reports of Second Life being an overhyped piece of dead meat, and now get the same vibes about Twitter and more. In the latest round of discussions, James Gardner and Ron Shevlin both question the worthiness of Twitter for banking, whilst an interesting survey by Purewire found that millions of Twitterati never…

I heard this quote the other day and loved it, so I’m using it (nothing like plagiarism is there?). Equally, I’m stealing lots of other things these days, such as this animation sent to me courtesy of Simon Deane-Johns: If you are using a system that has a Firewall and can’t work this out, then…

I heard this quote the other day and loved it, so I’m using it (nothing like plagiarism is there?). Equally, I’m stealing lots of other things these days, such as this animation sent to me courtesy of Simon Deane-Johns: If you are using a system that has a Firewall and can’t work this out, then…

A nice news report on Pocket Gamer's website, that says iPhone's developers are getting all excited about micro-payments, a new feature in the new iPhone 3.0 software: "Right now, the only way to charge someone for your iPhone game is through a standard App Store purchase. You get your money up front, but you can't…

According to McAfee, Americans have lost about $8.5 billion because of internet scams in the last two years alone.  As a result, they've launched an interesting series of videos to educate your Average Joe's and Jane's in what to do and what not to do for safe surfs. Here's Episode 1 that talks about 419s,…

McKinsey posted a great little conversation starter this week entitled: What next? Ten questions for CFOs and subtitled: "As companies shift their attention from fighting the crisis to getting the most from the recovery, CFOs must keep them focused." It's nice to see that McKinsey are calling this a recovery now, and so here's the…

As we use low latency systems, faster payments, twitter and other technologies, we silently watch the revolution of our world from local to global communities, and to a real-time global pulse. The thing is, do you ever stop to notice? The fact that you can trade in a millionth of a millionth of a second,…