Despite the rash of criticism over its performance — after appearing to forecast the direct opposite of the real weather — the Met Office contiues to underperform …
Technology
Ozzie prefers Chrome
In a public discussion with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, the company’s Chief Technical Office and futurist, Ray Ozzie, declared he preferred Google’s Chome operating system (OS) to its Android OS …
The future of newspapers
I started my publishing career on the internet in 2003. The technology was primitive by today’s standards, but amazing for the times. My first venture involved a static website called The Dial. I created business “How-To” eBooks — by far the easiest to sell — in a desk-top publishing program and converted them to PDF. [...]
Wi-Fi will bring more workers to South West
The Government’s “Digital Britain” report suggests that universal access to a reliable and fast internet will allow more people the flexibility to live and work in a place of their own choice, and the most overwhelming consequence of Wi-Fi technology could be the potential future changes in population migration across the UK …
Met Office mea culpa
The Exeter-based Met Office is distributing a news release explaining why it forecast a “barbecue summer” when July and parts of August have been wet and squally …
Were there flying saucers over Devon and Cornwall?
Many witnesses reported sightings in Devon and Cornwall in the early hours of Wednesday March 31, 1993. Descriptions mainly centred on a large, low-flying object making a low humming sound.
Blu-ray on a roll
Consumer trends show that people are less inclined to spend their money on leisure activities outside the home, like gym memberships. They are instead turning to less costly options of enjoying an evening in with a good movie and some home-cooked food …
Yahoo! weds Microsoft
Microsoft and Yahoo! have just unveiled a 10-year search and advertising partnership to challenge Google, the world’s dominant internet search engine.
Google Wave coming in September
Google has announced that Google Wave, it’s new real-time online communication and collaboration tool for friends, will go live at the end of September. Google Wave will allows friends to chat and share documents, links and maps in real time. It will go live in September on an invitation-only basis.
Apple tops tech sales
Apple seems to be riding out the deep recession worldwide, thanks largely to its new 3G iPhone. It adds up to the most successful non-Christmas three-month period in the Apple’s 32-year history.
