Water and Oil equals world domination
As almost everyone on the planet has realised we are using up the natural resources and there will come a time when they have been depleted, but before we get to that stage there will be time when military power is over taken by those who have a hold over the worlds most precious resources, [...]
March 28, 2008Torrent Spy closes down
It was not that long when Torrent Spy was the most visited Bit Torrent site in the world. But all that changed a little over a year ago when the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) obtained a ruling from a Federal Judge. This ruling would have meant that Torrent Spy would have to have [...]
March 26, 2008Smart eating keeps staff at their desks
When it gets to around 11.00 am and right the through to 2.00 pm it is very noticeable that the staff in the office begin to get restless and eventually they are up and about looking for something to eat and drink.
This behaviour is repeated throughout the world in offices and can cause companies a [...]
A real challenge to Office
It would seem that for the first time in around ten years Microsoft’s Office Suite could have a real challenger for supremacy of the desktop. The challenge is coming from Open Office who has been in the ball park for some years, but never really in the game.
When Open Office version 2.4 emerged, it was [...]
Is the customer always right?
Well if we listen to people who work in stores then you would think not, because it is not really what they want to be thinking. After all if the customer is always right then this is going to lead to all sorts of problems for the store staff.
These are reasons as to why the [...]
The McCartney’s get down to business
The business of divorce is one that can cost millions of pounds for celebrities, the recent court appearance of the McCartney’s has shown us all that it makes no difference who is right or wrong the bottom line is all that matters and this case had a large bottom line.
The media had stood guard outside [...]
National shopping habits change
Every year the office of national statistics draws up the UK’s shopping basket, this is the products that we are buying in the stores and every time this happens the products at the top swap around as some become more popular, while others may fall out of favour with the UK shopping public.
WHAT’S IN:
Pure fruit [...]
AOL to buy BeBo
America’s favourite internet service provider AOL is looking to buy the social networking site, Bebo for a figure of $850 million. This will give AOL access to the forty million or so members of the site. But Bebo is one of the largest social networking sites in the UK and will offer a buyer a [...]
March 13, 2008New business in Brain fitness
With more or less everyone knowing some body that has a child affected by Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) you can imagine the size of the market, yes if you were a business and this was your target market then it would be huge, wouldn’t it?
This marketplace has grown over the years as parents try [...]
Google’s and Doubleclick get Euro approval
The merger between Google and the online advertising business Double Click has been given the all clear by the European regulators, stating that there would be no harmful effects on consumers. Originally the proposed merger had been opposed by Google’s rivals Microsoft and Yahoo, as they were concerned about the advertising.
However it was decided that [...]
No site is safe, is bad for business
Chinese hackers are claiming that no site is safe, which is not very good for businesses that use the internet for a good part of the revenues. These hackers are very quiet and shy people who are organised in groups with the sole purpose of the getting into secure websites.
The fact that these groups are [...]
The world’s youngest billionaire
We all knew that as soon as the social networking site Facebook, got a huge infusion of cash that the founder Mark Zuckerberg was made for life. But quite where he stood in the league of the world’s richest people was not known until the publication of the Forbes magazine’s list of the World’s Billionaires.
The [...]
The business of junk mail
Virtually everyone connected to the internet receives a little bit of junk mail, this is different to spam as these messages are sent to you because you have at some stage subscribed to the company’s list, this authorises them to send you adverts and offers.
Sometimes when you have had enough of them all you need [...]
Cloned cows go on sale
It may sound a bit like science fiction, but the fact the first cloned cows are about to go on sale in the UK is definitely fact.
The first calves born to a cloned cow in the UK will be travelling to the live stock auction in Bristol this week, this is said to be [...]
Email abuse can damage your wealth
It seems that if you are in the habit of accessing your emails or taking a quick peep at what happening on your favourite social networking site while at work, then you could find yourself getting into deep trouble with your employers.
As in a recent survey of over 300 companies of all sizes in [...]