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Skype sell-off: eBay dodges a bullet
Blog Having bought Internet telephony and messaging service Skype for $2.6 billion (£1.4 billion based on exchange rates at the time) in September 2005, online auction house and storefront provider eBay has conceded defeat, selling the majority of its...
[September 3, 2009, 15:45 in Technology Financials by Chris Green]
Eye-Fi - the Wi-Fi SD card for digital camera fans
Blog It is a Wi-Fi enabled SD card that can transfer images and video from your digital camera to a PC and thence online. Software installation was not too much of a hassle, and you set up access to online sharing centres as part of the process.
[January 7, 2010, 11:01 in Reviews Blog by Sandra Vogel]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog But poor old eBay, which is running a remarkably popular and clearly useful online auction service -- isn't that just such a good idea? IT Manager sacked for booking holiday online! E-commerce makes more of a nod to sanity today as David Trimble's...
[June 18, 1999, 18:23 in Rupert's Diary by Rupert Goodwins]
Microsoft to blur Web and application lines
Talkback Unfortunately the affinity MS has for sharing predominently online based software with other online products and then selling it me is about as complelling as renting music. We're not just jamming a bunch of adds at people.have you tried using MSN...
About: Microsoft to blur Web and application lines
[September 14, 2005, 18:20]
Riches snatched away at any time
Blog I’ve recently heard from a depressed client with an online mail order business selling Outoor equipment. I did the warn the man to never ever rely on online income depending on one third party. Assume almost any other source of online business that...
[December 30, 2008, 8:25 in It shouldn't happen to an IT consultant by Adrian Mars]
.XXX: The new home for porn?
Talkback As far as free speech goes, i think adult material should be allowed anywhere on the net, however, i think websites whose core business is selling this content online, should be relocated to another domain.this should also apply to anyone who...
About: .XXX: The new home for porn?
[February 7, 2005, 13:13]
Orange roaming rates claim another victim
Talkback I'd be tempted to check their compliance with distance selling legislation, as if they're selling you a service online and they haven't disclosed the true cost is that not illegal? It's doubly ironic that as I read about the Orange discontent I'm...
About: Orange roaming rates claim another victim
[February 1, 2006, 12:50]
'Fishy' Windows 7 Sales techniques.
Talkback Buyers feel pressured because they can compare prices online and see amazon selling at nearly twice the price - its enough to get most people to part with their cash. Amazon no longer selling at the promotional price, yet Dixons / Tesco seems to...
About: Windows 7 pre-orders begin
[July 20, 2009, 9:52 by adamjarvis]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog That might be annoying and expensive, but when you're a site that depends on selling online advertising -- the stuff that helps pays my wages, so I'm motivated here -- you're doubly stumped. In the online world, history relates that the users...
[September 17, 2004, 17:30 in Rupert's Diary by Rupert Goodwins]
A call for an internet age speaker
Blog We're now used to buying and selling, keeping in touch with our friends, banking, and doing many other routine parts of our lives online. MySociety.org, a project of a charity called UK Citizens Online Democracy, has been producing web sites that...
[May 27, 2009, 13:48 in Beyond the Code by Jonathan Bennett]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog This got mentioned in the trade press and online, and various enterprising individuals worked out that by tweaking ordinary digital TV PC cards they could pick up the signals. It's only money, competition, broadband and the development of the UK's...
[June 23, 2006, 18:45 in Rupert's Diary by Rupert Goodwins]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog These may be the last examples where enthusiasts physically gather and innovate: these days, the need to congregate anywhere except online is much reduced. Showing off online just isn't as satisfying - which is true for so many things.
[November 11, 2005, 17:30 in Rupert's Diary by Rupert Goodwins]
Getting 'Close & Personal' Is Key To Online Retail
Blog According to the research, this is particularly true in the management of large product ranges where consumers only want to be offered products and services that are relevant and appropriate to them, as an ‘edited choice’, in order to benefit from...
[July 17, 2009, 20:03 in Social Networking by christian harris]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog This one adds a colour screen and videophone features, so alongside the email, Web access and online shopping of the earlier versions you can now call up gran and wave, somewhat fuzzily, at the old dear.
[September 17, 2004, 17:30 in Rupert's Diary by Rupert Goodwins]
Rupert Goodwins' diary
Blog Today's problem is that people still aren't getting online with broadband in large numbers -- which is bad, because it's stifling the next stage in developing the online world. The easiest way would be for BT to encourage others to provide that...
[April 12, 2001, 16:47 in Rupert's Diary by Rupert Goodwins]
Do we need a campaign to save XP?
Blog If I remember rightly, I upgraded to Windows 95 so I could use a CD drive, moved on to Windows 2000 so I could use USB, and to XP for stability, roll-back and automatic online upgrades. Microsoft is pulling the plug (stopping selling XP) at the end...
[January 15, 2008, 11:51 in Vista Upgrade Blog by PeterJudge]
Sellers sue eBay over double-billing
Talkback At the moment ebay are paying government departments like SOCA upwards of 100.000 (one hundred thousand english pounds) to be able to use logos like the 'get safe online' logo they have. I have corresponded with MR Edwards and pointed out to him...
About: Sellers sue eBay over double-billing
[August 6, 2006, 12:59]
Phorm's underlying problem - and how to fix it
Blog Instead of asking the question of what third parties are allowed to do with a user's online activities, ask instead who owns those activities. Say you're typing an email in an online email system. Phorm's big problem, articulated most clearly by...
[March 12, 2008, 6:15 in News Blog by Rupert Goodwins]
What changes Windows Mobile into a Windows phone?
Blog Putting everything in the cloud takes it down to the lowest common denominator and Microsoft's bright but often misunderstood idea of 'software plus services' just means software that gets extra features when you go online.
[October 19, 2009, 15:06 in 500 words into the future by Simon Bisson and Mary Branscombe]
Sony Ericsson K700i: a first look
Talkback The Orange shop is selling it online now for £179.99. The cheapest this phone is selling for on Orange PAYG (in October) is £178.50 on www.cyren-communications.co.uk Although i have seen this same company selling it cheaper in September for £159.75...
About: Sony Ericsson K700i: a first look
[October 10, 2004, 15:27]
