tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56994212009-03-25T09:17:55.888ZThe Web TodayAll about the web, ecommerce and other such new fangled words.Webhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08441233302726027949noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699421.post-26107328982165355392009-03-25T09:16:00.003Z2009-03-25T09:17:55.904ZI'm glad that I'm not the only person who just doesnt get Twitter. I find facebook status updates much easier to use, and actually the site a lot more interesting. The navigation in Twitter confuses the hell out of me, how do you find friends, it all looks so messy. Can anyone shed some light on this?Webhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08441233302726027949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699421.post-46859468255034879112009-03-25T09:10:00.001Z2009-03-25T09:10:55.020ZMan killed by curry : this is awful. Just goes to show that you never know what you're eating.Webhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08441233302726027949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699421.post-42725330218541870762009-03-12T21:10:00.002Z2009-03-12T21:14:45.194ZDetails of the perks of working at the International Charter have become available. The organization maybe one of the most influential business orgs out there, but seems to have its heart intent on becoming family friendly. Employees have acccess to free onsite daycare, family days and it even provides a creche for the christmas party.In addition to this fathers get 30 days paternity leave (Webhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08441233302726027949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699421.post-41380852280192126162009-01-05T13:56:00.001Z2009-01-05T13:57:21.779ZHas anyone noticed that CNN.com just can't seem to do ALT tags correctly? Any story you visit will have some nice photos, however the ALT tag is usually just the headline repeated! Why is this? Is the CNN.com content management system based on Documentum or something equally rubbish?Webhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08441233302726027949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699421.post-52957397005592829782008-01-09T15:20:00.000Z2008-01-09T15:21:49.745ZIt is almost hard to believe, as house prices head towards a slump, one of the main shareholders of Northern Rock, the bank that is almost going bankrupt is demanding the UK government pay four times the current shareprice to buy the bank. How insane!Webhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08441233302726027949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699421.post-55724514118266269722008-01-02T21:55:00.001Z2008-01-02T21:56:32.563ZIts almost stating the obvious, that Truste is useless, but still many websites bear the seal.Webhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08441233302726027949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699421.post-10908031930203385372008-01-02T13:01:00.000Z2008-01-02T13:04:32.289ZA growing number of people seem to have some very grave concerns about Facebook privacy and who can actually access your information. With people filling their profile pages with everything from our latest drunken escapades to their home phone numbers, the concern is that not many people realise just who is looking at their profile.Webhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08441233302726027949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699421.post-58090679912187194502007-12-30T23:18:00.000Z2007-12-30T23:21:18.095ZLexdon is reporting that Microsoft is forming a stronger relationship with Indian development powerhouse, Infosys. Im sure Im not the only one who has some big concerns with the level of quality churned out by the likes of Infosys and Wipro, and cant help wondering if things are set to get worse. Afterall Microsoft had a hard enough time turning out software without critical flaws when IT WAS Webhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08441233302726027949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699421.post-46365623033678598832007-12-28T16:55:00.000Z2007-12-28T16:58:15.822ZIts almost becoming a joke now, it seems that companies are completely unable to keep their customers information safe. This comes as the news that Skipton, a UK building society has misplaced customer information.The real question is why the government or whoever isn't fining these companies. Its probably because the UK government has admitted that its misplaced millions of records of data Webhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08441233302726027949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699421.post-35654156044385567782007-12-28T16:49:00.000Z2007-12-28T16:52:00.190ZAs well as being addicted to the web, I'm also a keen property developer. So I took great interested when RightMove, a UK property website completely overhauled its design, embracing Web 2.0.In my opinion the site looks a lot clearer now, I did however like the layout of the old site with the floorplans etc all in the same place.One problem persists however, and that is the fact that lots of Webhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08441233302726027949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699421.post-45569306717420996422007-12-12T20:35:00.000Z2007-12-12T20:36:20.699ZGlaxoSmithKline seems to have revamped their website. Interestingly theyve added an Ajax story browser to the main page. The site itself tries its best to make you think they are a soft company, but in truth I imagine they are quite opposite, afterall they charge people to stay alive.Another interesting point is the site is littered with spelling mistakes! Oops!Webhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08441233302726027949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699421.post-38550400340678498232007-12-12T20:31:00.000Z2007-12-12T20:35:01.968ZInteresting that the darling of the internet world, Facebook, has a rather murky past. According to this article about the history of facebook, there might be some truth to stories that Mark Zuckerberg stole the idea.... interesting, but Im sure he can afford lawyers to make sure he keeps it!Webhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08441233302726027949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699421.post-68105514536982997922007-07-27T13:27:00.000Z2007-07-27T13:37:35.340ZOrange is without a doubt, the worst broadband provider I have ever come across.To begin with, some bright spark decided to move technical support to India. When a user calls up they get an Indian call center worker with an impossibility heavy accent reading from a script.While this does make for some funny moments, most derived from the inability of the operator to speak English (I was once toldWebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08441233302726027949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699421.post-35727204416617913682007-04-17T09:45:00.000Z2007-04-17T09:48:16.902ZThe Indian Bill GatesIf you believe the hype, then the CEO of InfoSys is the Indian version of Bill Gatse.... oh dear. NR Narayana Murthy was voted as one of the best CEOs in the world, as a result of the performance of his company.Webhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08441233302726027949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699421.post-20119877083782600992007-04-17T09:41:00.000Z2007-04-17T09:44:31.424ZIt never ceases to amaze me. InfoSys has just announced record profits as more companies offshore work to them.There is a huge lack of quality in work produced by companies like Wipro and InfoSys, afterall their job is to churn things out as fast as possible.Its also becoming more of a myth that offshoring is cheaper, prices have risen dramatically, and when you factor in the time it takes to Webhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08441233302726027949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699421.post-1176459092704064422007-04-13T10:08:00.000Z2007-04-13T10:11:32.723ZTrustE... not worth the paper its printed on.I've always been skeptical of the truste certification program, mainly because its founding members are a bunch of big companies and the organization can hardly claim to be impartial., and who enjoy some good old back patting.But what has made me even more furious is the pricing. A truste seal costs over $10,000 per year! This incredible pricing Webhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08441233302726027949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699421.post-1167326483516435842006-12-28T17:18:00.000Z2006-12-28T17:21:23.526ZIt would appear that Apple has become a victim of its own success. The company suffered major outages to it iTunes site over the Christmas period has shoppers logged in to buy and give music.The company also suffered outages to its normal store, as many people logged into to spend vouchers on iPods.2007 may not be a good year of Apple, as analysts such as Gartner and Hasenmark are predicting as Webhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08441233302726027949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699421.post-1133779958312834792005-12-05T10:51:00.000Z2005-12-05T10:56:58.053ZSpyware could be a thing of the past, what with the advent of the Safe Download, and other programs like it. But lets be honest, as long as people are stupid enough to download programs without checking, spyware is always going to be a problem.Webhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08441233302726027949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699421.post-1128691799609968852005-10-07T13:28:00.000Z2005-10-07T13:29:59.613ZIts nice to see something like a Corporate Citizenship award, but to be honest does anyone actually think that companies do nice things because they want to? Most of the time they do them simply because it makes them look good. Imagine the mass of publicity that a company like Microsoft received when it funded an AIDS vaccined.Webhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08441233302726027949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699421.post-1128057848158562552005-09-30T05:21:00.000Z2005-09-30T05:24:08.163ZThe Allied Journal is today reporting that Samsung is planning to invest a whopping 33 billion in research and development for new chips, whether the company can make good on this investment remains to be seen, maybe Intel will follow this?Webhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08441233302726027949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699421.post-1093465478428091872004-08-25T20:23:00.000Z2004-08-25T20:24:38.430ZA listing of interesting articles about the Imperial Mark.
Webhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08441233302726027949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699421.post-1091618740174290822004-08-04T11:24:00.000Z2004-08-04T11:25:40.173ZNice to see some ethics stuff making it in.
Ethics and TrustWebhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08441233302726027949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699421.post-108202996182307932004-04-15T11:52:00.000Z2004-04-15T11:55:34.013ZKeira Knightley is up for an Imperial Color. Webhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08441233302726027949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699421.post-1079117492325482542004-03-12T18:51:00.000Z2004-04-15T11:54:45.903ZNice to see something good is happening for someone! Oh well, life goes on.... Personally Id like to work at 72 New Bond Street.Webhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08441233302726027949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699421.post-1078595112537804692004-03-06T17:45:00.000Z2004-03-12T18:34:26.496ZLooks like Disney is suffering from a split personality! New article on Allied Journal called Disney Powersplit details the exact nature of the problem which seems to be troubling the magical kingdom. On another note, some pics of the Imperial Mark party, featuring some nice ones of Keira Knightley, yum!Webhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08441233302726027949noreply@blogger.com