When Google bought DoubleClick last year, there were plenty of concerns from privacy advocates about what this would mean. Well this new initiative seems to be the logical conclusion. Google is now using DoubleClick cookies to track users browsing habits and serve up ads relating to that browsing history. From a web developers point of […]
Google hit the target with DoubleClick\’s DART Read More »
Blogging is rife, every one is doing it, I advise my clients to do it, you should do it (if you are, well done) But the majority of us bloggers do not have any formal training. some blogs I read are written very badly, but the content saves them. So what value to do blogs
How much value to bloggers add to the Web? Read More »
Just as a follow-up from the previous post, Symantec have released the removal instructions for W32.Downadup.C You can find them here The removal instructions are part automated using the Antivirus software, but also require the editing of the PC\’s registry and the usual system restore issues. It is the registry edits that mean these instructions
W32.Downadup.C – Removal Instructions Read More »
I don\’t cover viruses here much, but after reading about this in a few places a few things stood out. This is an article from PCWorld that describes a notification from Symantec. Downadup is a virus that execute instructions from an infected machine. Apparently, the new variant is more hardened against anti virus tools (looks
W32.Downadup.C the next big hit? Read More »
In this more sharing and caring world of Web2.0, the idea of sharing information between platforms has become one of the key issues for sites such as Facebook to deal with. Facebook is a great site (must be great, even my Mum thought it was a great idea!) and over the last few days I
Mashups, Integration and Cooperation Read More »
We had an email before Christmas asking if we would sponsor a young lady named Avalon. She rides in the 125cc class as the lone female among the other male riders. Well we thought this was great, so we have created a site for her with a blog so she can start talking about her
Avalon Biddle – 16yo female motorbike rider takes on the boys Read More »
We got it wrong, so lets get our users to help That might be what the suits at Facebook had to say when there was the huge backlash relating to their terms and conditions release a week ago. For those who haven\’t heard, there were huge online protests to the terms that made content posted
The web2.0 of Web2.0 Read More »
For a while now, I have been talking about the need for New Zealand to improve its internet infrastructure (Read broadband speeds) to allow for a more distributed possibility to working. In my last corporate job, the talk was of about Telecommuting, or allowing staff to work from home using the internet as a way
Cloud Computing…What the? Read More »
1. Sitemaps Sitemaps are a great way of telling Google what pages you want to be indexed. Google will index your site regardless of using a sitemap, however, this tool makes it easier for Google to index those pages you want it to. You can exclude pages if you really want to, but you can
The Top 5 Benefits of Using Google\’s Webmaster Tools Read More »
I have just been reading Aardvark, a great local IT commentary site and the thoughts of it\’s author Bruce Simpson about the Section 92a protest to stop the introduction of \”guilt by accusation\” legislation. Bruce was quite condemning of the action so far by the NZ blogging community (plus a notable mention to Stephen Fry
Well done everyone! Controversial bill averted for now Read More »
