When it comes web surfing, the US are the world leaders with the average user spending almost an hour a day on the web – nearly twice as long as Australians, according to data from Nielsen Online.
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Mike Slocombe
Americans Spend Over A Day A Month Online
Google Consolidates Its #1 UK Search Engine Ranking
The great lumbering behemoth that is Google continues to devours UK search engine revenues, cementing its place at the top of the search engine chart by increasing its return on investment (ROI) by 14 per since the last quarter of 2007.
(more…)The UK Hearts Mobile Social Networking
Accessing social networking websites on your mobile is apparently the “next big thing” according to the spods at Neilsen Research, with UK users leading the European vanguard.Their research has revealed that 1.7 per cent of UK mobile phone subscribers (that’s 810,000 users) have used their Internet enabled handsets to visit popular social networking sites like Facebook, Bebo and MySpace during the first quarter of this year.
Blackberry Bold (900) Goes Official
The gang at Blackberry have finally swished the velvet curtain back for the official launch of the BlackBerry Bold, previously known as the 9000.Looking sleeker than a stimulant- supping streamlined ferret coated in 3-in-1 oil, the new Blackberry is gunning for the deep pockets of business professionals and power users, promising “unprecedented functionality and performance”.
Harmony 785 Advanced Universal Remote: Review (87%)
It’s great having a living room stuffed full of the latest gadgets, but with just about every gizmo coming with its own easily-lost remote control, parlour games of “hunt the ruddy remote” and “where’s the chuffing battery gone?!” have become commonplace in some homes.
(more…)HTC Touch Diamond Wants To Outshine iPhone
HTC’s new Touch Diamond smartphone, successor to the popular HTC Touch (reviewed in June 2007) has just been unveiled in London.Powered by a 528 MHz Qualcomm processor, the Touch Diamond eschews the pebble-smooth rounded lines of its 3-million selling predecessor and breaks out the piano gloss finish all over its rectangular lines.
(more…)Freesat BBC and ITV Free HD Service Launches
BBC and ITV are launching Freesat today, a new free-to-view satellite television service allowing viewers to gorge themselves on high definition television for nowt.The two UK TV giants have teamed up to serve up a feast of 80 freebie television and radio channels which will be accessible to 98 per cent of homes.
The BBC have been talking about it for quite a while to the point where people stopped believing it would happen, through to a cautious ‘yes probably’ a year and a bit ago.
Sony Bravia V4500 HDTV Series Announced
If, like us, you’ve become increasingly aware of the enormous, room-filling girth of your current cathode ray TV set, you may find your wallet being teased and titillated by Sony’s new Bravia V4500 range of sleek’n’slim LCD TVs.
(more…)Yahoo Shares Crash As Microsoft Walk Away From Takeover Talks
Shares in Internet old skoolsters Yahoo crashed by fifteen per cent on the weekend after Microsoft walked away from protracted takeover negotiations.Microsoft had been waving a fearsomely hefty £24bn wad in Yahoo’s face since January, but gave out a firm “talk to the hand” instruction after their takeover deal failed to be accepted.
Third Of UK Surfers Using Online Banking
In spite of endless security scares, and reports of dire service, it seems that us Brits are just loving that online banking thing, according to new research from online stat-shufflin’ dudes Comscore.Their figures for January 2008 show that nearly 11 million users connected to at least one online banking service, adding up to around 33 per cent of the total UK online population.
The great lumbering behemoth that is Google continues to devours UK search engine revenues, cementing its place at the top of the search engine chart by increasing its return on investment (ROI) by 14 per since the last quarter of 2007.
Accessing social networking websites on your mobile is apparently the “next big thing” according to the spods at Neilsen Research, with UK users leading the European vanguard.
The gang at Blackberry have finally swished the velvet curtain back for the official launch of the BlackBerry Bold, previously known as the 9000.
It’s great having a living room stuffed full of the latest gadgets, but with just about every gizmo coming with its own easily-lost remote control, parlour games of “hunt the ruddy remote” and “where’s the chuffing battery gone?!” have become commonplace in some homes.
HTC’s new Touch Diamond smartphone, successor to the popular HTC Touch (reviewed in 
BBC and ITV are launching Freesat today, a new free-to-view satellite television service allowing viewers to gorge themselves on high definition television for nowt.
If, like us, you’ve become increasingly aware of the enormous, room-filling girth of your current cathode ray TV set, you may find your wallet being teased and titillated by Sony’s new Bravia V4500 range of sleek’n’slim LCD TVs.
Shares in Internet old skoolsters Yahoo crashed by fifteen per cent on the weekend after Microsoft walked away from protracted takeover negotiations.
In spite of endless security scares, and