UK Websites Must Be Saved For History

UK Websites Must Be Saved For HistoryThe British Library has expressed concerns that future historians may face a “black hole” of lost material unless urgent action is taken to archive contemporary websites and other digital records.

Lynne Brindley, the library’s chief executive, is concerned that Britain’s cultural heritage may be at risk as new technologies make current standards obsolete. Some have noted that this is already happening, with photos stored on computers lost forever when hard drives fail and mobile phone snaps easily being lost or never transferred off the handset.

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210 Billion Emails Sent Every Day; 70% Is Spam

210 Billion Emails Sent Every Day; 70% Is SpamOver 210 billion emails were sent every single day in 2008, according to recent research by the Web site performance business firm Pingdom.

The company with the funny name estimated that steenkin’ spam accounted for 70 per cent of all email sent, with the total spam count for the year being an almost unfathomable 53.8 trillion emails.

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Stephen Fry Appearance At London Apple Store: Potential Riot? UPDATED

Stephen Fry Appearance At London Apple Store: Potential Riot?Police riot vehicles might be needed on 2 Feb at the London Apple Store, as Stephen Fry – TV broadcaster and Twitter’s sometimes head of publicity (he and sometimes-TV presenter Jonathan Ross were gassing on the box about it on Friday night) – is speaking at the shop Not now, we understand that it’s been cancelled.

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Over One Billion Internet Users Now Online

Over One Billion Internet Users Now OnlineThe total global online Internet audience has passed the one billion mark according to digital marketing intelligence provider, comScore.

Their smartypants sounding ‘World Metrix audience measurement service’ calculated that the total number of web surfers logging on the web last month reached the landmark 1bn figure.

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Acer Serves Up £300 Aspire One 10in Netbook

Acer Serves Up £300 Aspire One 10in NetbookAcer has announced details of its stylish new 10in Aspire One netbook, due to go on sale next month.

The specs look pretty good, with the Aspire packing the now-standard 1.6GHz Atom N270 processor, 1GB RAM backed up by a sizeable 160GB hard disk and a widescreen 1,024 x 600 pixel display

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Lenovo W700ds TV Ads Is Way Wrong

Lenovo W700ds TV Ads Is Way WrongLenovo’s W700ds, dual screen monster laptop, is an interesting beast, which is much more than can be said for the TV advert they’re using to promote it.

The ad, viewable below, is just so off the mark, it’s shocking.

The premise is well-worn and of weak humour when it was first used – Dorky bloke has a piece of technology that is so impressive that Attractive Girl can’t but throw herself at said Dork.

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T-Mobile G2 Android Powered Handset Photos Break Free

T-Mobile G2 Android Powered Handset Photos Break FreePhotos claiming to show the new T-Mobile G2 have appeared on the web, with a release date set for the first half of the year.

Although the T-Mobile G1 impressed us immensely, there were a few issues with the phone, least of all its rather chunky appearance. Compared to the sleek likes of Apple’s ubiquitous iPhone, we have to say found the Android powered contender looked rather lardy.

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Review: Eton FR140 Microlink Wind-Up/Solar Powered Radio With Torch And Charger (86%)

Eton FR140 Microlink Wind-Up/Solar Powered Radio With Torch And Charger (86%)Looking rather natty in an all black, rubberised case, the Eton FR140 radio aims to be the perfect companion for deep forays into the countryside or as a handy take-everywhere travel gadget for the self sufficient.

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