Archive for the ‘Internet’ Category
My new and improved homepage
June 9th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
I’ve had a web site for 11 years now and, over the years, it has evolved and grown substantially but the basic design has remained the same. The homepage has now been totally redesigned by my good friend and IT guru Eric Lee. Check it out here. I love it. What do you think?
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Is social networking a fad?
May 26th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
This short video – which I saw at a conference this week – is a recent up-date of one produced last year with the latest statistics. It will make you think.
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Should the Net be neutral?
April 26th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
I’ve just contributed my 60th column on communications issues for publication in the journal of the telecommunications union Connect (now part of Prospect). It’s on the tricky issue of Net neutrality and you can read it here.
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The enemies of the Internet
April 15th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
A report by Reporters Without Borders, which fights for freedom of the press across the world, has cited several nations for their attempts to restrict freedom on the Net. The list of Internet enemies includes what Reporters Without Borders calls “the worst violators of freedom of expression on the Net.” Those nations are Saudi Arabia, […]
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The data deluge
March 15th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
I write a regular column on Internet-related issues and I’ve devoted the most recent one to the data deluge. I’ve looked briefly at the mind-blowing volume of data that is now available and the scary pace at which this volume is increasing, how all this data is used and how it can be abused, and […]
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Should governments regulate the Net?
March 8th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
A poll for the BBC World Service surveyed more than 27,000 adults across 26 countries to assess their attitudes to the Internet. It found that almost four in five people thought that access to the Net should be a basic right. But, in a report on the findings, it is revealed: “Web users questioned in […]
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Worldwide growth of access to the worldwide web
March 8th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
This BBC map – based on data from the International Telecommunications Union – shows the growth of Internet users in each country from 1998-2008.
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“The Virtual Revolution”
February 16th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
I’ve been recording the BBC2 television series “The Virtual Revolution” presented by London-based American Dr Aleks Krotoski and I’ve just watched the first of the four programmes entitled “The Great Levelling?” Clearly it’s a fascinating series and this first programme explores the unresolved tension between those who want the Internet to be totally free and […]
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What is this blog about?
February 12th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
One of the benefits of moving NightHawk from Movable Type to Word Press is that I can instantly see how many of the 1700+ postings have been made under each category. So this blog is far from all about me – just 17% of the postings are categorised “My life and my thoughts”. Mostly this […]
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New platform for NightHawk
February 8th, 2010 by Roger Darlington
I’ve now been running a personal blog called NightHawk – the name given to a night fighter ace whose biography I wrote – for almost seven years. From April 2003-July 2006, I used pmachine as the platform. Then, from July 2006-February 2010, I used Movable Type. From today, the blog is using Word Press and, […]
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