Archive for the ‘Internet’ Category
The web matters to you even before you are born and even after you are dead
September 3rd, 2013 by Roger Darlington
I am currently reading “Untangling The Web” by Aleks Krotoski. She makes the point that the web has a record of information about us, not just while we are alive and using it, but often earlier and later. Many parents now open a Facebook page for their expected child even before the baby is born. […]
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The growing potholes on the information superhighway
August 24th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
On 14 August, there was a the two-hour failure of the New York Times website , during which it resorted to publishing articles on its Facebook page. While a malicious attack was initially suspected, the problem was caused simply by a scheduled system maintenance. On the same day, Microsoft customers began to report email failures. […]
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What happens on the Internet each and every second …
August 12th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
There’s a terrific infographic that explains what is happening on the Net which you can check out here. Be sure to scroll down to the very bottom.
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10 contenders for the most irritating online abbreviations
June 8th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
Which of these do you recognise/use/hate? LOL YOLO TBH IMHO JFGI tl;dr IYKWIM TMI AFAIR NSFW See discussion of the 10 abbreviations here.
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A review of the book “The New Digital Age”
May 28th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
How will new digital technologies change our lives and challenge our privacy? How will states use these technologies in dealing with their citizens, each other, and other international actors? These are some of the questions addressed by two top Google executive in this thoughtful book which I have reviewed here.
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Should we block access to extremist web sites?
May 27th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
According to the latest news, Home Secretary Theresa May is considering proposals for blocking access to web sites that promote religious extremism, although Prime Minister David Cameron earlier told the nation that we should not have knee-jerk reactions to the horrific murder of a soldier in Woolwich. The problem is that we keep having short-lived […]
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My introduction to e-government services
May 23rd, 2013 by Roger Darlington
One of the huge potential benefits of widespread Internet connectivity and digital literacy is the development of online government services at both national and local level. Although I have been using the Net for 18 years now, it was not until very recently that I have entered the world of e-government services. I imagine that, […]
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20 ways to keep your Internet identity safe from hackers
May 12th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
An article in today’s “Observer” newspaper has some good advice which you can read here.
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What is money anyway?
May 10th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
They say that money makes the world go round, but increasingly this is not notes and coins but simply the binary digits nought and one, as I explain in this article.
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Many think that Net is regulated and should be more regulated
May 7th, 2013 by Roger Darlington
Four in ten (40%) thought the internet was regulated. Almost half (47%) felt that current levels of internet regulation were ‘too little’, (increasing to 54% among parents), 23% said ‘about right’ and 28% said they didn’t know whether it was about right or not. Since 2010 the proportion of respondents who said they ‘did not […]
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