web 2.0 in news
Pay for IT chiefs weathers the storm
News Elsewhere in the IT job market, there's evidence that software and web developer's store is rising after a relatively bad 2008 - with almost half (46 per cent) of survey respondents in this job category now earning... [23 Nov 2009]
How will you use Google Wave? Recruiting, decision-making, dealing with complaints
News Wave apps are also already making ripples within two of Google's fellow web 2.0 pioneers, Wikipedia and software-as-a-service specialist Salesforce.com. It may have only been launched a few months ago... [28 Oct 2009]
How tech is helping gamblers get that casino feeling
News Kiessling feels developing new products and embracing web 2.0 phenomenon such as social networking will be key to attracting more of these gamblers who are making to switch to online.bwin is currently... [23 Oct 2009]
BlackBerry Storm2: RIM's second touchscreen - this time with wi-fi
News Asked whether OS 5 brings any improvements to the native web browser, Orr said the company believes browser speed will be 20 or 30 per cent faster. The web browser is] an area that we... [15 Oct 2009]
How a tech 'watch list' can save CIOs from being caught out
News Other technologies judged by Forrester to be increasingly important over the next few years include policy-based SOA, mobile apps and business processes, cloud-based platforms, web 2.0-enabled business... [12 Oct 2009]
One in five of world's households now wired to the web
News Broadband penetration for South Korea is forecast to reach 93 per cent in 2013, while Hong Kong and Singapore will see 80 per cent and 78 per cent, respectively, of their households wired up to the web. [28 Sep 2009]
Are dinosaur managers and poor teaching holding back Digital Britain?
News More must be done to convince grey-haired business leaders to embrace web 2.0 developments, a panel of experts has warned. He cited the insurance industry as an example of where an opportunity for... [23 Sep 2009]
Bottom falls out of online pants market but e-tail hits £3.8bn
News It is no coincidence that in these sectors retailers are making the greatest strides to improve their online offer, with improved visuals, enhanced product information, more convenient delivery and return models and an increasing use of... [22 Sep 2009]
Facebook to kill Beacon: Info-sharing programme crumbles under privacy concerns
News And offering Facebook users the chance to register and log in to external sites without separate usernames and passwords gives Facebook Connect's marketing a slant of user convenience - and security, as some web users... [21 Sep 2009]
iPod Touch, Nano get costume change and price drop
News There is still no wi-fi or built-in web browser, so users will first have to sync the videos to their computers to access and edit the files. Apple on Wednesday unveiled a refreshed line-up of iPods, as well as new... [10 Sep 2009]
The 100 'dirtiest' websites on the net identified
News Symantec identified the 'Dirtiest Websites of Summer 2009', as detected by its Norton Safe Web service. In 2008, most new infections occurred while people were surfing the web. The 100 'dirtiest'... [20 Aug 2009]
Google Gmail storms past AOL to breathe heavily down Hotmail's neck
News Some outlets, such as TechCrunch, zeroed in on Google's performance, noting that it has now surpassed web 1.0 stalwart AOL's steadily falling share of the email market. will be dependent on attracting eyeballs to its... [18 Aug 2009]
Was Twitter, Facebook denial-of-service the result of attack on a single account?
News The barrage of connection requests overwhelms the target sites, making it so that legitimate web traffic can't get through. Facebook even managed to keep the Cyxymu account accessible to web surfers from... [07 Aug 2009]
Google gives Chrome a shine with the launch of 29 themes
News Last week's developer version of Chrome added a "Get themes" button in the Options dialog box and now Google has flipped the switch to activate the web page that button points to. Google on Tuesday launched a gallery of... [05 Aug 2009]
Web to be number one choice for banking in 10 years
News People will do the majority of their banking online within 10 years according to analyst TowerGroup. There are almost 600 million online banking users in the world, according to a TowerGroup report, with numbers of users forecast to grow... [31 Jul 2009]