Archive | August, 2012

NSFW – National Broadband Fantasy [Podcast #42]

This week’s podcast contains offensive language.  It’s not safe for work and not suitable for kids (or people of quality and breeding – you know who you are).  In our defence … actually – we don’t have a defence.  We weren’t even drinking – but speaking of drink, there’s an idea. Being a Kerryman, I […]

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Does it really matter that people don’t know what “the cloud” is?

The recently published U.S. survey (commissioned by Citrix) about the public’s knowledge of Cloud Computing makes for interesting reading. “Most respondents believe the cloud is related to weather, while some referred to pillows, drugs and toilet paper.” This makes for great headlines of course, but it’s the “first to mind” answer people gave when asked […]

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Obama On Reddit – WOW!

President Barack Obama, the President of the United States, is currently taking questions over on Reddit. You’ll have to excuse me if I don’t react to this with a simple “wow”. There. I’ve reacted. TheNextWeb has the lowdown on what he’s doing. For a politician to go onto a site like Reddit is one thing […]

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Internet Activity per minute infographic

An Internet Minute

Intel released this infographic a while back about everything that happens every minute on the internet with some projections of what things will look like in a couple of years time. The statistics are staggering, especially if you’ve been around long enough to remember how primitive the entire thing was 20 years ago (or longer […]

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