Sciencetext Tech Blog
Blog URL http://www.sciencetext.com
Located Cambridge, Cambridgeshire United Kingdom
Tags technology, computing, blogging, browsers, hacks, tech, wordpress, firefox, google
A tech blog from award-winning writer David Bradley offering news and views on everything from blogging and social networking to browsing and computing.
Latest Blog Posts
- Internet against government corruption on Nov 18, 2009 in Tips-Tricks corruption e-government society
Can the internet prevent government corruption? You’re probably never going to meet an entirely honest politician, but according to a statistical study by US researchers of 170 countries the internet could provide the tools necessary to reduce...
- Lethal machinery on Nov 16, 2009 in Tips-Tricks funny humor Spam
I just received a spam email from someone going by the likely name of J Hunt. Apparently he had some used equipment to sell. Unfortunately, its use seems to have proved fatal to his father: “My father purchased an Ilco 040 Performance Series Au...
- Mobile malware epidemic on the way on Nov 13, 2009 in Tips-Tricks malware mobile security
A mobile malware epidemic could render phone networks useless within two to three years, if public awareness of the issue and network security experts don’t take control out of the hands of hackers. If you’re intelligent enough to be rea...
- Twitter retweet to share tweets on Nov 11, 2009 in Tips-Tricks retweet Social Media Twitter
Having moved its Lists feature out of beta recently, the social media service, Twitter is currently beta testing a new way for users to see who’s talking about their tweets. The new ReTweet, or RT, features appear only for a select few users bu...
- Feedburner Feedcount on Nov 6, 2009 in Tips-Tricks blogging FeedBurner feedcount
When did you last check your blog’s subscriber numbers? It’s been quite a while for me. But, this week, I decided to take a quick look at my Feedburner stats. Seems that Sciencetext, SciScoop, and Sciencebase are all doing rather well. In...
- On being a Facebook slut on Nov 4, 2009 in Tips-Tricks
I’m a Facebook slut. I keep LinkedIn for parallel monogamous business connections but will friend almost anyone on Facebook. It’s all about reaching out, after all. I want as many friends as possible on Facebook, I want to share and poke...
- Socializing online shopping on Nov 2, 2009 in Tips-Tricks e-commerce shopping websites
People rarely go shopping together online. Okay, occasionally I’ll show my wife that I can buy some item or other we need cheaper online than at the mall, but that’s usually just to save the car journey. Online shopping is essentially a s...
