Archive for December, 2007

Here Comes Another Bubble

By Surferbill - Last updated: Monday, December 31, 2007

[ Edit: Original taken down, link updated. ] Here Comes Another Bubble

Doris, Will You Marry Me?

By Surferbill - Last updated: Thursday, December 27, 2007

Doris, Will You Marry Me? [via Engadget]

How To Kill Your Husband

By Surferbill - Last updated: Friday, December 21, 2007

My wife’s reading a book called How To Kill Your Husband – should I be worried???

Ready for 3 Dimensional TV?

By Surferbill - Last updated: Thursday, December 20, 2007

Take a look at this video of how a mirror spinning at high speed could bring us 3D TV in the future.

Piracy used to measure popularity of TV programs

By Surferbill - Last updated: Monday, December 17, 2007

“TV executives are starting to sit up and use online media to gauge the popularity of their programs.” Read more…

Google Zeitgeist 2007

By Surferbill - Last updated: Friday, December 14, 2007

Google Zeitgeist 2007 is out, take a look at the top search queries for the year.

Links4Later: quick UNsocial bookmarking

By Surferbill - Last updated: Friday, December 14, 2007

Links4Later is run by the same person as Sneakemail, my favourite disposable email address solution. Links4Later addresses the need to save a link temporarily and access it from anywhere at a later date, without worrying about sharing or tagging it (a la delicious). Oh, and get rid of the old cruft automatically. It’s a neat [...]

Top-secret US labs penetrated by phishers

By Surferbill - Last updated: Thursday, December 13, 2007

Top-secret US labs penetrated by phishers:“One of the most sensitive science and technology labs in the US has been hacked as part of what it called ‘a sophisticated cyber attack that now appears to be part of a coordinated attempt to gain access to computer networks at numerous laboratories and other institutions across the country.’” [...]

Santa putting children’s information at risk, warn experts

By Surferbill - Last updated: Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Santa putting children’s information at risk, warn experts: “Santa Claus could be breaking privacy laws in his collection and use of data about British children, experts have warned.” Very serious stuff indeed…

DivX For Free!

By Surferbill - Last updated: Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Thanks to Veronica, here’s a link to DivX Pro for free (for a limited time only so get it while you can).