Microsoft fears the rise of open source
If there is just one thing that the top execs at Microsoft fear it’s the threat from the success of all of the open source projects that are springing up all over the net. That is according to Ray Ozzie, Microsoft’s Chief Architect, who was speaking at a conference in New York.
Most people [...]
June 24, 2008Huge screen TV costs £60,000
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June 23, 2008Millions turned into criminals overnight
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June 18, 2008Marijuana to get medical go-ahead
In some parts of the US it seems as that the legalisation of marijuana has had a great effect on those people who want relief from the pain which they get from certain illnesses. So will it be available in the shops for anyone to buy? Basically no!
However, there are other states that do [...]
June 17, 2008Shopping early for stocking fillers
It may be six months away, but believe it or not people have begun to shop for Christmas already, obviously they are not buying the major items yet, but it is the small little things that are being snapped up.
These are the sort of items that you see plenty of today, but when [...]
June 13, 2008The Prius is the most searched car
It has been a long time coming but the world famous eco friendly car the Toyota Prius has finally made it to the number one spot in the searches made by potential buyers, according to the car site cars.com.
The top ten searches in the US are as follows:
Cars.com Top Ten New Car Searches [...]
June 4, 2008Paying for web content
One of the top guys over at Google has made it clear that in times to come, all content will be paid for on the internet in a similar manner as the print industry works today, with magazines and newspapers.
In fact it was implied that those sites that do not or will not charge [...]
June 3, 2008Shopping for suicide
There are many people who would want to commit suicide, for whatever their reasons there will always be this problem. But today there is help for everyone and the even for a subject like this, there is information out there, which is a little worrying to say the least.
But in Japan, there is an [...]
May 28, 2008How to spot a fake
These days there are so many fakes available, these range from pharmaceuticals, clothing, jewellery and even cars, in Italy a garage has recently been closed down for building fake Ferraris.
So the question is could you spot a fake?
Well of course it would depend on what it is, but generally there are rules [...]
May 14, 2008Paying by fingerprint
It is a belief by many shoppers that with a few years they will be able to pay for their goods and services by simply placing their thumb or finger print onto a biometric pad, they also believe that this will be coming by the year 2015!
But there are even more revealing ideas for [...]
May 9, 2008Shopping for members only
There has been a growing trend for exclusive stores being set up which are for members only. This type of store would seem to be outdated, but on the contrary this form of shopping is taking off, but should we be surprised at this, for it does follow some formats that we are all using [...]
May 8, 2008Online shopping ideas
Finding a great deal is more important now than ever, this is simply because that there is a credit crunch going on at the present and besides why should every one pay out the full asking price for anything.
The first point of call for anyone interested in getting a bargain, not matter how small [...]
May 7, 2008Safer online shopping
As more people begin to use the internet for many of their purchases, there is an opportunity for criminals to cash in on the mistakes that both consumers and businesses make, in order to make the whole online shopping experience so much easier and faster.
Helpful Hints when looking to buy something from an online [...]
May 2, 2008Music sellers to pay $100 million
It looks like thousands of music writers and publishers could be looking at getting part of a huge $100 million payout from Time Warner, Real Networks and Yahoo after a court established a system of payment that would suit all parties.
Although having said that, this will not necessarily mean that these music content providers [...]
May 1, 2008eBay started as an experiment
Its wonderful when you are able to make your hobby pay, this can take many forms from writing to teaching, but sometimes there comes along somebody who not only can make it pay, they can turn their hobby into a multi billion dollar business.
Granted this does not happen that often, but this is exactly [...]
April 29, 2008Safer online shopping
Despite what some people may be saying, books are still one of the most popular items for buying online, in fact it could be said that the internet as we know it would not be around if we had not been buying books online, all those years ago.
But as ever there is a need [...]
April 28, 2008Male order, men prefer to shop online
The High Street may the domain of the female of the species, but it would seem that there some guys out there are just as driven by the latest fashions, expect that with men they do not visit the High Street stores, they have a much more relaxed and homely way of getting the latest [...]
April 22, 2008Apple world the new shopping experience
Move over Second Life, because Apple is looking to go virtual. This is the new concept in shopping for your Apple devices. The company have applied for a patent which could see the Apple stores either replaced by or enhanced by the creation of a virtual Apple world.
It has to be said that this [...]
April 17, 2008Tax free internet shopping to end in the states
In the states if someone buys a product from a company based in another state they do not have to pay tax on the item, which can work out at good saving. This is very similar to what happens here in the UK. We can buy certain goods from Jersey and get a good saving [...]
April 4, 2008Trapster fights speed cameras
Normally if you are driving along and someone flashes their headlights, it means that they either know you or that there is a police speed trap down the road, this friendly warning system is ok. However naturally not everyone is going to let you know, but there could be a new system that works like [...]