22
2009
Internet has changed foreign policy for ever, says Gordon Brown
Foreign policy can never be the same again — and it’s all because of the internet, Gordon Brown said in an exclusive interview with the Guardian. Referring to the so-called Twitter revolution in Iran, the prime minister said technological advances and the democratisation of information mean “foreign policy can no longer be the province of just a few elites”. “You cannot have Rwanda again,” he said. “This week’s events in Iran are a reminder of [...]
22
2009
Lane Fox to become UK’s first digital champion
The government has chosen one of the country’s least-excluded individuals to lead its drive to get all Britons online. Dotcom pioneer Martha Lane Fox will next week take up a two-year assignment as “champion for digital inclusion”. The 36-year-old Oxford graduate, businesswoman and philanthropist cheerfully admits to being a newcomer to the debate on inclusion. However her first instinct is to focus on the “very poor” rather than tackle the whole range of exclusion. Strategies [...]
22
2009
iPhone, therefore I am – Stephen Fry reviews Apple’s iPhone 3GS
A little under a year ago in this very newspaper I reviewed the Apple iPhone 3G and its new firmware release: “Now that the Applications store is up and running,” I wrote, “you will soon find it a very common sight indeed to see people crowded around each other’s iPhones showing off the latest impossible, breathtaking and ground-breaking application. ‘Ah, but mine can do this!’ will be heard in every cafe and bar. Satirical sketches [...]
17
2009
The best power tools store
PowerTools.us has become one of the best online Power Tools stores that would help you and many others to get the best power tools like circular saw,screw gun and power drill easily and simply, they are really good in what they do to make it easier for you to shop for such power tools online, if you haven’t visited this site ever before, then I think you are missing one of the best online services [...]
12
2009
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.11 Released
The Mozilla team has released version 3.0.11 of the Firefox web browser. The release is currently distributed to all mirror sites but can already be downloaded from various download portals like Betanews or MajorGeeks. The update seems to be a security and stability update if the beta release notes can be trusted. Users are therefor encouraged to update the web browser as soon as possible to fix the security and stability issues that have been [...]