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Tweet Just spotted on a couple of blogs that I did an automatic update on that the Membership was set to “Anyone can register”. Luckily the default lever was subscriber.  …

Just heard from Pierre Far, Googler that hangs out on Google+, that the all new sitelinks have been rolled out. I just Googled “Webologist” and sure enough, there is now …

Today I upgraded WordPress to the latest version and also upgraded all the plugins with new versions. On updating Yoast’s WordPress SEO plugin my site died. It was totally offline …

WordPress Trademark Changes Hands Sep 10, 2010 The WordPress community took a big step forward today when Matt announced that Automattic has donated the WordPress trademark to the non-profit WordPress …

Just received an update to the terms of service for advertising Amazon products on a website. From 1st May Amazon Associates members will now no longer be able to drive …

[toc] I have been running WordPress sites for a few years now. I started with plain HTML, then moved to HTML/CSS, then started using Blogger to FTP pages to my …

Well, Star Wars is now owned by Walt Disney. This will mean some great new rides at Disney World, and finally we get to see the next instalments of the Star Wars …

Another new spam message this week is for “free netflix accounts”. Netflix is a premium service which provides video streaming to a computer. It started out as a monthly DVD …

I am trying to determine if my main site has seen yet another fall in PageRank or if it is just a temporary problem caused by Hurricane Irene. Yesterday I …

Yesterday Google made another change to search. It started included authors in the search results, taking the data from the Author Authority markup which it introduced a few weeks ago. The idea …

Denis O’Brien, founder of telecoms provider Digicel in Jamaica Ad blocking is a topic close to my heart. On the one hand, I am against it, because without advertising on …

Last year, on 11th April 2011, my main site (certainly not this one!) was mercilessly ripped to shreds by the now infamous Google Panda update. I lost over half my …

The Olympic Games on BBC iPlayer with options to watch replays or watch any of the 24 channels live. All sports were broadcast – the first time this has been …

Riot Police – G20 Riots in London Tomorrow is the G20 meeting in London, but anti-capitalist protesters got off to a good start today in the City (of London) with …

Tweet For some time now Skype has been the leader in free chat (VOIP) and video conferencing. However, Google has developed video chat functionality within GMail, its one free webmail …

Tweet Just had a look at the browser spread for my main non-techy website, and the latest stats are quite surprising. Internet Explorer is really suffering now, and is now …

Google has finally revealed the code of its Chrome operating system to the public. Chrome OS is an open source operating system, much like the Linux operating system. This essentially …

The recession has badly affected many online casinos, as people chose to find less expensive hobbies. However, one areea of online gambling has seen an increase. Betting on football (soccer) …

For the first time in years Google have placed something other than the simple search box on their home page. “Tsunami Alert for New Zealand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New …

Due to the numerous problems I have had with Talk Talk Business (some blogged here) I have decided to leave them. After some research I chose to have my telephone …

Tesco Plc has had a bad week. This week it migrated is online banking customers away from the RBS system which it had originally partnered with to its own system. …

Ask.com, known as Ask Jeeves until 2006, has been in a state of decline for some time now. Google has really stomped over all the competition, and the like of …

News just in from Mashable.com – Eric Schmidt is stepping down to allow Larry Page to take the driving seat at Google. Eric Schmidt will become Google’s chairman. The news …

Google has agreed to delete the streetview data that it collected by accident. A while ago an error in some program or other meant that Google collected some data on …