Dell will ship XP preinstalled on new PCs again. It seems that people were none too impressed with Vista being forced on them and the hardware vendor had no choice but to do an about face. full story … [Read more...] about Dell Forced To Offer Xp
Amazon Context Links – Review
I mentioned the beta of Amazon's context ads a few weeks ago. Before I could give it any form of review I wanted to let it run on a couple of sites to see how well it worked, so for the last couple of weeks it has been active both here and on IWF. What I've found is that the code causes the pages to display a little oddly - it adds an extra couple of lines to the footer for … [Read more...] about Amazon Context Links – Review
Bones To Ashes – Kathy Reichs
The next Kathy Reichs novel, Bones To Ashes, will be released this autumn. I've just pre-ordered a copy on Amazon.com I'm still trying to decide if I want to pre-order Harry Potter or simply wait until the weekend of the release and pick up a copy in a local bookshop.... … [Read more...] about Bones To Ashes – Kathy Reichs
Reporting False Advertising To Google?
Does anyone know if there is a mechanism for reporting false claims in Google Adword campaigns ie. paid ads that Google Adword publishers run on the search and content networks? I've come across a few that are highly misleading, but I can't see any way to report them. … [Read more...] about Reporting False Advertising To Google?
Sexing Up IPV6
A lot of people would agree that the only portion of the online industry that has consistently made money was the adult entertainment portion. While a lot of geeks may get excited by IPV6 it's going to be an uphill struggle to convince the rest of the world to start using it. So what would happen if you were to combine IPV6 with Porn? It's an intriguing question and judging by … [Read more...] about Sexing Up IPV6