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Downtime
Taking a look at the lighter side of IT - technology may be a serious business but it rarely fails to raise a smile too.
August 2008
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The future of future-gazing
29 Aug 2008 -
Space station virus alive and kicking
29 Aug 2008 -
Statistics show men hog the mouse as well as the remote
29 Aug 2008
Those who claim to see the future are often accorded high status in their communities, at least judging by the amount of money we are ready to throw at them. Whether the preferred methodology is ...
News last week that a computer virus has found its way to the International Space Station will surely make millions for Hollywood film producers. Forget Kubrick's 2001 or the series of Alien movies ...
The internet is more popular among men because they are hard workers that need to be constantly connected, whereas women prefer shopping. Or, men are lazy and are actually surfing the X-rated sites ...
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It's my password and I'll swear if I want to
29 Aug 2008 -
West Wing creator starts work on Facebook: The Movie
29 Aug 2008 -
University spam researchers discover the alphabet bias
29 Aug 2008 -
Experian makes a game of Creditability
21 Aug 2008 -
Internet commentators hoisted by their own petard
20 Aug 2008 -
Downing Street video riles Clarkson electioneers
20 Aug 2008 -
IT's newest recruit hails a good piece of bad luck
20 Aug 2008
Lloyds TSB changed the password of computer consultant Steve Jetley from Shrewsbury after he had logged it as "Lloyds is pants". BBC News reported that the bank also stopped him changing his ...
Somebody who will be wincing at the previous story is West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin, who has hit the news with his proposals for "Web 2.0: The Movie". To be precise, Sorkin intends to make a film ...
A Cambridge University study has uncovered bad news for the Adams and Alisons of this world. According to their research you are more likely to receive spam if your name, and by consequence your ...
Timing is everything in most areas of endeavour, which is why Experian's launch of Creditability, a free computer game that teaches sound financial management, should be a winner. Described as a ...
The Guardian last week highlighted the work of Matt Southall, whose website, ifyoulikeitsomuchwhydontyougolivethere.com, collects the views of the most odious and self-important internet ...
Downing Street's website has, since April, played host to a petition signed by 49,447 people for Jeremy Clarkson to be made prime minister. Last week Downing Street posted a wry video reply to the ...
There are many methods that IT firms use to capture new talent to fill the much-lamented skills gap, but inducing life-threatening strokes is not one of them. But perhaps it should be, following ...
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Local butcher carves out a niche in online sales
20 Aug 2008 -
Finally, a reason to love Comic Sans...
14 Aug 2008 -
Find fine food by SMS
14 Aug 2008 -
Government to snoop on our e-mails
14 Aug 2008 -
Apple in the Hall of Stupid High Tech Products
12 Aug 2008
Faced with customers staying away because of floods, the credit crunch, rising fuel and parking costs and supermarket competition, a midlands butcher has paddled and surfed its way out of trouble. ...
Let the font wars begin... Follow the link below to watch the (rather widescreen) video: See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.
With job worries, fuel prices, green issues and other kill-joy news making travel companies such as Tui cut their holidays, online reservations firms are having to find alternative stock closer to ...
The government plans to extend the law to require internet service providers to keep records of the public's e-mail and web use by March next year, it emerged yesterday. Downtime is delighted that ...
As sales of the Apple iPhone 3G rocket, it may seem that everything Steve Jobs touches turns to gold. However, a quick look at the Hall of Stupid High Tech Products reveals that this was not always so.