All Posts Tagged With: "Internet"

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Quigo Gives Google Adsense Something To Think About

Although I love Google, I’m not a big fan of how it dominates just about everything it touches. I wouldn’t quite say that Google has a midas touch, but most things it touches does turn into gold.
I read a story yesterday from the NY Times which restored my faith in the ability of the internet [...]

27Feb2007 | Everton | 3 comments | Continued
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15m People Using The Internet in 1993

I just watched an amazingTV report from 1993 on the growing use of the internet.  I wonder if back then they could ever imagine how big the interent would grow.  For instance in the video one guy said that he could talk to:
150 or 1000 jocks around the world who want to talk [...]

26Feb2007 | Everton | 0 comments | Continued
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NSFW: Mexican Drug Gangs Taunt Each Other On YouTube By Showing Dead Rivals

Two rival Mexican drug gangs ar taunting each other by posting videos on YouTube of their bloody victims on YouTube, according to Reuters. The war between the north eastern Mexico’s “Gulf Cartel”and “traffickers based in the western state of Sinaloa” headed by Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman - last year claimed more than 2,000 victims.

16Feb2007 | Everton | 4 comments | Continued
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Earthquake Knocks Out Spammers

A story on The Register just made me chuckle. Apparently the earthquake in Taiwan in late December knocked out eight submarine fibre-optic cables on the seafloor of the Bashi channel between Taiwan and the Philippines, causing severe disruption to Internet and telephone networks in Taiwan, Hong Kong, China, South Korea, and Japan. [...]

6Feb2007 | Everton | 0 comments | Continued
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Internet Doubles In Size In Just 2 Years, And Now Exceeds 100m Websites

According to a new survey, the Internet has just reached and passed 100m websites.
This year alone an additional 27.4 million sites have appeared on the net, compared to 17m in 2005. 2005’s growth of 17 million.
This means that the internet has doubled in size in just 2 years.

Total Site Growth Aug 1995 - Nov 2006

7Nov2006 | Everton | 0 comments | Continued
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Google Links Footballer Ashley Cole with the word 'Gay'

Arsenal footballer Ashley Cole’s solicitor has demanded to know why Google are linking
his client with the word ‘gay’ in their internet search results. If you type ‘Ashley Cole’ into Google, the service brings up the option ‘See results for: Ashley Cole gay.’
Ashley Cole is upset about this as he is currently suing the News [...]

7Mar2006 | Everton | 0 comments | Continued
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