Yeap, the last day for Mr. Gates – and a short history, with video, on the man has been compiled by the BBC. Well worth a look.

The new version of the BBC iPlayer is due to be released tomorrow, with features lots of us have been waiting for. The most important below: Full integration for TV as well as Radio A rewind and Fast-forward function for Radio, as per TV Easier Navigation, including Last Played option Combined categories for TV and [...]

After all the talks have turned to nothing, and shareholders prepare to oust the current board, there are tiny whisperings that maybe the Microsoft/Yahoo deal isn’t over – just yet. Most of this is speculation, but there are already rumours about a renewed bid, far below what Microsoft originally offered. So is it just more [...]

You all know the story right? Ian Usher has put his life up for sale on the internet, with the aid of Ebay. By his life I mean his home, his job, his friends, his car – everything except himself. Interesting, quirky, but why did he trust the users of Ebay to “play fair?” Just [...]

This day 60 years ago, the first modern computer, nicknamed the Manchester “Baby” was switched on to run it’s first successful program. Baby was the first computer to store information digitally, using a Cathode Ray Tube (or CRT), and is the predecessor for how we store information in modern RAM chips. The invention and concepts [...]

Mozilla are reporting the downloads for Firefox 3 have surpassed their expectations and will go into the Guiness Book of World Records – with 8.3 million downloads. The officials for the famous records publication are looking into the claim and checking the results before the number is officially announced. Of course if only 1 copy [...]

Firefox 3 is available for download from here right now. As you know if you’re a regular reader of the blog, I’ve been trialling the latest release builds and I can’t recommend them enough. Very stable and quick with improved security and features. If you think you’ll pick up the latest version, make sure you [...]

Yeap – that’s right – in my opinion, Yahoo! has definitely done the wrong thing. They have struck a deal with Google, so that their search results display Google-ads. Why would Yahoo do this? Sure you can understand the temporary shareholder value increase, but in the long term can only spell death for the search [...]

Reported by CNet this afternoon, Mozilla are getting ready to release it’s next Release Candidate version of their latest browser. Does this mean we’re accelerating towards a public release of Firefox 3? The latest RC versions of Firefox, as always, can be found here.

We want to see an end to the Yahoo! Microsoft battle that will hopefully benefit the whole online community. However, with the current tit-for-tat goings on between Jerry Yang and Carl Icahn, it looks like the dispute over who’s more capable of running the company will go on for a few months yet – at [...]