The BBC’s experiment with Beethoven was a huge success, with 650,000 downloads of th performances in 10 days or so, according to journalism.co.uk: The Beethoven ExperienceBBC Radio 3’s website has recorded more than 650,000 downloads after a week-long Beethoven special. The Beethoven Experience ran from 6 to 10 June and featured live performances of the … Read more
Google has removed an adword on its search engine placed by a competitor to its Gmail service. AlienCamel, an Australia-based email service (full disclosure: I use the service), applied to have the word ‘webmail’, along with several others, inserted into the ‘sponsored links’ section of Google’s search pages when people entered the search ‘webmail’. After … Read more
I love Clip-N-Seals. I wrote about them in a column, and bought a bunch from Amazon, and they keep chips (what I call crisps) fresh for months on end. Amazing, really, for two bits of plastic. Anyway, they’re going to space, according to Seattle PI’s Insider: NASA buys bag clips, but lips are sealed on … Read more
I opened a new bank account recently, and also applied for a VISA card. The credit card department this morning called me to verify some personal data. When the person started asking her questions, I stopped her. I told her I would have to verify who she was before I could give her any such … Read more
Here’s some more on the phishers targeting smaller institutions: The Anti-Phishing Working Group has warned that smaller banks scams are surfacing with increasing frequency. The group’s monthly report warned that “hackers are modifying their attack methods by shifting away from attacking popular or large institutions.” Credit unions are increasingly baring the brunt of this new … Read more