I’m not usually one to complain about the various ways people use language. When venturing into the realm of linguistics I am wholly relativist. I fully understand that language is in a constant state of flux, forming around the way we live our lives, largely dependent on the activities of our era and most importantly integral to who you are – unique. Over the last couple of months a single acronym... 

Take my word for it, this website will be big. The news of its conception and creation should be covered on TechCrunch, Mashable and possibly even BoingBoing. theListBook will be the internet’s best source of useful lists and let’s face it, everybody likes a good list. In the words of the website’s founder, theListBook is “all about collaborative lists and social networking. Lists on every... 

It was known as the Digital Economy Bill in the real world, #debill (now known as #deact!) on Twitter but from the 8th April 2010 bill became Act. If there were ever an example of parliament not listening then watching the progress of the Digital Economy Bill pass through the House of Lords, House of Commons, to then be granted Royal Assent has to be the pinnacle. The Bill has received much attention... 

What would evil on the internet be best incarnated as? Before you click off this article just know that this is a valid question. Over the last few days I have started using a brand new internet service called Formspring.me. I can only conclude that it is the most evil social media creation I have ever set eyes upon. Just using the service feels somewhat underhand, like I have been caught deep within... 

Speculations have been on Twitter for the last few days but finally Mr Brown has visited the palace and called for dissolution of parliament. The election race begins which has given us the opportunity to choose change. Conservatives claim they will be change (not that ‘change’ means much. The change in my pocket is cheap for instance…), Labour say that we are on the road to recovery (I don’t... 

It is in my strictest, sternest and possibly controversial view that advertising online is dead. Once upon a time it did flourish and at the same time the internet was known as a commercial trap for users. I remember in the early 1990s it was almost impossible to visit a website without a pop-up advert greeting you. Sometimes you would be unfortunate enough to stumble upon a hoard of multi-pop-up adverts... 

In light of the Guardian news iPhone application it seems appropriate for me now to discuss my ideas with how Journalism is changing in the 21st Century. Perhaps more appropriately how we will see journalism change as we reach the end of a decade. As John Stuart wrote in the second chapter of his essay ‘On Liberty’ it is necessary for journalists to have the right of free speech as long as there... 

Originally published in issue 3, vol 10 of Space Newspaper. The University of Gloucestershire’s student newspaper. It is understandable that when AC/DC stand on stage crowds will emphatically cheer enthusiastically. Not surprising at all. However, I do cringe with an expression that only a cat’s arse can imitate when Google announce a new product to a crowd of developers who respond with more... 

A couple of weeks ago I was delighted to receive my invite to use Google Wave. In this article I will examine the basic features of Wave. If you would like further information on how to use/features of Google Wave then I recommend you read ‘The Complete Guide to Google Wave’. Overview Google Wave is an application that allows users to communicate with each other through a series of Waves. A single...