Ask Goes To The Tubes

A swiftly-outed faux guerrilla marketing campaign in London by the Ask search engine has drawn positive and negative responses from observers.

News Article Design: 20 Tips For Good Web Copy

Clean is better. Eye-tracking studies say so. Web copy should be bulleted, concise, easy. Photos should be informative, not decorative. White space is good. And guys like looking at George Brett's protective cup. You weren't expecting that last part were you? I wasn't either. But this post on effective news article design proves it. Newspapers have had trouble transitioning from print to the Web. They're…

Gmail Storage To Increase Through 2012

Amidst concerns (and excitement) about what Gmail might do on its April 1 birthday, confirmation has come that the service’s storage quota will continue to increase beyond that date.

Government Agencies Ban Windows Vista

In the past, large organizations have been reluctant to switch over to a new Microsoft operating system due to factors of cost, new training, and the possibility unknown bugs still lurking about in the software. In this case, however, reluctance has given way to outright refusal.

OneCare – Why You Can’t Sync Your Mobile Device

I’ve been going crazy for months, unable to sync my Windows Mobile device (the T-Mobile MDA) with my computer, or even connect it via USB to move files over (thank god for MiniSD). Turns out there’s a known reason for it: Windows Live OneCare.