Posts Tagged ‘Life’
Baby Boomers Storm Internet
January 13th, 2008 • Internet, Social
Tags: Life, Social, trends, Web
Everyone knows the UK has an aging population - by 2012, the average Briton will be 132 years old, and all of them will rely on the handful of under-20s to help them cross the road.
Doubt this as fact? Try a new report from Neilsen, which points to a fundamental shift in the age profile of the UK net population. Says the company:
“When looking at how a particular audience is composed by age, a change in share - even by just a few percentage points - actually represents quite a fundamental shift. Age compositions tend to evolve subtly over a number of years so to see such large changes in the course of just a year shows that the Internet population is undergoing a significant ageing process.”
The Little PC That Could
January 12th, 2008 • Life, Technology
Tags: blogging, Life, Technology
I must be going lo-fi. For some reason I can’t nail, I want the £250 Asus Eee PC.
God knows why. The hard drive is tiny. The thing runs Linux, and to my knowledge I can’t add new apps if it runs out of steam. I’ve played with one for 10 mins, and the casework wears its plastic as a badge of honour.
Perhaps the source of the urge comes from my weariness with expensive flagships that are bloated with features that I will simply never, ever use.
Goodbye Sky, Hello 360-Vision?
January 8th, 2008 • Life, Technology, Video
Tags: Life, Technology, Video
Now this could be good news. I’m quietly resenting my growing monthly Sky bill, and have been chewing on alternatives. But given the fact that Virgin doesn’t rock my boat, alternatives seem thin on the ground.
Then, my XBox 360 became something else. Yesterday, Microsoft announced that it was partnering with BT (of all people) to turn every 360 into a full-on cable box. As one of my colleagues over at Stuff.tv explains:
The announcement means that BT Broadband customers can get on-demand TV programmes and movies streamed (for a fee) to their TV without the need for a set-top box. They can also watch any of BT’s 242 ‘near-live’ Premiership football matches using the Xbox 360.
This is seriously joyous. Call Of Duty 4 and West Ham all from one box… does life get any better?
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