Here are a few technology related sites / blogs I highly recommend you check out.
TWiT – This week in tech
Crave – From CNET
The BBC website technology pages
Here’s why I recommend them.
Here are a few technology related sites / blogs I highly recommend you check out.
TWiT – This week in tech
Crave – From CNET
The BBC website technology pages
Here’s why I recommend them.
As regular readers will notice, the Tech News Blog has changed a lot this week.
Originally, the blog was on the Thesis theme; which is one of the cleanest looking Wordpress themes on the planet. However, I found Thesis way too hard to adapt and modify myself.
For a few months, I tried using a glossy looking theme, but it looked way too glossy; like a technology website (CNET / ZDNET) – rather than a tech news blog (Scobleizer / LouisGray.Com)
Whilst I wanted the clean simplicity of Thesis, I needed a theme that gave me 100% freedom to design, tweak and modify the blog myself – without having to learn HTML/CSS or hire a expert. So, I decided to use Headway (I’m now an affiliate) instead.
Here’s why!
So, bloggers failing to declare that they are taking money or freebies for writing reviews / posts, could soon be fined up to $11,000. Whilst this may stop a few smaller blogs writing undisclosed posts for PR firms, it’s hardly going to stop the big blogs – which are rewarded very highly for the coverage they give certain favoured brands. Here’s why!
Mozilla has released the next version of their massively popular Firefox browser – FireFox 3.5. This latest version comes with a few new features and some important improvements. Read on for a quick review of what you need to know…
Last week, Hewlett Packard sent me their HP OfficeJet Pro 8500 to review. Here’s what I have found, after a week of putting it through it’s paces. Read on for full review…
The new beta of FriendFeed was released yesterday and it’s extremely impressive! There are way too many improvements and new additions for me to cover here, so here are a few of my favourites.
What I have found most useful thus far, is the ability to easily track all the conversations I have taken part in, in real time! I leave a comment in a discussion and am then instantly notified, without having to leave the screen. This makes conversations flow with ease and dramatically improves the overall experience. It will also see far more people engaging in conversations. Read on for the full review…..
Our third ever ‘Highly Recommended’ award goes to Pete Cashmore’s excellent mashable.com.
Why mashable?
Firstly, mashable has some VERY good writers. My personal faves include; Jennifer Van Grove, Adam Ostrow, Stan Schroeder and Pete Cashmore of course. These guys know how to make tech news interesting, without being sensationalist. The quality of the writing is excellent and [...]
Belkin have been found offering people money, to post positive comments about their products on Amazon.com! To get the money (less than a dollar per post), the fake reviewer was told to pretend they owned the product and also to mark any negative comments about Belkin’s products as “unhelpful.”
The blame for this pathetic episode, has [...]
Google Chrome – Fast, effectint, intuitive & a few beta issues too!
As one of the first people to download today’s release of Google Chrome; Google’s new browser, I wanted to be one of the first to review it too. So, having had an opportunity to thrash it for a few hours – here are my first impressions! [...]
I love Google Page Rank Inspector
How would you like a quick and easy way to find out the Google Page Rank for every page on your website or blog, at the click of a button?
Well, now you can; thanks to a nifty little free tool called “Google Page Rank Inspector.“.
How Google Page Rank Inspector works
Simply [...]
Occasionally, you buy a product or receive a service that is ‘just so incredibly good’ that you want to let everyone know. I have one such service to recommend to you today – that service is WordPress.com
According to Wikipedia, WordPress.com is a ‘WordPress-powered blog hosting provider.’ In real terms, it is an extremely easy way [...]
This week, thetechnewsblog gives its highly recommended award to. . .
Cranky Geeks!
When it comes to ‘tech news reporting, John C Dvorak is a legend. Seriously, this guy was reporting on ‘tech news before many of his present day counterparts were even born! I think that Dvoraks’ deep knowledge of the technology business, and his is [...]
Now that it’s had a much-needed redesign, I thought it was about time I spread the word about the goldmine of information available at www.extremetech.com If, like me, you often find yourself with your hands in the back off a PC – OR tweaking your Mac OR trying to get the wi-fi working on your linux box – you are going to LOVE this website!
