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Google agrees to pay $28m over racial bias case
Have you heard about Google’s recent $28m settlement over a racial bias case? It’s an interesting development that is worth paying attention to. Here are some key points to consider:
Routed out
One of my clients referred to a little box in her office as a ‘router’, but actually it was a Wifi access point and so a conversation about what is what ensued. These days most routers are three or four devices all in a single box and do some or all of the following:...
Out in the sticks
Living in rural England may be idyllic – until you want to connect with the rest of the world and then you could find there are problems. There are still many places in the UK that either have no broadband at all or a really slow service. Where many of us think...
Bits and Bytes
There’s often confusion over the difference between a bit and a byte in computer-speak so here’s the explanation. Bits are usually part of the calculation relating to the speed of uploading or downloading information so you hear about ‘X bits per second’. Now that...
Clever broadband
If your business is completely dependent on your broadband connection what happens when it fails? People sit idle at their desks, clients get upset and business suffers. ‘Ah,’ I hear you say ‘but how often does that happen?’ Fortunately, not often, but it only needs...
Understanding your broadband
With the big broadband suppliers beating their chests and talking about Fibre and Cable it can be confusing to the non-techie (and that’s most people). The TV ads may have clever graphics showing the information highway racing to your computer and promising lots of...
Filth Filters
The latest silliness is the British Library’s internet filters denying access to the online version of Shakespeare’s Hamlet – because the content was too violent! Whilst the Government are anxious to protect people from ‘naughty’ content and gratuitous violence...