Most people would agree that having a fast connection to the internet makes life just that little bit easier. With a decent connection, you need not boil the kettle every time you want to check your email. But the simplicity of this proposition belies the intensity of the debate currently raging in Britain about the future of fast internet access – or broadband as it’s known. Broadband advocates say it

Just hours after a surface to air missile passed within metres of an Israeli airliner in Kenya last week, media websites began humming. Internet chatrooms set up by Islamic sympathisers had been buzzing with rumours of an attack barely a week before. It was just one in a long line of hysterical media reports alluding to the way the internet has been co-opted by “cyberterrorists” for their evil ends. Since

It had low overheads, a very small staff and a very loyal audience. It also contained great writing, it was relatively cheap (50 bucks a year) and even had jokes. But the editor Jimmy Guterman says they must now find new investors or close on Friday. This is what the editor posted on Sunday: “I am sorry to report that Media Unspun will suspend publication Dec. 13, a week from

I figured the fairest/easiest way of getting rid of it was to put it on eBay.

“Advertising on the e-consultancy newsletter has provided us with new sales leads at companies we had previously not had contact with. The majority of respondents are in senior decision positions – exactly who we want to talk with. I don’t believe any other UK newsletter provides the same calibre of recipients as e-consultancy.” That was from Lizzie Babarczy, marketing manager with Hitwise UK Ltd. Secondly, if you want to advertise

“The telephone is of very limited use if only you and your best friend have one. If a whole town is on the system, it becomes much more useful. If the whole world is wired, the utility of the system is phenomenal. But in the predigital age, it could take many years for Metcalfe’s Law to bear fruit. It was not until 1931 that telephone companies put a dial on

On Tuesday evening I met up with a guy I’d contacted online, Liam Casey, who runs Zed PR and Zeriously, a ‘speed networking’ event along the lines of Ecademy and Ryze.org. Later we went to Renards, which is (I gather) one of the more exclusive clubs in Dublin, where the Corrs and Bono have a permanently reserved ‘sofa area’. Needless to say they weren’t in, but the night was great