In 2001, Chris Woodhead, England’s chief inspector of schools caused a storm when he accused British universities of devaluing higher education by offering ‘vacuous degrees’. At the time, London’s The Sunday Times carried a surprisingly candid...

Writing in APC (Australian Personal Computer) David Flynn asks Will 2010 be ‘The Year of the e-Book’?. His report is based on material from tech analyst firm Gartner which says ebooks will boom next year so long as they; “overcome hurdles in price,...

At first sight F-Secure’s Health Check 2.0 looks to a useful addition to a PC owners box of troubleshooting tricks. It’s OK, but it is nothing to get excited about. The online application is a Java program that works with Firefox or Microsoft Internet...

There’s nothing wrong with writing lists – especially when publishing online. If the list items are short, you can use bullet points. Or, if the order is important, choose numbered bullets. Both make text easy to scan and read quickly. Another, more...

If you’ve spent much time around social networks or services like Twitter, you will have seen a lot of passionate people. Earlier today someone who claims to be passionate about search engine optimisation followed my Twitter account. In recent months...