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World Statistics Day 20.10.2010: Just Another Holiday?

by Noemi Twigg
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World Statistics Day 20.10.2010: Just Another Holiday?

Hey, it’s time for another holiday!  I woke up this morning to my Facebook feed cluttered with people greeting each other “Happy World Statistics Day!”  To be honest with you, I would rather NOT celebrate this holiday.  I will never claim to be good at math (friends will attest to that) but I can hold my own (my university grades will at least back me up).  When it comes to statistics, however, I was – and am – a total failure.  Still, just because I don’t like a subject, it doesn’t mean we can’t feature it here on ForeverGeek, right?  After all, I am sure that there are many stat Read more »

Is social networking less safe, or are users more stupid?

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Is social networking less safe, or are users more stupid?

The summary of a new report into online security, the full version of which will be available tomorrow, suggest that social networks are less safe than a year ago. However, I am wondering if the fact is that the collection of its users are just more careless / stupid. Security firm Sophos reckons there has been a 70% rise in attacks on social network sites, while nearly three out of four companies think workers’ behaviour online puts their business at risk. Three out of five users say they have been spammed via social networking sites, while one in three says they’ve been sent malware: both up around 70% on last Read more »

Browser wars: Firefox 3.5 beats Internet Explorer 7

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Browser wars: Firefox 3.5 beats Internet Explorer 7

We know that Firefox’s market share has been steadily increasing, but an interesting statistic from a leading web stats company (StatCounter) shows that Firefox 3.5 has overtaken Internet Explorer 7 for the first time. Results vary from continent to continent, with Firefox being a lot more popular in Europe than North America, for example. The complete Internet Explorer collection still significantly outranks Firefox. IE6 alone is still in use by nearly one in six users. I decided to take a look at a couple of our websites. Firstly, Forever Geek, which you’d expect to be frequented by a more tech-savvy crowd, confirmed my belief. Last month, Firefox overall had 50% Read more »

Women outnumber men on most social networks. Rejoice!

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Women outnumber men on most social networks. Rejoice!

Less than a week after we discovered the amazing truth that women know about gadgets too, we’re now led to believe that there’s a helluva lot of them on social networks, too. Male geeks looking to pull by sharing their favourite links and photos need to be careful where they do it, though, for men still outnumber women on Slashdot, Reddit and Digg. Unfortunately, this is probably where most of the true geeks are hanging out a lot of the time. There’s also no age breakdown, so while you might fancy your chances are higher on the likes of Bebo and MySpace, you could find yourself in a bit of Read more »

Internet Explorer 6 still hanging out in the wild

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Internet Explorer 6 still hanging out in the wild

It’s a sorry state of affairs: Internet Explorer version 6x still has the largest market share of any web browser, with two in five users still using it. Internet Explorer 7x is close behind, with Firefox version 3 claiming one in ten users and the rest straggling behind. It’s news that’s sure to wind up web developers, like those behind the Kill IE6 project. Read more »