- BBC’s Chris Long has a rant on the viability of Government backed projects

My concern about all this is the ignorance of the technical thinking behind these ideas; … it was John Reid [UK Home Secretary] who caught my attention when he said he was thinking of forcing paedophiles to put their online identity details on the Sex Offenders Register.

I knew what the words meant, and they almost sounded sensible. But the reality is that it is so easy to create an online identity … But Mr Reid wasn’t talking to me, he was talking to people that will nod sagely and say “bloody good idea”, because these people also don’t have a clue about getting online identities.

- Google reveals Gadget numbers

Google has released the daily rendering numbers of Google gadgets. To see the numbers for an individual gadget go to the Gadgets For Your Webpage directory.

- Are Google Apps’ Customers For Real?

There’s been a big hullabaloo about Google Apps Premier, … but let’s back up and see who’s really using it. All you have to do is look at Google’s customer list to realize that Google Apps Premier is hardly eating Microsoft’s (MSFT) lunch.