Google is now back to normal with regards to its Austin update. The results were so bad during Austin I was hoping it would revert back.

Yahoo offically no longer uses Google as its search engine. There was talk of Yahoo switching back but this isn't the case.

In "The Register" today there is a piece about popups having negative effects on the business using them.

I think we all could have told them that years ago but the interesting part of the story was a company called bunnyfoot using special technology which tracked the eye movement of people looking at a computer screen, Bunnyfoot found that pop-ups were only seen in two per cent of cases. I knew the figure would be low but 2% is quite amazing.

Talking of popups a local vicar got caught out when he thought he was closing a popup window. He was in fact clicking a button which then logged him off his ISP and then dialled Africa. He is now £60 worse off. More details here.

The Register also did a story today about My friend is a PC. Oh my god I'm so sad.... not only is my PC my friend it's my Best Friend. If my flat was ever on fire I'm certain I would throw my PC to the fire brigade first and then throw me and the dog out :-)

In local news today the row over the huge pay rise the Lib Dems gave themselves is again Biting them in the arse. In case you didn't know the council tax in this area was going to rise so high that Torbay was actually mentioned in the House of commons. Lib Dems, do the right thing!