Following this statistics page from W3Counter for the global stats report 20/05/07 which is based on the last 27,472,582 unique visits to 4,610 websites, it’s interesting to that the most used web browser is still Internet Explorer 6.0, the most used operating system is Windows XP and the most widespread screen resolution is 1024×768. This provides some food for thought for anyone designing websites.

CNN Published a list of the 100 best companies to work for in 2007, it’s interesting to see how many of those are web-based companies. Who would you like to work for and why?

Facebook has rocketed to fame from just a small campus connect site to a worldwide popular social network site in just a couple of years. When you sign up to Facebook, as with every other networking site, you enter personal details, preferences, and likes and dislikes. This goes towards creating your personal ‘profile’ and most people fill out this information under the proviso that it’s to be shared with friends. However, few people on signing up to these sites take the time to read the terms and agreements, one man did and this is what he found. Like most conspiracy theories, it’s usually wise to keep a skeptical distance, but the video certainly raises some obvious but often forgotten questions about intellectual property and commercial gain from user information.