Stop Google using your access point

I am sure everyone remembers the scandal before when the google street view cars where collecting wifi access point information, a genuine mistake they called it !!. Well you can stop google collecting information about your base stations, or prevent them using them as a way to pinpoint locations using nearby wifi base stations.

All you need to do is change the name of your SSID to add _nomap, so if your SSID was Dagobah it will now be named Dagobah_nomap. This is a major pain if I'm honest why shoudl users have to make changes, this kind of issue should really be "opt-in".  If you are concerned about google collecting information and using your base station then you may want to consider it.

Google has detailed this on their blog, you can read that post here http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/greater-choice-for-wireless-access.html

I am always interested in your thoughts so if you have any comments or feedback then please feel free to add any comments, or you can mail me  here. 

Google Chromebook coming to ThreeUK

This week Google have announced their Chromebooks.  These are built and optimised for the web, Google say you get a faster, simpler and more secure experience without all the headaches of ordinary computers.

The mobile provider ThreeUK have announced that they will be the 3G connectivity partner here in the UK.

Three say "They are delighted that we’ve been selected as the 3G connectivity partner for the Chromebook launch in the UK."

For more information on the annoucement, you can read the latest news and comments from the ThreeUk site here.

To learn more information about the Chromebooks, you can look at Google's information here.  It looks like there will be two models initially one from Samsung and one from Acer.

I am always interested in feedback so feel free to add any comments, or you can mail me  here.