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There are some good fundamental reasons why you should have your website redesigned, some of the reasons are obvious such as the overall look of your website looking tired and needing to be freshened up, but some are not so obvious such as the backend technology being out of date.

More and more people each day are using the internet to find a product or service that they need and most of these people will use a search engine such as Google to find the vendor that they are looking for. So you need to make sure that you are on the front page for the right key words for your business.

Things to think about:

Google is the biggest search engine in the world and more people use Google to find information or website that any directory or search engine.

Around 90% of people in the UK use Google to do their searches while they are using the internet. So for a UK company it is now important to have a website but just as important to have your website be found by Google.

Mobile broadband has been one of the most exciting emerging technologies of the 21st century, which allows high-speed wireless internet access through your laptop or PC.

The selling point has always been the fact that you don’t need any wires, telephone lines or having to be in a Wi-Fi location to access the internet - you simply connect through a USB modem or data card in your laptop. So if you want to check out the latest cinema times and reviews whilst on your laptop on the move then mobile broadband is ideal for you.

Facebook has been targeted by hackers looking to steal member’s data from the website. Security for the website says that it has been hit with 5 different security problems within the past 7 days. Security firms are now saying that social networking sites are tempting to hi-tech thieves and hackers.

Facebook has also been hit by the koobface virus along with other social networking website since December 2008. The koobface virus uses a face youtube pages to trick people.

The Japanese company Honda have started the first commercial production of hydrogen fuel cell cars. The hydrogen fuel cell car is a zero emission car. With a car being zero emissions this means that the car will be producing no pollution what so ever and by using hydrogen this mean that the fuel being used will never run out as hydrogen is the most common element in the known universe.

Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) is a solid-state device composed of thin films of organic molecules that create light with the application of electricity. OLEDs can provide brighter, crisper displays on electronic devices and use less power than conventional light-emitting diodes (LEDs) or liquid crystal displays (LCDs) used today. OLED technology can be as thin as a piece of paper and also flexible which makes this technology remarkable.

The University of Glamorgan in Wales did a study of 30 men and 30 women to find out what was appealing to each in the aspect of web design for a man’s website and a woman’s website.

There were 23 different factors that were considered within the judgement in the differences for what women and men both look for in a website those appeals to them, the 3 main factors for a website are language, visuals and navigation.

It has been predicted that there will be around a 12% slump in PC sales during 2009. If there is to be a decline in pc sales during 2009 then it will be only the second time that sales have dropped in this type of industry since 2002 when there was a slump of 3.2%.

This news follows the news that the semiconductor industry sales of computer chips between 2008 and 2009 fell by 35%. However it is said that the computer chip industry will weather the storm and bounce back faster than any other technology sector.

After the collapse of the deal with Microsoft trying to buy yahoo shares at $33 a share which have now fallen to around $14 a share, Yahoo and Google were creating a deal to increase there hold on internet advertising.

The deal fell through however only due to the fact that Google and Yahoo would have dominated the markets in both display advertising and paid search advertising. This made company watchdogs take note of what was going on and the US Department of Justice made it clear that it would do everything it could to stop the deal from going through.