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Google wants to search your email
05 April 2004
Google, the internet search engine, has announced that is to offer a free e-mail service. However, of major concern to potential users and privacy advocates is Google's plan to read the messages. Google plans to electronically read the message so that messages can be sprinkled with advertisements Google thinks are relevant to pay for the Gmail ser...
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Half of businesses hit by viruses
04 March 2004
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Last year half of UK businesses fell victim to either a virus or distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, a 25 per cent increase on 2002. Research was carried out on behalf of the Department of Trade and Industry, and involved telephone interviews with 1,000 companies nationwide.
Although most companies protect themselves against virus...
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New Internet speed record
16 October 2003
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Two scientific research centres have set a new world speed record for sending data across the Internet. The project sent 1.1 Terabytes of data at 5.44 gigabits a second (Gbps) from the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, CERN, near the Frnco-Swiss border near Geneva to the California Institute of Technology, or Caltech, over 7,000 kilometre...
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Polynesians get free wireless web
07 July 2003
The tiny Polynesian island of Niue has become the first country to get a free nationwide wireless internet service. The free wi-fi link will be accessible to all of Niue's 2,000 residents as well as t...
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Online transaction confidence growing
14 June 2003
Statistics show that almost 10 million transactions are performed each month on the Internet, reinforcing recently published data that shows that the British public’s confidence in carrying out financ...
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Apple Computer gamble pays off again
26 May 2003
Embrace technology, don’t run from it. That’s the message which the entertainment industry has been refusing to listen to, but surely they have learned the lesson now. iTunes Music Store, the new onli...
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The London Webcam Conspiracy
02 May 2003
Once again London webcams have mysteriously been brought down for "maintenance" at the same time as major demonstrations were being held in Central London, The Register reports. Many of London’s traff...
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Big Red to control the Net
25 April 2003
Big Red has decided fully expanded its "communism" to the internet. The government has announced that it is planning to erect a "national boundary" to restrict access to the internet. The boundary wou...
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BT to increase range of high-speed services
28 March 2003
Perhaps to diminish the industry's interest in Telewest's recent announcement that it will be trialling a 2Mb broadband service, BT has announced that it is to trial a 1Mb home connection service. Th...
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Arsenal bottom of the online Premiership
21 March 2003
While Arsenal may be a top the Premiership table on the field, online, it’s a completely different ballgame. As measured by web monitoring firm Keynote, the football club’s website took an average of...
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THEBIGHAIRDO
14 March 2003
For our non-British readers, you’re likely unfamiliar with Comic Relief and even more likely unfamiliar with Red Nose Day. But if you’re British, you’re well familiar with the silly talking clock, the...
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Tameside first to e-Government
06 March 2003
It’s been some time since we’ve made any government-oriented website a Website of the Week, but this week, we couldn’t help but choose a council website which has achieved what seemed an impossible fe...
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Australia: The Two-Week Holiday Destination?
05 February 2003
In our continuing Marketing features, with research conducted by OMD UK using SySurvey, we find that almost one-in-three consumers would not consider taking a two-week trip to Australia.
Ov...
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SySurvey proves uplift in awareness for MTV’s The Osbournes sponsorship
19 December 2002
MTV undertook a two-wave survey of its site visitors to assess the effectiveness of Nik-Nak’s sponsorship of MTV’s The Osbournes, proving that post-campaign awareness had an index of over 180 compared...
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Shortlisted for the Agency Research project of the year, Media Week Awards 2002
26 November 2002
Redroom, the monthly panel research project for Vodafone (powered by SySurvey), was recently shortlisted for the Media Week Awards. The project, overseen by Charlotte Nilsson of OMD UK, provided valua...
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Read SySurvey Data in Telmar Analysis Systems
25 November 2002
Telmar, a leading supplier of information services and software solutions serving the needs of advertising media planners, buyers and sellers worldwide, has been meeting with Syclick to discuss the po...
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Legion's Poppy Retains Meaning for Post-War UK
20 November 2002
In the latest Marketing article featuring OMD Snapshots, the weekly online survey powered by SySurvey, the subject of the Royal British Legion was investigated. OMD UK and Marketing magazine were inte...
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Playstation2 Tops Christmas Games Console Choice
28 October 2002
The following article appeared in the 24th October edition of Marketing, which is part of a regular feature put together by OMD Snapshots, which uses SySurvey technology to undertake its consumer insi...
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City HR Responds to the Challenges of N2
14 October 2002
A recent survey was undertaken of the City Personnel Group member database on the subject of management implications of N2, which is the name given to the new recruitment/personnel management guidelin...
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NEW! Powerful new tools in the latest version of SySurvey
24 September 2002
Throughout September and October Syclick will be making some important enhancements to the SySurvey online research tool, bringing it to version 3.0. These updates have a direct impact on you as they ...
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Internet usage is having a significant impact on the consumption of traditional media
06 September 2002
The internet becomes a part of our every day lives as half of the online population in the UK admit to talking about the internet with family and friends in daily conversation. And with 70% of us bec...
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1 in 5 adults believe we’ll be overtaken by aliens
29 August 2002
In our latest survey run this week we discovered that many of us believe the human race will end with the second coming of Christ, 17% believe the sun will blow up and a quarter of us believe global w...
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Huge public support for on-the-spot fines
14 August 2002
The general public in the UK back the latest trial to give police the power to administer on-the-spot fines for minor offences, as trials of the new system started on Monday. 87% of our demographicall...
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For cycling: healthy Brussels; Against cycling: an unhealthy 30% of the UK population!
07 August 2002
In light of the recent Brussels proposal regarding drivers’ liability in accidents with cyclists, we found that 80% of the UK adult population either claim to be non-cyclists or only cycle once every ...
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Armchair Sports Fans Beware!
02 August 2002
The World Cup, Wimbledon and the Commonwealth Games may have proved that the UK is a huge fan of sports, but we’re a very lazy nation when it comes to actually taking part!
A demographicall...
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SySurvey correctly predicts Big Brother eviction
25 July 2002
With just one week left in Big Brother 2002, we ran a survey to find out just who the UK thought should be ousted in the final eviction show, hours before the nominations were made public. The questio...
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Marketing Magazine: Nike's World Cup Ambush Activity Outplays Adidas
10 July 2002
OMD is one of the world's biggest media planning and buying agencies, and employs SySurvey to undertake it's weekly Snapshots research omnibus. It frequently runs questions on behalf of Marketing maga...
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What's the future for the United Nations?
03 July 2002
This week the United States used its power of veto to block renewal of the United Nations peacekeeping force in Bosnia, leaving the security council just 2 days to resolve the situation.
We...
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SySurvey discovers this Friday’s score!
18 June 2002
With three-quarters of adults in the UK following the World Cup it seems we have all become football pundits. Since Brazil went through on Monday 39% of the population think they will go on to win it,...
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SySurvey Support Site Now Live
03 April 2002
The SySurvey Support site launched this April, offering marketers, researchers and managers a one-stop shop for their online research needs. The site now boasts a library of research tips and white pa...
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