Monthly Archives: August 2005

HP: Exiting from Network Gear?

                                           Hewlett-Packard (HPQ ) is in advanced talks to sell all or part of its ProCurve networking equipment business to one or … Continue reading

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Belkin AP

I replaced the Linksys AP (WEP11) with a Belkin AP today. it’s 802.11G and backward compatible too. So I’ve got a 54mbps wireless network now. It’s mush more stable, I’ve no idea why the Linksys just died it’s been in … Continue reading

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secondary screen

  secondary screen    Originally uploaded by Rob Evans. Had a bad day with wireless today the AP died so it’s back to a wired connection for a while until I replace the AP. But it dawned on me that … Continue reading

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Google Talk

Just made first call via Google Talk and it works fine and as it’s not peer to peer it looks like I’ll be able to use it inside IBM…cool.

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Heart rate monitor

I bought a heart rate monitor yesterday to help with the cycling. I’ve programmed it with the heart rate zone I want to be in and it has alarms to beep if you go above or below that zone.

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Fear of Huawei?

One of Ron’s friends gave him this snippet of information;“The Indian government has put a hold on Huawei Technologies‘ business in India following an analysis showing that the country’s strategic telecommunications network could be compromised by Huawei’s presence. Of particular … Continue reading

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GTD & mNotes & C500

I’ve been using Brett’s GTD template within Lotus Notes to track all the things I have to do and I’m pretty pleased so far. On Brett’s site it mentions mNotes and it working with the GTD template but it doesn’t … Continue reading

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Claiming my feed at feedster

No Need to Click Here – I’m just claiming my feed at Feedster

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C&W CEO letter on the purchase of Energis

16 August 2005 Dear , I am writing to you today with good news for UK businesses. Today Cable & Wireless has announced our acquisition of Energis, and I wanted to highlight a couple of the benefits that this joining … Continue reading

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Get Ready for GoogleNet

What if Google (GOOG) wanted to give Wi-Fi access to everyone in America? And what if it had technology capable of targeting advertising to a user’s precise location? The gatekeeper of the world’s information could become one of the globe’s … Continue reading

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Convenient lists to have

Account and $ numbers Affirmations Basic personal numbers (self and family members) Birthdays Checklists Gifts Ideas I don’t know what to do with, now that I’ve had them… Jokes Might wanna buy… Might wanna do when… Might wanna do with… … Continue reading

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C&W wins Energis takeover battle

C&W wins Energis takeover battle

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Thus sets out Energis buy plans

I didn’t see this coming but Thus have put an offer in for Energis.

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C&W expects Energis deal in the bag in time for tea

Cable & Wireless (C&W) is today expected to confirm its takeover of UK IT services and telecoms solutions provider Energis, after holding firm against a number of investors looking to push up its GBP830 million offer. Citing sources close to … Continue reading

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Cisco wants to buy Nokia?

Cisco, who’s been gobbling up companies in the last couple of years (namely Linksys and more recently KiSS), has expressed serious interest in the acquisition and merging with a wireless infrastructure company—specifically everyone’s favorite Nordic handset manufacturer, Nokia. Engadget had … Continue reading

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