Monthly Archives: October 2005

Mobility

The next couple of weeks are going to be busy ones. This week will involve spending 3 days down in Bedfont Lakes, the following week we’re off to Spain visiting family and then when we get back I’m off to … Continue reading

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Sky’s got $1bn to spend

There was a big article in today’s Guardian about Sky’s bond issue and the $1bn it’s now got in it’s back pocket. James Enck also talks about this subject and points out that maybe Pipex is the most likely target … Continue reading

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iTunes 6

I only just moved to 5.01 today as I’d read about some of the problems people had seen with version 5. Now version 6 turns up ..cripes. and the video iPod too, lot’s of people didn’t think they’d do a … Continue reading

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Notes GTD Tool

I just made a suggestion to Brett for his Notes GTD tool. I’ve asked Brett to include a task time option so you can assign a time indicator to an action. So when you’ve got 5 mins between two conf … Continue reading

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podcasts

I just moved over to the iTunes 5.01 client and I’m now using it to get my podcasts. So I’ll see how it goes over the next few days and if it’s OK i’ll ditch my ipodder client.

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Procrastination hack: “(10+2)*5”

Following on the idea of the procrastination dash and Jeff’s progressive dash, I’ve been experimenting with a squirelly new system to pound through my procrastinated to-do list. Brace yourself, because it is a bit more byzantine than is Merlin 2005’s … Continue reading

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O2 admits to Wind and Amena purchase plans

European wireless operator O2 has admitted that it recently considered buying its smaller Italian and Spanish rivals Wind and Amena, before eventually deciding that they could not be acquired for a "sensible price". Wind was since acquired by a consortium … Continue reading

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Ericsson in talks to buy Marconi?

The UK press this weekend gave more support to the rumours first reported on TelecomTV at the end of last month that Ericsson is holding talks with Marconi about a possible acquisition, and that a possible deal could be just … Continue reading

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Moleskine

My first Moleskine notebook arrived yesterday morning. It’s a peice of art and almost too good to spoil by writing in it.

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Telefonica bids for KPN

This story was denied by Telefonica earlier in the week, but there’s no smoke without fire as they say. It appears that the consolidation that was expected is happening, we’ve now had, C&W buy Energis, the NTL and Telewest Merger … Continue reading

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TDC embarks on an offensive

The title of the article that I read is actualy "TDC embarks on a Swedish offensive", but having heard that TDC are Stelios’ partner with his easymobile. It therefore appears they are on a little bit more than just a … Continue reading

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World Communications awards 2005

I attended the 2005 World Communications awards last night as a guest of Colt (Thank you to Colt for inviting me) the Platinum sponsor of the event.  The after dinner speaker was Stelios he was funnier than I had imagined … Continue reading

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Wanadoo to spend €1bn on local loop unbundling

Wanadoo is planning to have at least half of its customers accessing the internet via its own network rather than rival BT’s, and said its relationship with the telco is now all smiles. Wanadoo, which is currently in the middle … Continue reading

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NTL Buys Telewest for $6bn

I just read the NTL & telewest press release "NTL and Telewest combine to create a Triple play leader" you can read the news here

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THUS looking to purchase

Thus, the telecoms group that last month failed to buy much larger rival Energis, made clear today that it is in the market for acquisitions as the sector races to consolidate. [via] They lost out to C&W on the purchase … Continue reading

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