Monthly Archives: November 2005

The Apple Store, Trafford Centre

Grand Opening Celebration:Apple Store, Trafford Centre9:00 am, Saturday, November 19 We don’t own an apple machine, other than my shuffle, but I’m sure we’ll pay this place a visit next time we’re in the TC. It’s a bit spooky as … Continue reading

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End of the week

Another interesting week in purchased telecoms comes to a close. We’ve got a few big deals going on right now and it’s interesting watching them close out and our partners compete for the business. I’ve done a little coaching to … Continue reading

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Free Google Wifi is almost here

"Mountain View has accepted Google’s offer of free Wi-Fi". I’m sorry but who wouldn’t. It’ll be interesting to see how the local telco manages the situation. You can’t get much cheaper than free. I’ve got a BTOpenzone account which gives … Continue reading

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Cisco moves into Video

Om has a post on Cisco’s purchase of Scientific Atlanta Cisco had data, Cisco had voice, and what it needed was video to complete the triple play. So they bought Scientific Atlanta for $6.9 billion. Scientific Atlanta makes set-top boxes … Continue reading

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Warwick

I’ve been down in IBM Warwick today and I’m back there tomorrow. I’m spending some time with my boss on what we can do to make a leap forward in terms of efficiencies and cost savings. Interesting stuff and all … Continue reading

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Birthday

It was my birthday at the weekend. Had some nice food. some pics to be uploaded to flickr

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Linux for Mobility says Russ

I missed this post by Russ back in Sept, but as a user and follower of the pda & smart phone market for a long time it’s a very interesting post. "Okay, I’ve had an opinion change I’d like to … Continue reading

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King Ed The First of New AT&T

Om has an interesting look at the new AT&T following the SBC merger. Only One AT&T exec remains and Dorman get’s a $32m pay off..nice. [via] Technorati Tags: AT&T, SBC, Telecom

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IBM to aquire Indian Network business

IBM on Tuesday said it is planning to acquire Network Solutions Pvt Ltd, a leading infrastructure services company in India [via] Technorati Tags: Telecom, India

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FTP server

My home ftp server is working great right now. Before I left for Cardiff I set Bittorrent off downloading Series 3 of Spooks. I just logged on and checked the directory and it’s dragged 3 episodes down already and is … Continue reading

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Hotspots

I’m away from home right now. My Gran isn’t too well so I’m down in Cardiff. I’ve been making the most of my BTOpenzone account and I’ve been getting online (just) with T-Mobile at starbucks. My first trip to Starbuck … Continue reading

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Free Wireless for Nintendo Gamers

Wi-Fi service providers BT Openzone and The Cloud have signed deals with video game manufacturer Nintendo UK to enable wireless internet access to users of the Nintendo DS handheld console from 25 November. Gamers will be able to access the … Continue reading

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media clear out and future strategy

I’ve been having a media clean up this evening. The iTunes libary has started to fill up with tracks that it couldn’t find. The reason for this is that I’d moved some music to a shared file and left some … Continue reading

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Garage Sale

I’m having a clear out of the computer junk (and other junk) I’ve collected over the past year or so. The first thing to get put up on Ebay is a pair of Linksys WPC11 wireless cards. I used to … Continue reading

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Telenor, Portugal Telecom and Bouygues next targets?

I’ve just been reading an interesting Economist article entitled Survival of the biggest (subscription required). The article points our that potenital the next targets in the European Telecoms market place could be Telenor, Portugal Telecom and Bouygues. I guess we’ll … Continue reading

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