Monthly Archives: December 2005

A cure for the common inbox

Google has added Clips to the Google email pages. I don’t like it. I read all my news in an aggregator. I read my email in an email client. I’m not of the view that the two should be mixed, … Continue reading

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Wiki Wishlist

Every year we struggle as a Family to understand who wants what for Christmas and where you can get it from. Not any more.. in the spirit of collaborative computing we now have a wishlist wiki. The wishlist wiki is … Continue reading

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Apple Store at the Trafford Centre Photo’s

Here’s some pic’s of the grand opening of the Apple Store at the Trafford Centre. Technorati Tags: Apple, Trafford+Centre

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Landmark

I un installed Lotus smart suite from my Thinkpad yesterday. Good bye 123 I’ll miss it. I started out using 123 on my Ph.D. but switched to .xls after a year. Now I’ve finally swapped everything over. Technorati Tags: Lotus, … Continue reading

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NBC programs available for download on iTunes

My recent purchase of a video iPod is looking better by the minute. TV shows via iTunes is a great step forward. I’m sure I’ve read that the BBC is doing making plans to make it’s content available. What a … Continue reading

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ADSL upgrade

I’ve just had my broadband upgraded to 2mb. It’s still the same up 256k. But it’s damn quick now…. I remember calling BT about 7 years back and asking for a quote for a 1mb circuit for an internet business … Continue reading

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NTL and Virgin in takeover talks

Having heard this on the radio yesterday, a work mate sent me this link. It’s interesting stuff and I don’t think it’s just the mobile business that NTL are after I think it’s the Virgin Brand. I think we’ll see … Continue reading

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LIFE CACHING – LIFE CONTENT MANAGEMENT

As I mentioned yesterday, I bought a 30gig iPod and I’ve filled so far about 14gig of it. so I’ve got a bout 13gig left. So enough to use the device as a back up drive. So I started to … Continue reading

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bit the bullet

We went over to the Trafford Centre yesterday and of course I had to visit the new Apple Store there. I just got carried away and I’ve now got a new Black Video iPod. I’ll have to find a home … Continue reading

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we’re listening honest

I recieved an email yesterday from the Managing Director of BT Global Services splurging on about "Your Priorities… We’re Listening" And if I wanted to respond quickly and tell them I’d click ‘reply’ right? but guess what the email address … Continue reading

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One for the lazyweb?

Having already talked this morning about call settings and mobiles, I was just wondering if there was a plug in for your voip client of choice (Gtalk, Skype, MSN etc) that looks into your calendar and adjusts your presence setting … Continue reading

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Executive Wants to Charge for Web Speed

Bell South have joined the argument started by King Ed. William L. Smith, chief technology officer for Atlanta-based BellSouth Corp., told reporters and analysts that an Internet service provider such as his firm should be able, for example, to charge … Continue reading

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Skype beta, version 2.0

Skype have just announced a new version of skype. [via] Video calling and intergration with typepad are the key updates. not exactly earth shattering news. Technorati Tags: Skype Typepad Video

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Orange’s turn your phone off Ads

I just commented on Martin’s Taxi post over at Telepocalypse. Martin’s idea is that you should be able to manipulate how the phone you’re about to call acts. I responded that the functionality is required by the phone user already … Continue reading

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Danish telecom firm agrees to $12 billion buyout offer

Danish telecom firm agrees to $12 billion buyout offer. [via] I don’t think this is part of the consolidation game yet. My guess is that the private equity firms see TDC as a potential take over target as the consolidation … Continue reading

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