Monthly Archives: January 2006

Paul from MoDaCo reviews the C600

Posted on January 31, 2006 by Rob

The C600 is a fantastic phone. There, I said it. It’s as close to perfect as any device has got for me to date. It has it’s flaws, but I agree with Paul, it’s the best phone I’ve ever had. … Continue reading →

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Caio?to?quit?amid?C&W?changes

Posted on January 31, 2006 by Rob

Shares in Cable & Wireless dropped 10 per cent yesterday as it warned on profits and announced that Francesco Caio, its chief executive, was to leave in the midst of a reorganisation. News about the reorganisation, which will see the … Continue reading →

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Titanium Thinkpads

Posted on January 31, 2006 by Rob

Lenovo is running a series of ads asking you to vote for the thinkpad you prefer, Classic Black or Titanium. It appears Titanium is winning the vote everywhere except Africa. BTW I voted Titanium, I’ve had way too many black … Continue reading →

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Negroponte Vs. Gates: They’re Both Right

Posted on January 30, 2006 by Rob

Russ chips in now too, he’s sitting on the fence Technorati Tags: Negroponte Gates

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Arguing about how to bring computing to the poor

Posted on January 30, 2006 by Rob

Scoble’s adding to the debate on bringing computing to the poor. They’d rather have a cell phone than a big computer I’m going to put my sceptics hat on here, but is this debate really about bringing computing to the … Continue reading →

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The IT Crowd is online, thanks to Channel 4

Posted on January 30, 2006 by Rob

“The high-rise towers of Reynholm Industries are full of go-getters, success stories, and winners… apart from in the basement. While their beautiful colleagues work in fantastic surroundings, Jen, Roy and Moss lurk below ground, scorned and mocked by their co-workers … Continue reading →

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Eurostar

Posted on January 30, 2006 by Rob

Eurostar, originally uploaded by Rob Evans. I took this travelling on the Eurostar last Thursday evening to Paris. It wasn’t exactly what I’d invisaged. It was like a step back into the seventies. On the plus side it was quick … Continue reading →

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Slacker Manager likes FolderShare

Posted on January 30, 2006 by Rob

Slacker Manager is impressed with FolderShare. Wow. I just tried out FolderShare this evening and it rocks. ROCKS! I don’t know where I’ve been that I hadn’t heard of this before, but it is super useful (and free!) I guess … Continue reading →

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The Year’s 10 Best Intranets

Posted on January 29, 2006 by Rob

IBM’s intranet — known inside the company as the “w3 On Demand Workplace,” — has been selected as one of “The Year’s 10 Best Intranets” by the Nielsen Norman Group, a user experience research firm that advises companies on human-centered … Continue reading →

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Sarin’s outsourcing plan to save Vodafone £300m

Posted on January 29, 2006 by Rob

VODAFONE is considering a large technology-outsourcing deal that could save the mobile-phone company £300m a year. According to industry sources, IBM is the favourite to win a contract that could take in billing, software development and customer-relationship management. I know … Continue reading →

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IBM holds off on pension decision

Posted on January 29, 2006 by Rob

This was interesting all Managers where invited to two hotels, one in London and one in Manchester for a Pensions meeting. Somebody tipped the press off and when the managers turned up, there was press everywhere. Computer giant IBM is … Continue reading →

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Sprint Nextel ‘insourcing’ from IBM

Posted on January 29, 2006 by Rob

Sprint Nextel appears to be bringing IT workers back in-house from IBM as part of a re-evaluation of the company’s outsourcing strategy by its new CIO. Sprint is one of IBM’s many partners, so that’s interesting news. Technorati Tags: Sprint, … Continue reading →

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Travel etc

Posted on January 29, 2006 by Rob

Apologies for all the Travel updates, but I’ve decided this blog should be just as much use for me as you. SoI’ve been updating all the recent hotels etc and the associatted tags so that I can find the good, … Continue reading →

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The Stephen’s Green Hotel

Posted on January 29, 2006 by Rob

Nice Hotel in the centre of Dublin, 10 mins walk from Temple bar. Stay at the front of the Hotel, ‘cos there’s a drunk man that comes and shouts at the traffic from 1am till 5am.

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Relais de Paris Lyon-Bastille

Posted on January 29, 2006 by Rob

Simply awfull..straight out of the seventies.

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