Monthly Archives: March 2006

Down in London

I was back in IBM Southbank Yesterday for the day. One of the item’s on my schedule was an interview by a large OSS software company. They are developing a package aimed at the Enterprise and wanted to ask some … Continue reading

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Secrets of greatness: How I work

This is a great set of Digital Life secrets of some really big names..[via]

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Google’s (not so) Secret Answer To AT&T: We’ll Build Our Own Net

Preston Gralla has this story over at Networking Pipeline, keep up Preston it’s no so secret, if fact it’s been around for over a year. Technorati Tags: Goole, Network, Fibre,

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IBM will not use Windows Vista

Andreas Pleschek also told that IBM has cancelled their contract with Microsoft as of October this year. That means that IBM will not use Windows Vista for their desktops. Beginning from July, IBM employees will begin using IBM Workplace on … Continue reading

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More Google Calendar Details

Om has some more information on the new Google calendar app that he picked up from TechCrunch. Mind you some people in the UK aren’t too happy with Google right now and there plans for Harry Technorati Tags: Google, CL2, … Continue reading

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Amsterdam (again)

I was over in Amsterdam again yesterday so it was another 4am start and a long day. Ended up spending a hour in the communication centre at the airport. I was able to remember my boingo username and password and … Continue reading

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Orange and easyMobile court case to start in November

The pair are getting litigious over the use of the colour orange – Orange alleges easyMobile’s orange-flavoured branding will provoke confusion in the market. EasyGroup, however, has been using the colour since its inception and easyMobile says it is simply … Continue reading

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AT&T To Buy BellSouth

Om has the story, it’s too US centric for me, but it makes AT&T even stronger in the US.

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Cable & Wireless under threat as Scots circle

The Scot’s in this story is THUS, who tried at the last minute to buy Energis, now it must be thinking great, I can have two for the price of one! I had to laugh a few days back when … Continue reading

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Feed Icons

I like Russell, think that the new Feed icons look great. Technorati Tags: RSS, Feed, Icons

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BT to be split up

I read today in the Guardian that private equity firms are taking a look at BT. So maybe private equity money could do what OFCOM failed to do, split BT up. I’m sure they are looking at 4 or 5 … Continue reading

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MVNOs Not Making Money? Surprised?

Om has the storey on MVNO’s not making money, but the question is why not?. Two issues srping to mind, branding failure in a cut throat market, or too slim a margin between the underlying network costs and what the … Continue reading

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Yes, Americans Get Mobile (Finally)

Russell has this story on how the US has finally caught up on SMS. Maybe they’ll catch on the latest but very sad, mobile crazes here in the UK Happy Slapping and text bullying.

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Senator To AT&T: You Don’t Own The Net

Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon today introduced legslation that would ban network operators from charging sites for extra bandwidth. The law would also ban the practice of favoring some content providers over others. That, according to the New York Times. … Continue reading

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Microsoft whispers Origami details

..what’s all the fuss..it’s a device that fit’s between a PDA and a laptop..big deal. Lot’s of people will buy them ‘cos they don’t need a laptop, but a PDA is just too small. Other people will buy them ‘cos … Continue reading

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