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Entries from June 2006

Rebtel

June 29th, 2006 · No Comments

What with all my current trudging around europe, I found this pretty interesting.

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Tags: Telecom · Travel · life

IBM upgrades Sametime client to work with Microsoft software

June 27th, 2006 · No Comments

The company said that with Sametime 7.5 users will be able to launch real-time communication sessions from within Microsoft Office, Microsoft SharePoint, and Microsoft’s Outlook e-mail client. The company also announced support for RIM, Nokia and Windows Mobile devices.
We’ve had various Sametime clients within IBM for a few years now each with different amounts of [...]

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Tags: IBM · Mobile · life

Wedding

June 25th, 2006 · No Comments

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Originally uploaded by Rob Evans.

We’ve been to a wedding today at Stapleford Hall.

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Tags: life

Google dark fiber mystery

June 24th, 2006 · 1 Comment

The Google and fibre network story pops up again. [via]

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Tags: Telecom · life

cod at the Paris bistro

June 23rd, 2006 · No Comments

my cod at the Paris bistro

Originally uploaded by Rob Evans.

my baked Cod at the Bistro in Central Paris

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Nokia’s Chicago flagship

June 22nd, 2006 · No Comments

 
Engadget has a walk through of the new Nokia flagship store. I'm off to chicago in the middle of July so might pay it a visit.

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Tags: Mobile · life

Private Jet :-P

June 20th, 2006 · No Comments

Private Jet

Originally uploaded by Rob Evans.

my private jet (ahem) to Paris this morning. OK just my BA flight to CDG

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Tags: life

Travels

June 19th, 2006 · No Comments

I haven't been keeping my travel diary up to date recently.
I've had a few trips to Dublin (the traffic!) and I'm off to Paris tomorrow and then Chicago in early July.

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Tags: Travel · life

Orange and easyMobile court case to start in November

June 19th, 2006 · No Comments

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 in line with its branding heritage.
I guess this follows on from the MVNO story below, [...]

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Tags: Mobile · Telecom · life

Nokia N70 hell

June 19th, 2006 · 6 Comments

I bought a Nokia N70 on Orange the other day, moving my personal phone to a 3G model. Well I'd read about some of the messing about Orange had done to the handset but couldn't believe how much they'd actually broken the phone.
Opera was gone and the crummy Orange home screen was there, but you [...]

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Tags: Mobile · life

Telecom Giants in Europe Plan $30 Billion Deal

June 19th, 2006 · No Comments

Nokia of Finland and Siemens of Germany are expected to announce on Monday that they will merge their telecommunication network equipment businesses in a deal valued at more than $30 billion, people involved in the transaction said tonight
Another Merger in the Telecoms space. Not sure how much of a 50/50 merger it is, Siemens wanted [...]

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Tags: Telecom · life

Sling Media Launches Slingbox in United Kingdom

June 10th, 2006 · No Comments

Slingmedia releases the Slingbox in the UK!

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Tags: Web · life