Monthly Archives: March 2007

US Government leaves out SPRINT

Posted on March 30, 2007 by Rob

The (US) government yesterday awarded AT&T, Qwest Communications International and Verizon the largest telecommunications contract in history, leaving Sprint Nextel out of a deal worth up to $48 billion over the next 10 years. Not good news for SPRINT then. 

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Flickr

Posted on March 14, 2007 by Rob

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

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Al-Queda plot to bring down UK internet

Posted on March 11, 2007 by Rob

SCOTLAND YARD has uncovered evidence that Al-Qaeda has been plotting to bring down the internet in Britain, causing chaos to business and the London Stock Exchange. In a series of raids, detectives have recovered computer files revealing that terrorist suspects … Continue reading →

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Cell phone network used as backhaul for WiFi

Posted on March 7, 2007 by Rob

I can’t decide whether this is a great idea or a really really dumb idea. I’m leaning toward the latter right now. Why can’t you just stick the 3G card into the Laptop directly and save your self $400 bucks? … Continue reading →

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Charlie Brooker, what a sucker

Posted on March 6, 2007 by Rob

The trouble started the afternoon someone from Orange rang me up to say, “Hey, valued customer – do you want a free phone?” At first I wasn’t interested, but he went on and on about how popular and great the … Continue reading →

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Scoble exodus

Posted on March 2, 2007 by Rob

Looks like I’m not the only one to stop reading Scoble all the time.

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Essential Drucker

Posted on March 2, 2007 by Rob

IMAGE_042 Originally uploaded by Rob Evans. my current reading, the essential drucker, not the greatest photo, but I was testing out Shozu on my SPV M3100.

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Frankfurt

Posted on March 2, 2007 by Rob

Frankfurt Originally uploaded by Rob Evans. This was nuts, eating in the resturant of the Radisson SAS in Frnakfurt, I asked for the Fillet steak (I didn’t know we were going to a steak house the next night!!) with jacket … Continue reading →

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The Frankfurt Steak House

Posted on March 2, 2007 by Rob

During my stay in Frankfurt we made a trip to ‘the Steak House’. It’s not a place to go if you’re a veggie or if you like well done steaks. I asked for mine to be cooked ‘medium to well done’ only … Continue reading →

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Links that don’t link

Posted on March 2, 2007 by Rob

..the availability of easy-to-use and simply elegant web-based IM services such as Meebo. Why is that? Try the link in the text above taken from GigaOm. It doesn’t go to Meebo like you think it would it goes to more … Continue reading →

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Top Talent

Posted on March 2, 2007 by Rob

IBM in the UK is running a Top Talent program for future leaders for 100 people out of the 3000 in the UK Global Technology Services business. Basically a Talent management program for the top 3% of it’s employees in the UK and … Continue reading →

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