Archive for June, 2009

Power trip

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

High voltage sounds as geeks gather in London Read more..

Google uses SMS to give sex tips and farming advice to Ugandans

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Ugandans are benefiting from a mobile service which gives information on health, sex and farming from Google. Read more..

Apple boss Jobs goes back to work

Monday, June 29th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Apple boss Steve Jobs is back at work after six months of medical leave, although he will work from home for part of the week. Read more..

Rackspace outage and info

Monday, June 29th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Our systems at Rackspace just had a major outage that is still going on. There is nothing worse than having our customers be down. You can see all the people ... Read more..

Vodafone ‘mulls bid for T-Mobile’

Monday, June 29th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Vodafone declines to comment on a report that it is considering buying rival mobile phone operator T-Mobile UK. Read more..

The anti-community list

Monday, June 29th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

One thing I have grown to dislike is FriendFeed’s list of suggested users. Twitter has one too and I’ll talk about that later. Here’s a conversation about FriendFeed’s list and ... Read more..

Craving intimacy in our social networks

Monday, June 29th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

It’s Ironic that Facebook is moving into a more public space occupied by Twitter and FriendFeed. I think their jealousy of the hype that Twitter is getting might be leading them ... Read more..

Pirate Bay starts video streaming

Monday, June 29th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Swedish file-sharing website The Pirate Bay lifts the lid on a proposed video streaming service. Read more..

Universal phone charger deal done

Monday, June 29th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Deal with the European Commission could bring a "one size fits all" phone charger into production. Read more..

Digital TV now in 90% of UK homes

Monday, June 29th, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Digital video recorders are proving popular in UK homes, finds research from watchdog Ofcom. Read more..