Archive for January, 2010

New rules on recycling batteries

Sunday, January 31st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Retailers selling more than 32kg of batteries a year must now provide recycling bins in a bid to cut the amount going to landfill. Read more..

I?m giving away my Kindle

Sunday, January 31st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

I’m giving away my Kindle. Why? 1. I have the Kindle app on my iPhone and I use that to read books a lot more than I use my Kindle. 2. I ... Read more..

Tories plan super-fast broadband

Sunday, January 31st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

The Conservatives unveil plans to deliver a "nationwide super-fast broadband", partly funded by a portion of the BBC licence fee. Read more..

No sanctions for Bush lawyers who approved waterboarding, report will say

Sunday, January 31st, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Bush administration lawyers who paved the way for sleep deprivation and waterboarding of terrorism suspects exercised poor judgment but will not be referred to authorities for possible sanctions, according to ... Read more..

Google +will+ save Flash, a developer who uses it says

Saturday, January 30th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

I just recorded a 45 minute conversation on my iPhone while we sat on the deck at the Half Moon Bay Ritz with Luke Kilpatrick about Flash, Silverlight, Palm Pre, ... Read more..

Warning on tax return e-mail scam

Saturday, January 30th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Thousands of fraudulent e-mails were sent out ahead of Sunday's tax return deadline, Revenue & Customs says. Read more..

Can Flash be saved?

Saturday, January 30th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

Let’s go back a few years to when Firefox was just coming on the scene. Remember that? I remember that it didn’t work with a ton of websites. Things like ... Read more..

Obama talks to House Republicans in Baltimore in rare, televised debate in

Saturday, January 30th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

BALTIMORE -- President Obama offered a muscular defense of his first year in office Friday in the most hostile of territories -- a gathering of House Republicans, who engaged him ... Read more..

U.S. sells weapons to Taiwan, angering China

Saturday, January 30th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

The Obama administration announced the sale Friday of $6 billion worth of Patriot anti-missile systems, helicopters, mine-sweeping ships and communications equipment to Taiwan in a long-expected move that sparked an ... Read more..

Draft Defense Department budget avoids weapons cuts, adds aircraft

Saturday, January 30th, 2010 Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off

The Obama administration's 2011 defense budget avoids the controversial weapons cuts of last year, according to a draft copy, and continues to shift modest amounts of money to weapons programs ... Read more..