April 2009
YouTube - KT Tunstall "Black Horse & The Cherry... →
Stuck on hold to Sophos. Criptic error messages and virus infection that will not die, this PC is not healthy!
BlackBerry releasing 10 yellow phones for... →
Smartphone manufacturer BlackBerry is best buddies with Selfridges, and to celebrate the department store’s 100th birthday it’ll be releasing ten bright yellow BlackBerry Bolds with…
OK, so I wimped out this morning and drove to the office. Whats the point in having a car then walking in the rain?
At the parents working in the garden.
Gantter Puts MS Project Online →
Written by Simon Mackie. One thing that’s missing from many online project management apps is the ability to plan your projects using a Gantt chart. Many project managers would argue that…
OK, looks like Ping.fm has given up on me, its no longer posting any of my updates to identica, twitter or anywhere!
The five most pointless Sony products ever →
If you thought the hayfever hat — a hat with a built-in toilet roll dispenser — was the definitive example of humanity’s passion for the pointless, a glance in the direction of Sony’s…
Netgear Digital Entertainer Elite available... →
The verdict is already out on Netgear’s EVA 9150 Digital Entertainer Elite, and now the ball’s squarely in your court. The self-proclaimed “flexible digital media player” — complete…
Don’t know what was different about todays coffee but it has take 3 hours for the caffeine hit to kick in.
Wohoo. End of the work day, time to have a pint in the sunshine!
Next Gen Easy Peasy Linux distro to blur lines... →
Canonical is set to release Ubuntu 9.04 this week. And one of the biggest changes in the new version is out of the box support for a number of Intel Atom based netbooks including the…
So You Want To Become A Location Independent... →
** This is the first post in a series of review/analysis posts of resources, products, books and tools to help you become location independent. **
There’s one guy rocking the world this…
Starbucks giving UK iPhone users free WiFi →
Starbucks have today announced that all their shops will be kitted out with BT Openzone hotspots. This means all O2 iPhone customers will be able to get online at the same time as getting…
GADGET SHOW LIVE TALKS: How to get all the... →
In this post, I’m going to tell you how to fill your computer with quality software that doesn’t cost anything. We’ll cover everything from the ground up - starting with the operating system, and…
Is this the end of MySQL / OOo and Java - http://tr.im/jdOd ?
Ping.fm isn’t updating my identi.ca or twitter status via SMS, must be a setting somewhere….
Stuck at a client site setting up a new laptop. On Windows update 16 of 62 - great.
OK, I think http://twitterfall.com/ might be my favourite ‘twitter client’ so far. Anything similar for identica?
Google finally lets Blogger users earn money with... →
If you maintain your own blog hosted on Google’s free blogging service dubbed Blogger, you will be delighted that the search giant has finally paired its AdSense advertising engine with the blogging…
OK, I’m officially bored, and now stuck in the office on my own :-(
Client asked us to lock down internet access across their site but didn’t tell any of their users, cue deluge of support desk calls.
BBC overhauls its podcast discovery service →
The BBC puts out over 200 individual podcasts, and has just revamped its podcast directory to make them easier than ever to browse and listen to. We have to admit it’s pretty impressive
One Dozen Super-Useful (and Free!) Android Apps... →
Six months ago we pointed out the best Android apps to boost your mobile productivity, but since then more free applications have appeared in the Market that offer useful features you don’t want…
Back In Time Does Full Linux Backups in One Click... →
Linux only: Back In Time, a Linux backup app inspired by Macs’ Time Machine and offering the same kind of no-worry, space-saving snapshot protection, is worth adding to your must-install list….
iPhone OS 3.0 beta 3 released for developers →
Right on schedule, Apple has released a new version of their beta 3.0 OS. We’re waiting for you guys to chime in about it, but in the meantime, if you’re a registered iPhone Dev, get your…
Magic Cube all-in-one card reader rotates,... →
Multi-card readers? Sure, they’re ususally kind of a snooze… but this one’s pretty cute. The so-called Magic Cube All-in-One reader — which looks not a little like a …
The Pond →
“Can I work remote?” I cringe. It’s Ian and Ian is a senior engineer. He’s a rock. He gets it done. I never have to ask him twice and, after six years, Ian has every right to ask to work remote….
Back home and doing my !Ubuntu Jaunty updates.
Lifehacker - AcidRip for Linux Rips DVDs with... →
Call for early adopters - want to do an interview... →
A colleague at Laptop Magazine is working on a story about early tech adopters. She’s looking for a few people who can talk about things like what your gadgets say about you (for…
Is this the future? - http://tr.im/iNcT
Android 1.5 SDK, Exchange email and set-top box:... →
We think an android should be able to do the dishes at least,
if not take over the Earth and subjugate us puny meatbags. The Google Android mobile operating system, which
powers the …
Carriers could be forced by EU to support VoIP... →
We’ve seen it time and time again — carriers using their power to strong-arm consumers into paying services that could very well be free. Over in Europe, the almighty EU is…
Trying out my old S60 E61. Looks like I might be going back to it, works better than my newer P1i!
Mobile network providers forced to allow VOIP, this can only be a good thing - http://tr.im/iJrb
Save the Last Flash Movie You Watched [Linux Tip] →
Linux only: Reader Blake writes in with his method for quickly making a copy of the last flash video you watched in your browser. Whenever you watch a flash video in your browser, the entire video…
Just discovered MOC, fantastic command line music player for Linux - http://tr.im/iCAZ
Great, wife just sliced her finger open with a bread knife, looks like we might be heading to A&E - won’t stop bleeding!
Updating my !Ubuntu and !Cruncheee systems, taking a lot longer than it should. I need to do this more regularly!
Linux Outlaws on the headphones, Ubuntu installing on the mac and a fresh cup of coffee.
PCIe to ZIF adaptor lets you tweak your Eee PC... →
If you have an Asus Eee PC 900 or 901 with a solid state disk, but you’d rather have a hard drive, CompactFlash adaptor, or some other form of memory you have two choices:
…
Kensington outs new handful of netbook accessories →
It was just a matter of time, really. We’ve seen desktop accessories, laptop accessories and now netbook accessories. Kensington has today launched five new products aimed…
Get a Free Pro Copy of BumpTop 1.0 [Downloads] →
BumpTop, the alternative 3D desktop we gawked at in beta, is out with its first official release. Read on to check out its finished look and snag a free copy of the pro version (Or, at least, show…
Eating toast and getting my ass kicked in Battlefield Bad Company.
Walked into work after playing squash yesterday. No pain yet, this can’t be good.
[Blogs] ISPs forced to store your data from today: (One step closer to that Orwellian society. ) http://tinyurl.com/d9xbnh
Image Resizer Powertoy Clone Resizes Pictures... →
Windows only: The Image Resizer Powertoy Clone adds an option to the Windows explorer context menu for quickly resizing pictures—without opening an image editor. Using the utility couldn’t be…
Chi.mp: An Ambitious Content and Identity... →
Written by Darrell Etherington. Despite my best efforts, I can easily get lost on the web. And in doing so, I let some things fall into neglect, like social network identities that I…
OK so I drove into work this morning, still I’m sure a game of squash will make up to exersise!
