Have you ever been to a McDonald’s outlet in the UK and ordered a bottle of Tropicana Orange Juice?   I have been doing so for as long as I can remember and have always been disappointed.  Not because the OJ was bad but because I always managed to drink my way through the little bottle of juice much faster than I expected.  Until recently I attributed this anomaly to the salted fries ‘on the side’ making me extra thirsty. Read the rest of this entry »

One week on and Apple are still making the headlines.  The iPhone 3G lines are still long and Apple made a few mistakes with their 3G launch.  As I write, the guys over at iPhone Dev have launched their tool for unlocking and jailbreaking the 2.0 firmware so the Apple headlines are unlikely to subside or some time yet. Read the rest of this entry »

Je ne suis pas impressionné…

Every since Neighbors started airing on FIve I’ve started watching more and more of the channel.  I find that watching House in the early afternoon really chills me out and in the evenings there is often a good documentary or film showing.  However as I often forget about the channel, I have found myself missing shows and wishing for a Video On Demand service, one not dissimilar to BBC iPlayer or the offerings from Channel 4 and ITV. Read the rest of this entry »

If I had to choose one world to describe this weeks technology news it would have to be “Apple”.  Friday saw the highly anticipated launch of the iPhone 3G as well as the launch of .Mac’s replacement, MobileMe and as if that wasn’t enough, Apple also pushed upgrades to the iPhone firmware, iPod Touch firmware and the Apple TV firmware. Read the rest of this entry »

BuzzWatch is a weekly review of the topics covered by CNET.com’s Buzz Out Loud podcast staring Jason Howell, Tom Merritt and Molly Wood. Each weekend (see the Posting Schedule for more details) I’ll be posting three ‘word’ clouds generated from podcast’s ’show notes’ in order to highlight the popular topics of the week in a simple visual form what we can all understand*. Read the rest of this entry »