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20 Jul

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 »
13 Jul

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 »
13 Jul

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 »
11 Jul

Today, Apple finally pushed the new and highly anticipated iPhone 3G to customers worldwide. For owners of iPod Touch and iPhone devices, today is the day you can download the 2.0 version of the firmware. For iPhone users, the upgrade is free but for iPod Touch the download is priced at £5.99. Read the rest of this entry »
26 Jun

It was reported today by MacWorld UK that o2 in the United-kingdom had briefly published iPhone 3G pricing on their website. The o2 website was offering a locked but contract free Pay As You Go (PAYG) 8GB iPhone 3G for £300 and the 16 GB iPhone for a whopping £400, some £70 more expensive than the first generation iPhone. Read the rest of this entry »