Tag Archives: apple

Trendpedia launches Blog Search

Posted on April 22, 2008 by

Simon from Attentio pinged me yesterday to let me know about their latest offering, Trendpedia. In Simon’s own words Trendpedia: is in essence a European Blog search with a lovely trend function. We have some more cool stuff to come, … Continue reading →

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Get off your high horse Ed!

Posted on March 25, 2008 by

There was a big bruhaha on the intertubes over the weekend when Apple ran its software update on Windows and offered the Safari 3.1 browser download as the default selected option. Now I am not for a second condoning this … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Wireless Laser Keyboard 6000 not very wireless!

Posted on February 20, 2008 by

I bought a Microsoft Wireless Laser Keyboard 6000 V2.0 a few weeks back because I needed an ergonomic keyboard (was suffering from an RSI) and went wireless to avoid cable clutter. However, I have had lots of issues with the … Continue reading →

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OS X Leopard hacked to run on PCs

Posted on October 28, 2007 by

With Apple’s move to Intel chips for its Macs, the last significant difference in the hardware architecture between Macs and PCs disappeared. This meant that Apple’s much vaunted OS X operating system is designed to work on PC hardware. Leopard, … Continue reading →

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Microsoft needs a new strategy for its Windows platform

Posted on October 23, 2007 by

I have Vista installed on this laptop. I haven’t booted up Vista in weeks. Why? Because I installed Ubuntu on another partition and it is so much faster, and more secure (since Microsoft instructed me to remove Norton and then … Continue reading →

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Is Mac OS X Leopard's Mail App Junk?

Posted on October 17, 2007 by

Om Malik is taking a poll on his site today about the new features in OS X Leopard. He is asking readers to say which of the new features will compel them to move to Leopard. Om’s own choice is … Continue reading →

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iPhone EU launch limited to 3 countries

Posted on August 22, 2007 by

I spotted an article in the Financial Times last night which said Apple has succeeded in persuading 3 mobile operators to sell the iPhone in Europe using the same revenue share as AT&T in the US. The three mobile operators … Continue reading →

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You wait for ages then along come three!

Posted on August 13, 2007 by

I have read a lot about how great the iPhone is but I hadn’t seen any until last Friday; and then I saw three! I was at a lunch in Cork with Britt Blaser and Sean O’Mahoney (amongst others). Both … Continue reading →

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More rumours of O2 iPhone deal

Posted on July 13, 2007 by

Forbes Madrid are reporting this morning that O2′s parent company, Telefonica have signed an exclusive deal with Apple for iPhone distribution rights in the UK. This is the second time this rumour has emerged in the last two weeks. Both … Continue reading →

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O2 to sell the iPhone?

Posted on July 5, 2007 by

Several credible sources are today reporting that O2 have signed a contract with Apple to distribute the iPhone in Europe. I hope that includes O2 Ireland too! Vodafone would have seemed a more likely distributor seeing as they have a … Continue reading →

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