Non-Apple mac turn away now… A few months ago I re-discovered Google Reader thanks to an excellent screencast (caveat 1) by Don McAllister of ScreenCastsonline. My main reason for using Google Reader over more tradition rss readers was the fact that I have no choice but to use Windows boxes in the office but prefer [...]

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Rob Murray alerted me to this humourous clip from NBC’s Late Night with Conan O’Brien , cheers Roberto…. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xXNoB3t8vM[/youtube]

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For anyone working in IT support there’s a really inspiring article over at Dan Tienes blog entitled “it ought to be simple” hi-lighting the rather lame attitude some IT Support staff take towards their customers. OK, so I’ve been in IT Support for 25 odd years and for the most part enjoyed most minutes of [...]

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Last week I was reading how neat Google Maps looked on Apple’s new phone. In today’s Daily Telegraph I’m reading how the Google Earth people have responded to a request from the UK Government to ‘blur’ some sensitive locations in Iraq….

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The trouble with eBay is that it can be oh-so-addictive. Before you know it you’re up until 1am in the morning hoping to sell that exercise cycle you bought on a whim last year or maybe you’re bidding on that rare ‘Stones 94 World Tour’ T-shirt. There are of course a number of software programs around [...]

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Spotted on the Joy of Tech website….

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I sat down and watched Steve Jobs Keynote last night – start to finish and the iPhone really is starting to float my boat. There’s been surprise that there is no obvious GPS engine although who knows, there might be one embedded on the micro that can be activated on demand (?). In any event [...]

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Tech specs and UK availability here … (Pic courtesy of www.gadgets.co.uk )

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Have to admit I was kind of luke warm on the iPhone.. but the more I read, the more I find myself ‘getting toastie’… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgW7or1TuFk[/youtube]

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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4itNWe27d38[/youtube] Although the really big news at Steve’s Job’s Keynote presentation for Apple Expo a few minutes ago was the launch of Apple’s new iPhone (a widescreen iPod that’s also a handheld Internet terminal and a regular GSM phone/data enabled mobile phone) it was Apple TV that caught my eye, so much so I’ve just [...]

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