Microsoft shafts Nokia I’m still using (and loving) my N900 after suffering 2 consecutive HTC WinMo phone. I was quite looking forward to the Meego phone, but I’m not going to buy into another dead end. I’ll stick with my Nokia until the contract expires then see, maybe WebOS maybe Android but definately not Nokia….. [...]
So farewell Anne Francis Off for a reunion with Leslie Neilson I remember you being quite hot in Forbidden Planet Even though your old enough to be my Grandma now
So Farewell Gerry Rafferty No more will you wind your way down to Baker Street Or be stuck in the middle with anyone Derr Da Da Da Da Duddle Daaaaaa That was yours.
Here is an interesting little article about the current Mexican Standoff between the various vendors in the Smartphone market , and the products that would be directly affected if the relevant complaint is upheld…. You’ll notice that there is no line between HTC and Microsoft, that because HTC agreed a patent protection deal a while [...]
What with all of the FUD and uncertainty around Oracle’s ongoing transformation of Java into it’s own version of .Net, and what with the, xmas book season creeping up on us, the jobbing programmer thoughts turn to what new programming book to order next for your Kindle/iPad/whatever ebook reader/dead tree edition. Helpfully DZone has come [...]
So England yet again fail to win the World cup. This made me think that FIFA has become a lot like FIA. Both seem so me more interested in following the shallow flashy money, and selling out the traditional base of the sport. Mind you at least Bernie is completely transparent about the money directly [...]
I watched the World Cup last night. and rather than comment on the relative virtues of the match, I’d like to express my extreme annoyance with the witterings of the two Alan’s Hanson and Shearer. Yes the Dutch were horrendously violent, bordering on psychopathy during the match, and should have had at least 2 players [...]
Stevie J offers advice in hold phones the “Apple Way”. Is that like some sort on Masonic handshake? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8761240.stm Note that’s not Apples fault for getting the design wrong (says Stevie J it’s “really cool engineering”), its the user (aka person who paid out their own money) fault for holding it the wrong way. In [...]