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Firefox 3.1 Alpha 1 - out now

Firefox 3.1 Alpha 1 is now available for download. I’m going to give it a go - more to come.

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Net Neutrality Is Dead

Well, what do you know. Someone has actually stepped up to the line and admitted what we already knew. The concept of Net Neutrality is dead. But then, if you believed that it was a runner you’re an idiot in my opinion.
Virgin Media’s CEO - Neil Berkett - has hit out calling Net Neutrality bollocks. […]

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The Rules Of Working In The Internet Industry

Rule # 1: All people are idiots.
Rule # 2: Don’t try to understand why people do things, just understand that they do.
Rule # 3: It will break.
Rule # 4: As the guys that make the Internet ‘happen’, no one knows what you do.
Rule # 5: Everyone has an opinion on how to do what you […]

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New Parrot radio headunit - Bluetooth handsfree and lot of other cool stuff

Does all the usual things that a Parrot device does. Excellent Bluetooth handsfree, easy controls etc…
However, the new spin on this is that they dropped the CD player and replaced it with onboard flash, USB, and data card inputs allowing multiple means to push music and media to your sound system. The extra advantage is […]

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BBC tries to steal bandwidth and blames ISPs

Relationships between the BBC and internet industry have plunged to an all-time low, after the BBC’s internet chief Ashley Highfield used a blog post yesterday to tell ISPs to get stuffed - and even threatened to name and shame them.
The cost of carrying iPlayer traffic has been a sore point for ISPs, who must absorb […]

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Firefox 3 Beta 5 Release Candidate 5

Well, I grabbed the bull by the horns and installed Firefox 3 Beta 5 RC2. It’s pretty sweet. I had 3 Beta 4 but it started crashing every five minutes - it looks like Java borked it up nice and proper.
The only gripe I have is the addons not working. But I’ll get over that […]

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Windows Mobile 6.1 to be released on 1 April

Microsoft will announce the much-rumoured refresh to its mobile phone operating system, Windows Mobile, on 1 April 2008.
An improvement over Windows Mobile 6 released in February 2007 the new version, unsurprisingly named 6.1, will be a stop-gap measure to keep both consumers and industry happy until the launch of Windows Mobile 7.
Leaked screenshots of 6.1 […]

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The MacBook Air Scrutinised by the TSA

TSA being pro-(re)active it seems. I suppose it’s a start.
On the flip side, Mac nuts may actually like the rubber glove treatment…
Recently there have been reports that the MacBook Air has been getting strange looks from xray screening folk at airports. Here’s the reason why.

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