Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Don’t buy an iPhone (yet)!
Sunday, April 6th, 2008O2 are going to love me for that headline but this is nothing to do with their price plans or the device itself, which is still tempting me even with its flaws.
Basically, anyone who doesn’t absolutely have to have an iPhone (and who does?) should hold off buying one for the next month or so […]
Parental responsibility? Pfft.
Friday, March 28th, 2008The British media gave a lot of time yesterday to a newly published report on the regulation of computer games, the main recommendation of which was to reform the ratings system… again.
Up until 2003 games in Britain (and in Ireland as a result) were given a rating by ELSPA, which is an association of software […]
On The Last Word to talk about digital downloads
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008I’ll be going onto The Last Word at around 5:20pm this evening to talk about digital downloads - all on the back of rumours about a new iTunes subscription model, not to mention Nine Inch Nails’ recent Ghosts I-IV release.
Tune in online, on the radio, on your TV or through whatever other device you can […]
iPhone arrives, Ireland doesn’t come to a halt
Saturday, March 15th, 2008So yesterday saw the arrival of the iPhone in Ireland and unsurprisingly, it was a very muted affair. The country may have more than enough people willing to spend big bucks for the latest “must haves” but seemingly we’re just not bothered enough to camp out for the honour. Indeed iPhone fans seemed to be […]
On The Last Word this evening to talk about Photo Sharing
Thursday, March 13th, 2008I’ll be on The Last Word at around half 6 to talk about Photo Sharing sites - tune in online or on the radio/tv if you can!
On The Last Word to talk about FTA and DTT
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008I’ll be on The Last Word just after 6pm this evening to talk about Free To Air broadcasting and DTT - following on from last week’s discussion about the DTT tenders.
Tune in online or via FM or DAB. If you want to be really meta, you could even listen in via your Satellite or DTT […]
On Today FM at 6:30pm this evening
Thursday, March 6th, 2008I’ll be going onto The Last Word on Today FM this evening - should be at around 6:30pm or so.
The topic will be the DTT roll-out, coming on the back of the BCI’s announcement of a tender process for the three commercial multiplexes. If that means nothing to you, listen in!
I’ve been obsessively following DTT […]
Firefox Firsts
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008This isn’t the kind of thing I normally do on the blog but what the hell, let’s see if this takes off (and passes some time).
When you start typing a web address into Firefox a list of addresses you’ve previously visited pops up to assist you, organised according to how often you visit them. (The […]
The Irish Blog Awards 2008 - My recap
Wednesday, March 5th, 2008A belated congratulations to all the winners at this year’s Irish Blog Awards - and congratulations to Damien and his team of elves for the excellent show they put on.
Over the course of the night I got the impression of a community that was far more sure of itself than before; as well as more […]
The experiment continues (Nine Inch Nails’ Ghosts I-IV)
Monday, March 3rd, 2008With various players involved in music trying different approaches to deal with the challenges of a changing industry landscape, news today shows that the experiment continues.
Completely out of the blue Trent Reznor self-released a new collection of his work, titled ‘Ghosts I-IV’, containing 36 tracks of completely new instrumental work. The business model works as […]
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