Articles Archive for June 2009
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Apple has reportedly issued new seeds of Mac OS X Snow Leopard and of Leopard 10.5.8 to developers that, at least in the former case, add functionality that was previously only shown at WWDC.
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The world’s biggest mobile phone makers announced a deal today agreeing to a universal standard phone charger that will work on millions of handsets made by different manufacturers.
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Mozilla is expected to spin out a complete version of Firefox 3.5 tomorrow, more than six months on from when it had originally planned to release the browser.
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Vodafone is mulling a multibillion-pound swoop for T-Mobile UK, according to a report.
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As recently as May Sony has itself stated that a PSP phone “could happen,” and now a report from Nikkei business daily states that Sony is planning on putting together a team as early as next month to build product that would act as a combination of a PSP and a Sony Ericsson handset.
Applications »
Received this from the Gtdagenda team:
We are working on a “business” version of Gtdagenda, that will be released later this year.
Hardware »
It looks exactly like a Samsung Omnia, but don’t be fooled — what you’re actually looking at here is Spain’s first go at producing an Android handset.
Hardware »
BT Broadband customers and O2 iPhone owners, rejoice — some 2,500 ATM machines near you will soon be converted to serve as free WiFi hotspots, courtesy of BT Openzone and Cashbox, perhaps the most mismatched pair of commercial metaphors ever put together.
Apple »
Why am I not at all surprised by this:
Applications »
eBay’s plan to spin off Skype with an initial public offering in 2010 is being threatened by a dispute with the VoIP service’s co-founders, who still own a key part of the software.
Bloomberg reports Skype’s founders Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis have accused eBay of breaching a licensing deal and are threatening to yank the technology, which would disable the popular voice over internet service.
Social Media »
It is a little-known fact that the All-England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club employs a hawk to prevent birds nesting in the eaves during the Wimbledon championships
But even they can not prevent the constant tweeting emanating from SW19 this year as players like Andy Murray and Laura Robson use Twitter to let their fans know what they’re up to on and off the court.
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Sometimes I can only dream about how good the iPhone is! You see living here in Almerimar I really don’t get to use it to its full advantaage:
- I don’t commute to work
- The marina is 5 minutes away and that is where I do 90% of my business and socialising in Spain
- I know pretty much every bar and restaurant owner by name
- I can’t remember the last time I went shopping for anything other than food, or online


