A nock for Flash mobility?

Posted by coulson on March 4, 2008 None comments

Fact: Flash Player is the most widely installed software in the history of computing. Question: Given today’s press release from Nokia, are Adobe going to be outmanoeuvred by Microsoft’silverlight on mobiles ? Answer: Pull the other one, it repeats “I’m …

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Fibre optic in Paris for 1 € per month!

Posted by coulson on February 16, 2008 None comments

Homes in Paris are to be fitted out with fibre optic relayed Internet connections that will cost 1 € (1,19 with tax) a month for each household connected. This has got to be the cheapest deal in Europe at the …

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Free and legal music downloads saga continues…

Posted by coulson on January 27, 2008 None comments

With shake-ups and shake-downs fast becoming monnaie courante in the online music world, music discovery service Last.fm have shook a leg once again: launching its on-demand service in the US, UK and Germany immediately, [Last.fm] plans to roll it out …

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MyFootballClub scores a real team !

Posted by coulson on November 13, 2007 None comments

Fans get a chance to have their say on managing an English football club. The Beeb’s sport page is reporting that myfootbalclub.com, [the site has crashed at the minute] a community site launched in April, has mustered £700,000 already, enough …

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Update: free wi-fi in France and Britain

Posted by coulson on October 13, 2007 None comments

‘Borne’ Identity II Mentioned in the last post, nearly all the free wi-fi access points promised by the Mayor of Paris, are now up and waving. Gripe: the official Paris Wi-Fi site is not very helpful for finding a ‘borne‘ …

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Free Wi-Fi in Europe gearing up

Posted by coulson on October 5, 2007 2 comments

France. Last Saturday saw the official inauguration of the Paris Wi-Fi project. Free wireless internet connection is available to anyone in the vicinity of one of the 350 antennae covering 225 public places, parks, libraries and museums in and around …

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How to get your music noticed on the Internet …

Posted by coulson on October 2, 2007 16 comments

Last.FM, the UK based, social-music platform – with over 20 million registered users – have launched their ‘Campaign for better music’ with the ‘Now form a band’ web site, designed to be a leg-up guide to the sites and softs …

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