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is this thing really going to work?

watch this video and then tell me if anyone is going to get the type of experience that you just saw. Cant wait for real world experience review.

Is the UK going down the pan?

Not sure really how much press this is getting but if the UK looses its AAA credit rating I think that this is a slippery downward slope which can only further push the UK into a deeper recession

Pirate Bay

Putting the creators of Pirate Bay into prison has just made more people aware of them and does not solve the ‘problem’, just make any type of media so cheap that its pointless for people not to buy it legally and in the way they want it. Not only will people buy more but they are going to keep coming back because they can use it the way they want to.

Why Did Internet Traffic in Sweden fall by 33%?

They went an introduced anti-piracy laws, how mad is that. If they did the same thing in China like banning MP3 search and download can you image what the traffic drop would be? Boggles my mind.

Want to see the secret google server?

There is zero point in me rewriting the great Cnet article so instead I will borrow their picture in return for a link to their site

Secret Google Server

Slingbox coming to an iPhone near you

It seems that one way or another everything is coming to an iPhone, good job I just got a 3G one then. Slingbox are bringing out a player for iPhone – this is dreadful news as now I feel the need to purchase a slingbox, place it in my Mum’s house in the UK and then stream random crap British TV half way rounds the world.

New iPhone software

I have had a iPhone for a week now and just starting to get into the whole experience and culture but reading about the new features coming soon I think Apple will be onto something here.

The only feature I have not read that they will be fixing is meeting invites – something I assumed was so basic when I was sitting in a meeting the other day and tried to create a follow up meeting and add people to it.

Have a read and see the nice screenshots here

IBM/Sun Merger

I really like the idea of these two getting it together, IBM is moving the right way when it comes to open source and the combination of the two could be really powerful.

This article here is a good read.

US Elections

The World Blows Up: Banking Madness

The world economy has gone mad – the UK government buys major stakes in HBOS and RBS!