Category: technology

  • TiVo Series 3

    TiVo Series 3 has landed. How sweet — and expandable — does this DVR look? If only a UK release would happen again …

  • Return of the Observer Blog

    Mothballed last year, the Observer Blog has returned in preparation for the Sunday newspaper’s relaunch into the Berliner format — the same process its stablemate The Guardian successfully went through in September 2005. newsdesigner.com has more details on the relaunch.

  • Microsoft WMF Patch

    Microsoft WMF Patch — it’s live and available.

  • Bob Cringley Discusses Oboe

    Robert X. Cringely casts a critical eye at Oboe, the mp3tunes locker service, asks Michael Robertson (he of mp3.com and Linspire) how he thinks the business can be profitable, and looks at how Apple may be doing something similar. read more | digg story

  • Bargain Alert

    Last week, I bought a cheesy Pinnacle USB2 TV-in device. I really only wanted it for composite video in from a PlayStation2; the fact it had an aerial socket for analogue terrestrial TV wasn’t a factor in the purchase at all. In fact the main purchase factor was that it was in stock at a…

  • LUGRadio Mirror

    I’ve finally resurrected my meeja.net domain by re-registering it with godaddy.com. Why didn’t I use gradwell.com, my regular registrar of over five years? Because godaddy also have some insanely cheap hosting — US$37/yr for 5GB of storage and 250GB of transfer a month. That’s riduculously cheap. So what am I going to do with all…

  • Interesting GUI Gallery

    On these pages you will find many screen shots of various desktop computer Graphical User Interfaces and operating systems. Many different people have had different ideas of how a GUI should work and these screen shots show many of the more popular ones. read more | digg story

  • Well to be Sold

    BBC News: Pioneering net community sold off. Those who know me know I’ve had a Well account and mail address for the last six years. How interesting that this community, which has gone through turmoil and sale after sale is having to be sold on again. I don’t know who thinks they can make money…

  • End Day = Bad Day

    BBC Three’s End Day — utter tripe.