Category: Technology
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Google Satellite
I spent a little too long playing with Google’s new toy yesterday. To be blunt I am pretty shocked at the quality of the product, that it’s free, and that it works so incredibly well. When Maps BETA originally came out I was very impressed, but adding satellite imagery has stunned me, though I guess…
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Mailing from vodafone
Does anyone know what the correct settings are for having Pop email access via Vodafone? I have tried various access points and means to get it to recognise POP addresses but to no avail. The Vodafone website is pretty unhelpful in this regard. Thanks to Bernie to pointing me in the direction of boards.ie, I…
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Test photos with 6630
The quality of pictures on the 6630 is exceptional. It might not be up to the standard of my digital camera, but it certainly is a vast improvement over other cameraphones I have tried in the past. You can see two pictures over here that I took today.
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IPod Thieves Hit Subways. Is Anyone Listening?
A reason not to buy an iPod – you are definately going to be a target with those white headphones. Get black ones for god’s sake! I know I will be looking after my 6630 with great care.
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Nokia 6630 review
Well this won’t be a full review, just some thoughts on the phone. My 6630 is an Arab import, so the keypad is in two languages, and the actual phone software can be switched to Arabic, always fun sending Arabic texts that make absolutely no sense to people. The good thing about having an import…
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TSA Lied About Protecting Passenger Data
Dan Gillmor points out this rather curious story from the US, covered by Bruce Schneier. Choice quote: I’ll say it: the TSA lied.
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Multiplayer GTA3
My dreams have come true. Some clever people out there have made a hack for GTA called Multi-Theft Auto. It allows people to play in the GTA city in a multiplayer environment. As /. notes: Now I can streetrace and play Liberty City Survivor with real people, not just use the “crazy pedestrians” cheat. Rockstar…
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Data retention slips into law
Karlin wrote a great piece on data retention legislation in last Friday’s Irish Times. The best part of the article was the final paragraph. And so here we are, the best little banana-republic style state in the EU, sneaking in the laws we don’t want the citizens to see, willing to risk the State’s future…
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Ourmedia
The people behind archive.org have launched a new blog/hosting site called Ourmedia.org. It has been slashdotted so it having trouble. They promise free hosting for life.
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Yahoo buys Flickr
So my photos are now hosted by Yahoo…