Category: Technology
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France Issues Emergency AD On Airbus Rudders
France have issued an Emergency Airworthiness Directive in relation to the Airbus A300 and A310. This is after the incident blogged about last week.
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Data retention imposed
This one slipped under the radar, though the Examiner did report on it last week. This has been Karlin’s baby since it started, and she copies her story in the Irish Times to her blog. The full piece of legislation can be read here.(PDF) Hands up who thinks sweeping data retention such as this is…
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Irish Cinema Set to Go Digital First
This is interesting news. Not only that but it got Slashdotted. I have read about the advent of digital cinema for some time, what amazes me is the sheer scale of the files. Cinemas using the technology will be able to download the latest releases to a computer server via satellite at a lower cost.…
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Eircom Increases Broadband Bandwidth
This got some coverage on the news last week, eircom have doubled the speed of their DSL product. Eircom were soon followed by almost all the other DSL providers. Now my 512k Esat BT connection will be 1Mb and I should start getting 90-100k/sec downloads from next month.
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Nokia 6630
My Nokia 7210 is starting to show its age. Some of the buttons are not working properly, the connection port at the bottom is pretty messed up meaning the FM radio doesn’t work since it needs the headphones attached. I need a new phone. So what to get? I have had my eye on the…
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Google and Apple
So this story has been making the rounds on the blogosphere lately. Google decided to put a version of their homepage in homage to Apple’s OSX. They then took it down. What is going on? Your guess is as good as mine. But Apple might have not been too happy with it. You can see…
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The Cell chip
The launch of the Cell ship maybe the biggest event in computing power since the dazzling launch of the Intel Pentium all those years ago. Can Intel be dethroned?
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Dethroning King Gillette
Robert X. Cringely wrote this piece a couple of weeks back and it really hit home to me about the future of digital media. It is trying to predict the future, and I think he may well be right about where we will be in 5 years time. Mac Mini is certainly interesting – here…
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Hollywood banks on foreign DVD bonanza
Ever wonder how much Hollywood makes out of foreign DVD sales? Nobody knows the exact figures, but they are pretty high.
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Sims 2 hilariously hacked
Looks like Sims 2 has been hit with a semi-virus, right under the noses of EA.Sims are suddenly comfortable with open relationships, and the social worker no longer cares how they treat their children Entire neighborhoods of Sims are being mysteriously graced with eternal youth, while some characters are finding all their needs fulfilled by…