Category: Technology

Finally. Midleton, Co Cork has made onto Google Earth in hi res as part of the December update. The town is joined by some others in east Cork, including Cobh and Carrigtwohill, and the whole of Cork Harbour. Satellite pics of Ireland have never been this good. Other additions include bits of Kerry and Clare,…

I received my invite to Hulu over the weekend. Unfortunately for me, the service is still US only, meaning I can’t watch any of the videos. In the past I have used US proxies to watch ABC content, but I am having trouble finding a good proxy this time round. Can anyone suggest a service?…

It is a while before it will be released but I thought I would give Firefox 3 a whirl. For some reason pages seem to be loading a lot faster, the text is more readable, both on webpages and the interface itself. But, all of my extensions are broken – I expect they will work…

Eoin links to an article in the New York Times about the legality of locking phones. When oh when will the rules be softened here, as in France?

Do I want one? Um. Yes.

So the iPhone launched today in the UK, and my logs show someone in Dublin visited on O2 using an iPhone. Who was that? Digifone Online Location Continent : Europe Country : Ireland (Facts) State/Region : Dublin City : Dublin Lat/Long : 53.3331, -6.2489 (Map) Language English en Operating System Macintosh MacOSX Browser Safari 1.3…

Suffice to say I can’t wait for these to come out. Samsung have roadmapped when they believe OLED models will come on the market. Laptops by 2009. Samsung’s display operation, Samsung SDI, has a roadmap that calls for 14-15.4in, 1280 x 800 (WXGA) OLEDs for laptops and TVs in the 2009 timeframe, along with 21-23in,…

Recycling solar panels: This new process is revolutionary won IBM the “2007 Most Valuable Pollution Prevention Award” from The National Pollution Prevention Program. IBM says that worldwide about 250,000 silicon wafers are started each day and that up to 3.3 percent of these wafers end up being discarded amounting to about three million discarded wafers…

Will demand for Hulu invites rival those of Gmail in the early days and more recently Joost? We will have to wait and see. Update: I have received my invite to Hulu, and am now a member. Unfortunately I don’t live in the United States so cannot view the videos. However, I may try using…

I like Google’s Gmail Privacy Policy. Ok ok, it’s here. But fix the link Mr Google.