Category: In the News

  • Having just read David Pogue’s review of iMovie ’08, I think it’s safe to say it doesn’t appeal to me and I won’t be rushing out to get a copy. Going from a somewhat buggy but generally nicely featured video…

  • Today, there were far too many news items on which I wanted to comment, so rather than write five separate posts, I thought I’d merge them into one highly artistic drawing. Nokia admits to battery issue: I’ve blogged about this…

  • I find it difficult to believe that no one along the line from high manager to the mailroom guy spoke up to suggest offering e-billing earlier to customers. Is it a requirement to be devoid of any common sense to…

  • Like a stroppy teenager, Scotland is stamping its feet, looking for independence. There are plans and talks of a referendum and need for an open conversation. Oh here we go, it’s bloody Quebec all over again! So let’s open the…

  • Last week, I let a bit of steam out about the ridiculous Congestion Charge plans in Cambridge. But, unfortunately for Shona Johnstone, I’m not done with her case. The logic in her radio interview with Andie Harper is like Swiss…

  • If you live in the Cambridge area like I do, you’ve probably also had a heated discussion about the congestion charge which could soon come into place across Cambridge. Looking at the Congestion Charge map (Downloadable PDF, source article), it’s…

  • Nigerian schoolchildren who received laptops from a U.S. aid organisation have used them to explore pornographic sites on the Internet, the official News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported on Thursday. NAN said its reporter had seen pornographic images stored on…

  • Get your wellies, raincoats and a small boat. You’re going to need it tomorrow according to MetCheck. A quick search for Cambridge is forecasting over 60mm of rain tomorrow morning. Thank Dog, I live at the top of a hill!

  • If I have to read any more iPhone-related news, I’m going to be sick. Getting through my RSS reader feeds today involved catching up with posts going back about three days. And no joke, I think at least 75% of…

  • On the eve of the launch of the iPhone in the US, I thought I’d finally come out clean with my views on it. [Yes, I know you’re all sick to death of hearing about the iPhone, but bear with…