Archive for category Communications
O2 & Mobile Browsing
Posted by gavomatic57 in Communications, Hardware, Internet on January 25, 2012
O2 customers had a bit of a fright this morning when news of a little flaw in the way the carrier was allowing websites to identify you over 3G started spreading across the internet. When you use the internet with any device, whether it is a phone, tablet, PC, Mac or even a PS3 the [...]
RIM CEO’s step down
Posted by gavomatic57 in Communications, Hardware, News on January 23, 2012
Beleaguered Blackberry maker Research in Motion’s dual CEO’s have finally stepped down. “There comes a time in the growth of every successful company when the founders recognize the need to pass the baton to new leadership,” he said at a press conference at RIM’s headquarters in Waterloo, Canada. Source After seeing market share and their [...]
Nokia jumps from one burning platform to another
Posted by gavomatic57 in Communications, Hardware, News on October 27, 2011
Nokia is about to launch its first new Windows Phone 7 devices, the Lumia 800 range this coming November. They will hit shops in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and the UK, but will anyone buy them? When Nokia announced the deal with MS — unsurprisingly following the placement of their new CEO Stephen [...]
BT Infinity Heat Troubles
Posted by gavomatic57 in Communications, Hardware on June 8, 2011
As I’ve mentioned before, my BT Infinity is experiencing significant issues with heat. Truth be told, heat is an exaggeration as it more like an inclement weather problem. The first warm day of the year resulted in a loss of internet connection. The white box (above) would flash its DSL light until giving up and going off for a while.
BT Infinity and the summer heat
Posted by gavomatic57 in Communications, Hardware on June 4, 2011
After a couple of weeks of impressively speedy broadband, I awoke yesterday morning to find that I was without access to the internet once again.
BT Infinity
Posted by gavomatic57 in Communications, Hardware, Internet on May 21, 2011
After a number of less than stellar experiences with BT I was reluctant to go back with them, but unfortunately they have the monopoly on the phone network and are currently one of the few non-Virgin providers offering a fibre optic connection. The presence of @BTCare on Twitter has helped to soften my opinion on a telephone company that is virtually impossible to speak to by telephone. After weeks of dithering by a 3rd party provider I reluctantly signed up with BT, but to get something more out of the ordeal I went for their brand new “Infinity” service.
Google Chromebooks
Posted by gavomatic57 in Communications, Hardware, Internet, Linux, News on May 12, 2011
There’s a good rundown of the newly announced Chromebooks on PC Pro here.
I’ve been struggling to see the point of these, but seeing how successful the iPad has been as a companion to a fully-fledged desktop or laptop there’s no reason why they can’t make this work. As long as you throw away all notion of performing some of the more sophisticated computing tasks, such as syncing your iPod, processing RAW image files, DTP etc and think of it more like a tablet with a physical keyboard you should be ok.
Huawei E585 with Three
Posted by gavomatic57 in Communications, Hardware, Internet, Linux on April 30, 2011
I’ve always been quite sceptical about mobile broadband. The biggest problem is the crushing expense of going over your data allowance. Users finding a four-figure phone bill landing on their doormat is not an uncommon occurrence, especially when abroad. Back in 2009 a man received a £22,000 bill for downloading a few films while overseas.
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