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My first fairytale… about Telstra

July 27th, 2006 · No Comments

solwizard80.thumbnail My first fairytale... about TelstraOnce upon a time there was a big fat telco called Telstra. King Solomon ruled the villagers with an iron fist. Then, one day, the villagers heard about VoIP and were set free of the tyranny of long distance. Calls…

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Opera CEO wants widgets on mobiles

July 26th, 2006 · No Comments

Opera's grand plan for widgets has become a bit clearer with the news that it plans to make its widgets run on mobile phones, TVs, car stereos … anything that can have a screen and a simple processor embedded.

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Internet sync: better than sex, sliced bread

July 23rd, 2006 · No Comments

OK, I admit the headline is inflammatory: internet sync may not be better than sliced bread. But it is such a useful feature in software that supports it, the mystery is why more developers aren't doing it.

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A good challenge comes my way

March 26th, 2006 · 2 Comments

I got a new job at work last week: rebuilding the APC website.

I won't be physically doing the programming: that will be the job of our excellent new developer Declan "Standards Compliant" Kennedy.

However, much of my APC magazine workload…

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Tell Microsoft what you really think

February 15th, 2006 · No Comments

Got a gripe about The Evil Empire? You can now submit your complaints and suggestions about their software via wikis hosted by Microsoft.

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