What is thought to be the first UK trail involving Facebook has ended in the dismissal of the case at Birmingham’s magistrates court.
Author: Simon Perry
Voipfone Broadband: A Managed DSL Service VoIP Users
Voipfone continues to expand their available services, now adding Voipfone Broadband to their offerings.
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Brake Lights Gain Intelligence
The invention of the brake light on the car was arguably the most important addition to the safety of driving, probably trailed by the availability of ABS.
Somehow, perhaps because brake lights are so important, there’s been no significant advance in their development, beyond changing the bulbs to a brighter version.
Two New Directors At Ofcom
Uber-regulator Ofcom is making two changes at the upper echelons of the organisation.
Ofcom are bringing in people who are currently working at some of the media companies that they are regulating. With some artistic licence you could even stretch it to poacher turned game keeper.
e-cigarette: Real, Apparently
We’re not sure how serious this one is – an electronic cigarette, or e-cigarette.
In a land like the UK, where those who wish to smoke in a public building, like a pub, are cast outside the buildings to drag from their cigarettes, come cold, rain or shower – something that gives the nicotine hit without all of the bother might be welcome.
Ta Da! Here comes the e-cigarette that lets all of those nicotine-nuts get their hit without having to go outside.
fipr: Phorm Web Monitoring Illegal?
Ask most people about their views on Phorm and you’ll either get a blank look or people turning purple with rage.
In brief: It’s a ‘service’ that monitors all of your normal Web browsing, with the stated aim of providing personalised advertising to you. All of this monitoring is made possible under agreements with ISPs, including BT, Talk Talk and Virgin Media.
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WightCable Get AirSpan WiMax Kit
We wouldn’t normally cover something as apparently dry as this, but personal interest is a factor here.
Having space-shifted from London to The Isle of Wight just over three years ago, it’s really pleasing to see that the holder of WiMax license for the Island has applied to locate the WiMax aerial and kit in the town that we moved to – Ventnor.
Femtocell: Why You’ll Have One
Seeing the ZoneGate by Ubiquisys working at the tail-end of last year, made us realise that we see very little reason that people won’t have one of these at home or at their offices.
iPlayer iPhone Hacked AGAIN
Just when the BBC were pleased to tell everyone that they’d fixed the hole in their iPhone iPlayer service that let people download TV programmes without DRM – the very next day, the originator of the hack, Paul Battley, produced an update to get around the BBC’s fix, re-opening the whole.
Bebo Sells To AOL: $850m
AOL will be buying social Networking site Bebo for $850m cash.
Well done to all of those at Bebo, the social network that (more or less) quietly got on with building its 40 million members while the other social network shouted about what they were up to.
It’s interesting that the deal is all cash, with one interpretation of that being that Bebo and its backers wanted to cashout rather than receive stock that might decrease in value.