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Wonderful Guardian typo

April 10th, 2008 · 5 Comments

The Guardian is well-known for typos. But this is a gem.

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Whole Person Design Coach

April 9th, 2008 · No Comments

That’s a real job title. No, seriously, it really is. And there’s more of the same guff here on DIY Planner.
Needless to say, having read scanned the biog, I didn’t read the rest of the post, mainly due to a desire to leave the contents of my stomach exactly where they are.
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That iMac lawsuit

April 2nd, 2008 · 3 Comments

You’ve probably heard about the iMac lawsuit by now. You know, the one where Apple is being sued for claiming that the 20in model displays ‘millions of colors’ when in reality it displays 262,000 colors and uses either dithering or frame rate control to fool the human eye into thinking that it’s seeing millions of [...]

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Photoshop Express first impressions

March 27th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Photoshop Express may have taken a while to arrive, and even then it’s still only in beta, but it’s looking pretty good.

The editing features are beautifully implemented. In addition to basic features like cropping, rotating and changing the exposure there are a number of other options ranging from the genuinely useful to what can best [...]

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FT story on ‘all you can eat’ iPods

March 19th, 2008 · No Comments

Today’s piece in the FT, which has predictably been picked up by pretty much every major news outlet, is a classic ‘we’ve got bugger all to say, but we’ll run with it anyway’ story.
You can tell this by the fact that there’s not a single quote from anyone in the story and the fact that [...]

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Murdoch in talks to rescue Yahoo

February 14th, 2008 · No Comments

The Guardian reports that News Corp is in talks with Yahoo about merging its online business with the “ailing internet firm” “embattled internet company.”
No real surprise there, particularly if you read my post a couple of weeks ago.
Microsoft or News Corp? Talk about a rock and a hard place.
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GCap ditches DAB in favour of iPhone

February 11th, 2008 · No Comments

GCap, which earlier this year closed its DAB station Core, has announced that two more DAB stations, Planet Rock and The Jazz are for the chop. The company is also to sell its stake in Digital One and Xfm FM licences outside London.
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The Trouble with DAB

February 5th, 2008 · No Comments

Digital Spy reports that a Rajar announcement at the end of last week puts DAB’s share of the radio listening audience in the UK at 10%, up from 8.5% in the previous quarter.
That’s a significant leap and when put next to the sales figures for DAB radio in the run up to Christmas – [...]

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FaceBook IPO in 2008?

February 1st, 2008 · No Comments

The Wall Street Journal reports that FaceBook’s Mark Zuckerberg held an open conference call yesterday to discuss the company’s 2007 financials – highly unusual for a private company.
Among the highlights:
Revenue for 2007 $150m
Projected revenue for 2008 $300 – $350m
Projected pre-tax earnings for 2008 $50m
Pretty good for a four-year old start-up.
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Microsoft offers $45bn for Yahoo

February 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

In a move that lots of people did see coming, the BBC reports today that Microsoft has offered $45bn to buy Yahoo. The price represents a 64% mark-up on Yahoo’s current share price and comes at a time when the company is seriously struggling. Profits for the Oct-Dec 2007 quarter were down 23%, former chief [...]

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