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POS v2.0 Launch Date Released!

Published on June 11, 2008 in best of the rest and technology. 2 Comments

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Just announced at the recent Bannana convention on Tuesday is the latest innovation in the way people not only WILL communicate in the future but it will be NECESSARY to communicate. Ladies and Gentlemen without further ado i give you the “POS* v2.0” (PieceOfString).

The much talked about and awaited launch took place amongst a lot of tech rumours, with various mythical whispers coming from the communications industry big-wigs:-

“We see the launch of “POS” as a landmark in telecommunications, I haven’t seen as much justified excitement since our prehistoric brethren danced around the first flames. Am I excited? Am I f**k!!”

- Pat Phelan – Max Roam / TwitterFone / General Sound Bloke

On the edge of people’s lips was the specification of this revoloutionary piece of kit. People were easily dismayed at the structural design of “POS V1.0” with it’s cheap-feel plastic texture, some would nearly compare with that of a yohgurt container, not durable, now is a sleek metalic finish which is designed for durability and even better data retention! Given a slick chrome finish that will turn heads the POS v2.0 is dripping in features that will leave your open sores aching as to how you lived your life with out it! There are two models, the single-way broadcast (one string) and the dual-band

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Included in “POS v2.0” is greater connectivity (bigger cans), now improved range of coverage (longer string than v1.0) and now with ground breaking technology there will be included new social media gadgetry in the form of HyfBUD (HowsYourFatherBuddy), the gripping edge in social media networking, enabling Global Positioning giving the power the user the power to enable the power of the when, the where and never asking why!

“POS v2.0 is capitvating in the sense that it has taken everything by storm and captivates the user into capturing real life. It will really assist your social networking in instances when you’re say stuck in an airport or I dunno queing in a bank, or in the bank managers office. Or capitvating some young philly at a party. Once I get this bank loan HyfBud is gonna be your only man”

- Paul F Walsh – CEO PHD MDA MUFC HyfBUD Tech Inc. Segalalalala Ltd Inc. Plc.

My verdict:
We’ve seen what POS v1.0 has brought to the table, if you think you’re ready, if you think the world is ready (to know where you are at ALL times) well then “POS v2.0” certainly knows the who, the what AND the why, the only thing we don’t know is the price! For that? There’s always this!

But don’t take my word for it, I will leave the last word up to the people who know what they are talking about!

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And for everything else there’s This , This and This and of course you don’t want to for forget This.

 *POS does in no terms stand for Piece Of Shit – it means Piece of String, weren’t you reading.

Meebo

Published on June 8, 2008 in software and technology. 0 Comments

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There are a number of things we just use on the web as a form of habit, you check your email, log onto airline sites etc and you go about your business. One of the site’s that i find I’m using more and more frequently is Meebo

Having different friends on different Instant Messengers is a pain, especially if you have to install the bulky software that lets you login and chat. A lot of these chat clients are loaded with advertisements and features you don’t really need plus everytime you login it seems to want to get you to download the latest huge update. Meebo really cuts out a lot of the messing involved with these clients. Their site is a one stop instant messaging shop! Simply either input your user/pass for the relevant chat service and your away in a hack, voila, all your contacts and chat windows in a browser window, not hogging your pc’s resources and runs like a dream!

You can also simply set up an account with meebo so when you sign in with one user/pass all the different Instant Messaging services will connect instantly and all your available contacts will be sitting, again, in on browser window! It couldn’t be simpler!

There are more features on the site, including chatrooms and blogging and such but i tend to just use it for hit-and-run style logging on to my IM. I would highly reccomend this site for surfers with a limited PC / Laptop that has seen better days.

Web 2.0 we <3 U

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Latest Addition

Published on June 4, 2008 in technology. 3 Comments

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Here she sits my new pride and joy! Actually I say she but I’m not sure how you can tell . . anyway! Gateway M-Series notebook, all singing / dancing / gleaming! It’s a great machine and unlike my old laptop it runs effortlessly and without question! Well it is running Microsoft Vista so it does ask you questions like a curious 8 year old :

“Did you really want to run that program? Windows wasn’t sure if you sneezed and clicked by accident? Oh you did sneeze? Do you still want to run it? Maybe you should decide later if you want to run this program because you’re not in full health? Oh it’s only hayfever? Have you medicated? Well go on then, let’s run this program together just the once, you are my friend right? YES / NO / CANCEL”

Unlike my old HP Pavillion Series Laptop you don’t have to bring it out for dinner and drinks to convince it that it wants to use the internet. The start up for my old laptop involved the following sequence:

    Power On
    Make Tea (5 mins)
    Double click Firefox
    Let it Hang (7 mins)
    Decide you want more sugar in tea (8.5 mins)
    Press Ctrl-Alt-Del
    See whats on telly (12.5 mins)
    Once task manager loads up run Firefox again
    Let it Hang (15 mins)
    Firefox Loads but with no connection
    Repeatadly clicking F5 and waiting for the wireless to kick in
    Will I have more tea? Why not! (18 mins)
    God I didn’t think Fair City was still on telly, that’s gas
    Mozilla Start Page Loads(22 mins)
    Try load twitter
    Something technically wrong? (27.3 mins)
    Hard time finding the F5 button as its worn down
    What did I need to do online again? Ah sod it there’s a film starting

For anyone that’s interested here’s what was thrown in!

  • AMD Turion™ 64 X2 mobile technology TL-60* for AMD dual-core technology in a thin-and-light design; HyperTransport™ and AMD PowerNow!™ technologies and improved security with Enhanced Virus Protection**
  • 2GB DDR2 memory for multitasking power; expandable to 4GB
  • Multiformat DVD±RW/CD-RW drive with double-layer support records up to 8.5GB of data or 4 hours of video using compatible DVD+R DL and DVD-R DL media; supports DVD-RAM; also supports Labelflash direct-disc labels using compatible Labelflash media
  • 15.4″ WXGA TFT-LCD widescreen display with Ultrabright technology and 1280 x 800 resolution
  • 250GB SATA hard drive (5400 rpm)
  • ATI RADEON X1270 graphics with up to 256MB HyperMemory (total of local and shared memory used by GPU); high-definition audio (2-speaker support); HDMI connection
  • Metal-style multimedia control panel provides quick access to and control of multimedia and other applications
  • Built-in 1.3-megapixel Web cam makes it easy to chat with or send video mail to friends and family
  • 5-in-1 digital media manager supports Secure Digital, MultiMediaCard, Memory Stick, Memory Stick PRO and xD-Picture Card
  • 3 high-speed USB 2.0 ports for fast digital video, audio and data transfer
  • Built-in high-speed wireless LAN (802.11b/g); 10/100 Mbps Ethernet LAN with RJ-45 connector; V.92 high-speed modem
  • Weighs 6.3 lbs. and measures just 1.5″ thin for portable power; lithium-ion battery and AC adapter
  • Brushed metal keyboard surround and Pacific Blue finish for a stylish look
  • Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium Edition operating system with Service Pack 1 (SP1) preinstalled; software package included with Microsoft Works 9.0, Gateway BigFix, CyberLink Power2Go and more

What I <3 about it the most is, the oodles of hard drive space, the fact the egg timer is a thing of the past and that I no longer have to use a PCMIA card to use wireless!

Proudly brought to you by the downturn in the American economy, the fantastic exchage rate and Delta airlines! I salute you!

Help Firefox Create World Record

Published on June 2, 2008 in software and technology. 1 Comment

Download Day 2008

Firefox 3 should be up for release in late June and the people at Mozilla have very cleverly set up a unique buzz around the final release. They intend creating a world record for the most software downloads in 24 hours. You visit the site and ‘pledge’ that you will download FF3 on the release date and they will send you a reminder about your download date.

According to the map there are nearly 600,000 pledges to download FF3 and a healthy 1,769 from Ireland alone! I’ve been using Firefox 3 Release Candidate now for the past couple of weeks and have to say I am well impressed. With the use of plugins and add-ons i can’t see why anyone should use Internet Explorer anymore.

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TwitterFone

Published on May 18, 2008 in software and technology. 1 Comment

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TwitterFone is a nice little gizmo that allows you to ring your Tweets! Launched by Pat Phelan at the start of May it’s a nice piece of work and is worth a try out if you can hunt down a much sought after invite!

You hook your phone details and twitter account up with the marshmallow sky slick twitterfone site and bobs your uncle! Then once out and about and suitably oiled up you can merrily tweet till your hearts content with out having to touch your laptop / phone browser!

I’m amazed at how they can translate pretty acurately from speech to text and its then linked in your tweets with a small mp3 clip of what was said, which can prove to be a bad thing . And while it very much is a nice novelty i would be curious to see how many people use it constantly, i know the sign ups have gone through the roof and its a smash success but would wonder if this is the taste of the future. Blogging voice to text? Replying to emails ? Commenting on Blogs?

Only time will tell!

The man with the invites! Link

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Perv Spy Glasses

Published on April 25, 2008 in technology. 0 Comments

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This will save many a man eye strain when relaxing poolside on the next holiday. No more more squinting at bikini clad babes whilst pretending to read the book you bought in the airport.

*click*

These bad boys are fitted with a 1.3 megapixel camera (similar to mobile phone quality) and can take photos’s with a remote control. The mind boggles. . .

  • 1GB of storage
  • Plays MP3s and takes 1.3 Megapixel digital photos
  • Embedded ear buds for MP3 playback
  • Remote control for taking photos
  • RF remote frequency: 2.4GHz
  • Li-ion rechargeable battery (3.7V, 240mAh)
  • USB 2.0 connection for transferring files and re-charging the battery
  • Control buttons for Vol +/-, Fwd, Rwd, Play, Pause, Capture
  • Includes: sunglasses, remote w/ strap, USB cable, storage case, cleaning cloth, extra clear lenses

    • They sound more hi powered than my laptop to be honest. So you can happily listen to your Kelly Clarkson tunes whilst happily perving away at the jessica alba lookalikes poolside but god help you if the other half cops ;)

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    Dual-Sim Phone

    Published on April 25, 2008 in technology. 0 Comments

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    Very few things excite me these days but i have to say I was looking for this a couple years ago. Wouldn’t it be worthwhile, in a day and age where a lot of the prepay phone services such as Vodafone / Meteor and O2 offer free texts and calls between their own networks, that by simply clicking a button on your phone you could make a call through your preferred network. It seems like effort i know but even if you were to have two sims in your phone and top each of them up by 20 euro (the amount you would usually have to minimum top up) you would have free calls / texts to everyone on those networks.What about your friends on another network?

    Lets face it, if your miserable and sad enough to use this you won’t have many friends i would imagine . . .

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    Dell Laptop for €249

    Published on April 13, 2008 in dell cheap as chips laptop and technology. 8 Comments

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    Through a flyer that Dell sent. It’s ex-vat and delivery but it seems fairly decent for a laptop. Gone is the day when i paid 1100 euros for my HP Pavillion!

     

    Vostro™ 1000 NB(N0410013)

    Components

     

    • AMD® Sempron Mobile Technology 3600+
    • Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic – English
    • 1Yr Basic Warranty – Next Business Day Included – No Upgrade Selected
    • 15.4″ Wide Screen WXGA (1280 x 800) Display
    • 1024 MB 667MHz Dual-Channel DDR2 SDRAM (2x 512 MB)
    • 120GB (5400rpm) SATA Hard Drive
    • ATI Radeon® Xpress 1150 HyperMemory (integrated)
    • Fixed Internal 8X DVD+/-RW Drive including Software
    • 4 cell Lithium-Ion Battery (29 Whr)

     

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    The E-Value Code is MMMIE4-N0410013

    Things you didn’t know you could do with Gmail!

    Published on February 7, 2008 in google and technology. 0 Comments

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    Did you know you can skin Gmail? You did? Well i didn’t! And seemingly there’s 101 things you can do in gmail and here was i thinking all it was good for was sending and receiving mail and catching Spam! Out of the 101 , follow the link for a mere 25 of them…
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    Fring – VOIP on Mobiles

    Published on February 4, 2008 in technology. 2 Comments

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     Fring is exciting, at least i was excited about it. Essentially it’s a VOIP for your Smart phone. You have all the bells and whistles of Instant Messaging too but it’s main daddy is that it hooks up with Skype.

    It has the makings for great things but i have to say when i tried it the quality was poor (i’m with Vodafone) and even though i was in full 3G coverage it had that choppy CB-radioesque feel to it and of course your paying for your data AND the skype credit if ringing Skype-Out. Although i see it now supports Google Talk which is pretty nifty!

    I uninstalled it but would come back to it if 3G coverage was enhanced or the data connection was cheaper / free.

    Although Fring is around a while, Irish Company Blueface are now running with it. If using it do play around with the settings, when i originally installed it would preload when my phone started which made functionality slow and of course it auto-connected to the services Skype etc.

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