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There’s these great cut-down computers, right…

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Daring Fireball: Maybe Instead of Two Cars, You Just Need a Car and a Bicycle: “The idea of a computer that does a lot less — leaving out even things you consider essential, because you can still do those things … Continue reading →

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Extremely Telling

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Joe Wilcox, 10 things about Microsoft’s PDC 2009: The good, the bad and the ugly | Betanews: “It’s embarrassing for Microsoft to pitch three screens when the software and strategy around one of those screens stinks so badly. I actually … Continue reading →

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A short post on the conceit at the heart of Google ChromeOS

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

One of the prime reasons for the success of Twitter is that it has never been reliant on a single interface. Because it has cleverly exposed everything via rich APIs, it has effectively allowed a hundred interfaces to blossom. Don’t … Continue reading →

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Daring Fireball’s wishful thinking

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

I totally understand where John Gruber is coming from with his post on “The OS Opportunity“. The problem is that there’s a whole lot of wishful thinking in there. First of all, go read John’s post. Rather than try and … Continue reading →

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links for 2009-11-19

Posted on November 19, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Evan Williams | evhead: Why Retweet works the way it does (tags: twitter) Backgrounder on Local Loop Unbundling in the UK : Digital-Lifestyles (tags: comms broadband LLU UK telecoms) Your Twitter Karma (tags: twitter tools social web2.0 tool statistics socialnetworking … Continue reading →

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links for 2009-11-14

Posted on November 14, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

How to upgrade your PlayStation 3 hard drive – Features at GameSpot (tags: upgrade hardware drive hd ps3)

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links for 2009-11-08

Posted on November 8, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Google unveils protocol for an interplanetary internet I fucking love things like this – real forward thinking about the problems of tomorrow, today. (tags: space internet vintcerf google)

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links for 2009-11-05

Posted on November 5, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Rogers Wireless Launch LG Eve (GW620 / Etna) Android Phone Looking forward to seeing this one in the flesh. LG make good hardware, but have always been let down for me by mediocre software. The combination of LG hardware plus … Continue reading →

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Twitter scam, or… what?

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Does anyone know what the point of this is? It looks like lots of Twitter accounts (bots?) reposting exactly the same message. There’s no links to anything. If you go to their pages, there’s no dodgy links either. So what’s … Continue reading →

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Come, gentle readers: Help me buy a new phone (Part 1)

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Ian Betteridge

Within the next month, my contract with o2 runs out – and that means it’s new phone time. However for the first time since the release of the iPhone, I face a serious choice: do I stick with iPhone, or … Continue reading →

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