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A little bit of politics
Irrespective of your political leanings, you have to admit that David Davis, who resigned from his post as Shadow Home Secretary to protest the 42-day detention rule, has a point: Yesterday this house decided to allow the state to lock up potentially innocent British citizens for up to six weeks without charge. … And because…
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Napster bad! Bloggers bad!
Is Metallica engaging in internet tomfoolery all over again? Seems so: writers who blogged about a playback have felt the chill hand of the ageing metallers’ lawyers. The Quietus and other websites ran pieces on the album, but were quickly contacted by Metallica’s management via a third party and told to remove the articles.
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Baby Bigmouth reviews the iPhone
While everyone was getting excited about the iPhone 3G, Baby Bigmouth was getting excited about the current model: she grabbed it out of my hands, attempted to eat it and burst into tears when I took it back. She’s never like that with toys usually…
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iPhone again: GPS and the future of Facebook
Although yesterday’s Apple demos went on a bit, the one for social network Loopt was interesting. Thanks to the iPhone’s GPS, it enables you to see your social networking friends on a map and message them – so for example if you’re in New York with time to kill, you can see if anyone you…
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iPhone – free on O2 if you go for a pricey contract; pay as you go available too
O2’s put up its iPhone 3G prices: free on £45 per month contract or £99 on the cheaper tariffs, including a new £30/month plan. There’s a pay as you go version coming too – teenagers will love that – and existing iPhone customers can get a free upgrade if they’re willing to take the £45…
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Fake Steve Jobs flips out
On people queuing to be first in line for WWDC: Point is, you’re supposed to be Apple faithful. Our motto is “Think Different.” Not “Stand in line like a bunch of fucking sheep.”
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“The scrawny, strange-smelling world of teenage boys”
Many, many years ago, the BBC showed the video diary of teenage metaller Chris Needham. And, thanks to the magic of MetaFilter, I’ve just discovered this superb Taylor Parkes article about it – with embedded video so you can see what he’s on about. “Now feel sudden death… from my guitar,†growls Chris on ‘Hate…
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iPhone 2.0. 3G, GPS and a free horse
Well, probably not the horse. But even if nothing about the iPhone changes other than the addition of 3G, I’ll be rushing out to buy one immediately – although by “rushing” I mean “waiting until it comes to the UK and trying to magically summon money out of thin air so I can afford to…
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Loreal: calling a spade a super turbo ground smasher
From time to time I’ve blogged about the daft names cosmetic companies give products aimed at men, but an ad in today’s Observer has my favourite one so far: I give you Loreal Men Expert Hydra Energetic Turbo Booster Kick Start Wake-Up Intense Recovery Moisturiser. “Because his mornings are a race against time, this Father’s…
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Blame Canada
Oh, for crying out loud. OTTAWA – The federal government is secretly negotiating an agreement to revamp international copyright laws which could make the information on Canadian iPods, laptop computers or other personal electronic devices illegal and greatly increase the difficulty of travelling with such devices. …Called the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), the new plan…