gpspassion.com have got some very nice screenshots of the the next release of Windows Mobile - which is codenamed Crossbow, but knowing Microsoft’s knack for fragging cool names prior to launch (Origami/UMPC, anyone?), it’ll be called WIndows Mobile 6.0.
For Smartphone users, like me, the coolest thing about these screenshots is that they’re showing Office application […]

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Downloadsquad has an article about a yet-to-be-released-into-beta web-based organiser called Scrybe.
Scrybe appears to be quite different to  others in this space, in that it offers the promise of off-line availability, time-zone awareness, note-taking, annotation and contextually-based usability; ok, that all sounds kind of vapourware-ish, but I can’t think of how to better express it - watch […]

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After my recent post about trusting allofmp3.com with my credit card details, it seems that the dillema is moot.
Credit card giants Visa and Mastercard have stopped accepting transactions from allofmp3.com, both saying that they don’t want their payment networks used for “illegal activity”. I wonder how much pressure the Recording Industry Ass. of America had to […]

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My trusty old router has gone pop, leaving me totally disconnected from the world. Let me explain…
I bought the Opera browser for my DS Lite yesterday, and couldn’t get it to connect with my wireless AP at home, despite configuring Opera correctly and despite my router being on the compatible list. I looked at Draytek’s […]

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Let the games begin. Time Warner are the first in what could be a long line of copyright holders stepping up to see how deep Google’s pockets are following their acquisition of YouTube.
It was a sure bet that many copyright holders were waiting to see if YouTube would be snapped-up by a richer adoptive parent before […]

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Billion? I’ll say it again… BILLION.
Confirmed just a few minutes ago at Techcrunch, this will be the news lighting up the blogosphere for the next few hours. More than likely the fact that Google bought You Tube won’t be the big story. The cost of the deal - $1.65 billion - will be the talking […]

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