Archive for category Web/Tech
Day3 – BORING!
Posted by martin newham in Musings, Web/Tech on April 25, 2007
Been chatting with Dean at work (he can’t be busy!) said my blog was boring – well to be honest the weather has been totally cr@p – anyhow I bought myself a Nokia n95 yesterday and I’ve been getting used to it…
… not too bad, still unsure about the keyboard (or lack of it), but the push-email seems to be working ok..
(picture curtsy of the iMac)
MS Photosynth
Posted by martin newham in Video, Web/Tech on April 21, 2007
MS is really bringing out some cool stuff… site link
Scream if you wanna go faster
Posted by martin newham in Web/Tech on March 25, 2007
Introducing 20Mb Broadband for XL customers
From May 2007, our flagship XL broadband service is going to be twice the speed it used to be – up to a supersonic 20Mb. Although the existing 10Mb service is already four times faster than other industry players , we’ve decided to step on the gas and double the speed.
That means you’ll be able to download an MP3 track in 2 seconds, a full
album in less than 30 seconds, or an episode of your favorite TV show
in just two and a half minutes. Pretty speedy, eh?
We’re even turbo-charging our upload speeds to 768kbps, so you’ll be
able to send emails or upload photos 50% faster than before.
If you’re already a Broadband XL customer, we’ll upgrade you
automatically but you may have to wait just a little while as we can
only boost one region at a time.
source: VirginMedia
Big surprise..
Posted by martin newham in Apple, Web/Tech on March 9, 2007
Had my Apple training, yes it is in the showroom and I was the only one there!
It turned out to be a more of a 1-2-1 customised training with two workshops squished into one (iMOVIE and iDVD). My trainer Alex (not shown) was very competent and knew his products and was able to answer all my questions and show examples.
I was very happy with the training, although a group training maybe more difficult. Overal I would recommend the workshops, but I cannot comment on one of the the true workshops, I was told by Alex that this closely represented what could be expected from one of their ProCare sittings.
Apple Workshop
Posted by martin newham in Apple, Web/Tech on March 9, 2007
I feel a little disappointment approachng, the workshop involves standing/sitting around a iMac in the shop. Oh well, it starts in 5mins I’ll let you know.
Broadband Speeeed (20Mb)
Posted by martin newham in Musings, Web/Tech on March 1, 2007
Virgin Media confirms 20Mbps broadband
Faster access for top tier customers by Stuart Miles
1 March 2007 – Virgin Media will offer a 20Mbps broadband speed across its network by June for its top tier customers the company has said.
"Customers can receive consistent speeds no matter where they live on our network and a top speed of 10Mb is available throughout our broadband addressable areas," the company said in its financial results statement.
"We will be increasing this to 20Mb in June and we are also currently conducting a residential trial of a 50Mb broadband service."
Virgin Media’s top tier "XL" broadband service currently offers a downstream speed of 10Mbps.
According to Virgin Media, 78,100 customers joined its broadband service in the last quarter.
Source: pocket-lint.co.uk
Never crashes my AR$E
Posted by martin newham in Apple, Musings, Web/Tech on February 25, 2007
… never crashes huh?
Watching videos on the iMac
Posted by martin newham in Apple, Musings, Web/Tech on January 2, 2007
Well the iMac is up to date, and I’m currently importing my iTunes library, display is nice, sound is good – performance still untested…
Apple iMac 24″
Posted by martin newham in Apple, Musings, Web/Tech on January 2, 2007
Apple iMac 24"
Originally uploaded by S’mart.
Well it’s arrived – is it good; only time will tell…