Category: Technology

New Nokia Tablet

October 17, 2007 - Geek , Technology - by admin - 1 Comment

Well, first the Nokia 770 tablet was being sold at cut rates in favour of the new 800. I was sorely tempted to get one of the Â£99 770s as a toy, but just couldn’t justify it to myself (or Charlotte for that matter). The proverbial cat is now out […]

McDonalds offer free Wi-fi

October 11, 2007 - Internet , Technology - by admin - 1 Comment

Hot on the heels of the BT & FON partnership, McDonalds are announcing that they are soon going to offer free wi-fi at the majority of their restaurants by the end of the year. What definition of ‘free’ they are going to use is anyones guess, but it will be […]

MythTV Remote

October 10, 2007 - Computers , Home , Technology - by admin - No Comments

For a long time now, our MythTV setup at home has been entirely reliant on the full sized wireless keyboard sitting on the coffee table to control it. I’ve had two Hauppauge Nova-T remotes sitting idle for a long time now, pending me getting my finger out and making them […]

FON & BT

October 4, 2007 - Technology , Web - by admin - No Comments

BT and FON have joined forces, and now it would seem that BT are inviting all their broadband subscribers to share their wifi through FON. I’m unsure if this means that BT are updating the Homehub firmware, or figuring out another way of deploying it, but it’s a good move […]

Orange data

October 1, 2007 - Technology - by admin - 3 Comments

I’d been having some issues connecting my laptop or PDA to Orange over 3G using my phone, and reluctantly I called Orange tech support. Suffice to say, I’m impressed. Not only did they offer to help me set it up in Linux or Windows, but they called back within 10 […]