O2 may see $79.6m fine for slow 3G growth

O2 may see $79.6m fine for slow 3G growth
British phone carrier O2 could pay as much as �40 million ($79.6 million US) for failing to build out its 3G cellular data network on time, the country's Office of Communications (Ofcom) noted on Wednesday. Despite its role as the single largest provider in the region, O2 is the only one out of five firms granted licenses for 3G access that did no...

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It's no wonder Devil May Cry 4 has already sold over two million copies worldwide in the short time it has been out. This latest addition to the highly-rated action series is by far the most wicked-looking - and its gameplay... Read More

O2 bringing the iPhone to Ireland

Filed under: Apple, iPhone

As you might have heard by now (especially if you're an iPhone fan in Ireland), O2 will be bringing the iPhone to the Emerald Isle. Starting on March 14th our Irish friends can pick up a 8 gig iPhone for €399 or the 16 giger for €499. Plans start at €45 per month and all include 1GB of data per month (there is no unlimited data plan at the moment for the iPhone in Ireland).

One thing to note is that the Irish iPhone does not support Visual Voice mail, as is mentioned on this O2 page.

Thanks to everyone who sent this in.

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MacBreak 90: Studio: Motion Custom Template Thumbnails

Mark Spencer shows us how to create thumbnail graphics for custom templates in Motion. Read More

MacBook Air patent hints future expansion

Apple has filed for several patents related to the MacBook Air that cover currently implement technology and hint at future expansion potential for the sub-notebook. Included is a patent for the collapsible port, which apparently was originally earmarked for the rear of the notebook and was to present additional options. The patent reveals that the...

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GBTV #0258 (small) | GeekBrief.TV

In Brief #257, we turned on the GBTVpc after months of delay. In today's show, we install LinuxMCE, which has MythTV and runs on Kubuntu. I'm impressed with the amount of features and options LinuxMCE has, and I'm looking forward to exploring it. After we complete the install and run the setup wizards, we run into a little problem. Time to do some research and learn more about Linux! Read More

Gigabyte unveils 3.5G/GPS modem

Umbrella technology company Gigabyte has offered a brief peak at a new cellular modem, the MD800. Buyers will have the option of three different interfaces -- ExpressCard, mini-USB or PCMCIA -- and gain access to 3.5G-level broadband, likely some form of HSPA. The card should also be the first to combine this with both GPS and assisted GPS abilit...

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iPhone launching in Ireland on March 14th?

Filed under: Cellphones

Looks like the iPhone is launching in Ireland with O2 on March 14th, according to Pocket-lint. It's supposed to go for the low, low price of €399 (including VAT) on the 8GB and €499 for the 16GB; we haven't heard anything solid either way, but we'll let you know if we do (and you do the same, would ya?).

[Thanks, John and Ronan]

 

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O2 bringing the iPhone to Ireland

O2 bringing the iPhone to Ireland

Filed under: Apple, iPhone

As you might have heard by now (especially if you're an iPhone fan in Ireland), O2 will be bringing the iPhone to the Emerald Isle. Starting on March 14th our Irish friends can pick up a 8 gig iPhone for €399 or the 16 giger for €499. Plans start at €45 per month and all include 1GB of data per month (there is no unlimited data plan at the moment for the iPhone in Ireland).

One thing to note is that the Irish iPhone does not support Visual Voice mail, as is mentioned on this O2 page.

Thanks to everyone who sent this in.

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Bloglines, NetNewsWire most popular RSS readers

After 10 days of collecting votes, we have some results in our Dec. 5 poll that asked you what RSS readers you use. Bloglines was the winner, with 187 votes, followed by NetNewsWire with 163 votes. It's interesting to see the number of readers who are Mac users. FeedDemon, considered tne best RSS readers for Windows by some, only received 34 votes. Readers could vote for multiple selections.

Yahoo received 89 votes, followed by Google's 51 votes. "Other software reader" garnered 94 votes, with 41 votes going to "other online reader." Seven voters said they don't read RSS feeds. Combining Bloglines, Newsgator, Yahoo, Google and "other online reader" indicates that a large chunk of our readership get their RSS-feed information online rather than from software applications.

It suggests to me that they are getting their news, but perhaps are missing some of the extra features found in software apps. But this could be good news for the new Web 2.0 online readers slowly surfacing. They may be able to attract more people than the desktop software developers can, shaking up this growing niche of the software industry.

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Poll shows our readers track dozens, hundreds of RSS feeds

The results of our poll on how many RSS feeds you follow are in and they suggest that most people read more than 100 feeds. A total of 40 percent follow up to 100 feeds, while 8 percent read 120 to 129 feeds and 7 percent read 210 to 229 feeds. The largest group by far, comprising 12 percent of votes, reads 390 or more feeds! (There were more than 159 potential voters,but we had a technical problem that prevented many readers from voting in the poll. You can read about many of their RSS habits in the comments section of the original post.)

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