28 January 2003

Adnan Osmani's released some screen shots of his browser. You can check them out here. And here's the background story, for more info on Adnan and the browser.


8:34:45 PM  #   your two cents []
Google Dance. "You may not know it, but as I type, Google is dancing. And I'm not talking about the 'Google Dance' held by Google that includes human beings getting their groove on. I am talking about the period of time days before Google finalizes the update to its indexes." [kuro5hin.org]
10:58:25 AM  #   your two cents []

Jamie Smyth has a Times story today on how much we contribute to Vodafone's bottom line. The upside? At least all the ex-Eircom shareholders are creating some value in their new Vodafone shares...

Vodafone Ireland customers spent an average of €542 each on mobile calls and text messages last year, significantly more than subscribers at every Vodafone Group company outside of Japan.

Figures published yesterday by Vodafone show its 1.73 million Irish users spent on average €109 more than the firm's British subscribers and €230 more than German subscribers in 2002.

The strong average-revenue-per-user figures reported by Vodafone Ireland were a key factor that enabled the firm to report record pre-tax profits of €155 million in the 12-month period to March 2002.


10:25:54 AM  #   your two cents []
The interview finally runs: I have a long feature piece on Adnan Osmani and his web browser in today's Irish Times, written after spending a few hours with the student and his family in Mullingar. You can read it here (sub only) or here (for free).
10:22:42 AM  #   your two cents []
Can your cell phone impair your vision?. Talking to someone on a phone while driving gives you "tunnel vision" and reduces response time by about 20 percent, according to a new study. [CNET News.com]
10:20:11 AM  #   your two cents []
Hey, it's the law of the jungle out there: Mac Opera gored on Safari?. Opera Software says the future of its browser for the Mac is clouded now that Apple is producing its own, revealing a larger trend where Apple's efforts squeeze out third-party software vendors. [CNET News.com]
10:19:14 AM  #   your two cents []
From the Bwahahaha! Dept: Worm Hits Microsoft, Which Ignored Own Advice. Among the companies that found its computer system under attack by a rogue program was Microsoft, which has been preaching the gospel of secure computing.  [New York Times: Technology] ... Here in Ireland, Dell's entire European sales operations were brought pretty much to a standstill for the same reason. Guys, two words: "known vulnerability". Sheesh.
10:17:55 AM  #   your two cents []
Bob Wells. "Your true value depends entirely on what you are compared with." [Quotes of the Day]
10:13:47 AM  #   your two cents []
From Boing Boing Blog: Motorcycle hearses. A British funeral-entrepreneur has built a vintage-bike-sidecar-hearse. He's patenting it, too. Link
10:13:09 AM  #   your two cents []
The battle for cyberspace. Steve Bowbrick on the epic struggle between media owners and file sharers. [Guardian Unlimited]
10:11:50 AM  #   your two cents []