O2 Ireland has done a 'soft launch' (such a weird term, but basically, it means a very low-key launch and in this case, a no-PR launch!) of a phoneblogging service, which uses the Foneblog product from Dublin's Newbay Software. The product generated a lot of interest at Europe and US shows earlier this year and I believe was the first commercial phoneblogging product out there. You can trial it for free for a month, then it's €2.50/monthly. You can MMS or SMS your blog entries in.
11:07:15 PM  #   your two cents []

More Nokia and phone stuff this evening, I hope. I have a busy day and won't have a chance to sort pics and comments til this evening, probably. Then I will add some images of NewsConnected's Dick O'Brien to the pic gallery, since Matthew got all the initial space below! (hee hee)
9:10:39 AM  #   your two cents []

Walter Bagehot. "The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do." [Quotes of the Day]... Like successfully install Linux on my desktop, by myself... [grin]...
9:08:45 AM  #   your two cents []

More SCO from the Guardian's OnLine blog: Who really owns Unix?. "The answer is not as simple as it appears, because while SCO got the code, the trademark and spec are owned by an industry consortium, The Open Group, as explained here. (There's a little more on The Open Group's lawsuit against Apple here.) It's not obvious but Allen Brown is CEO of The Open Group." [onlineblog.com]
9:07:43 AM  #   your two cents []

I.B.M.'s Opponent in Suit Criticizes Linux Advocate. In a new court document, the SCO Group criticizes Linus Torvalds, the guardian of the freely shared Linux operating system.  [New York Times: Technology]:

"As I.B.M. executives know," the filing states, "a significant flaw of Linux is the inability and/or unwillingness of the Linux process manager, Linus Torvalds, to identify the intellectual property origins of contributed source code that comes in from those many different software developers."

"If source code is copied from protected Unix code," the SCO document adds, "there is no way for Linus Torvalds to identify that fact."

9:05:56 AM  #   your two cents []

All of NYT tech looks good today, so am posting everything! Here's another: United to Offer E-Mail and Data Access on Domestic Flights. United Airlines said that it would use a system for an e-mail service it is planning to install in its North American fleet. [New York Times: Technology]
9:05:19 AM  #   your two cents []

For Those Who Can Afford It, 2 New Chances to Fly to Space. An American company and the Russian space agency are to announce an agreement to resume tourist flights to the International Space Station in 2004 or 2005. [New York Times: Technology]
9:03:57 AM  #   your two cents []

EU Moves Towards Single European Patent Standard [Slashdot]
9:03:23 AM  #   your two cents []

Can anyone stop the music cops?. As Hollywood wins one court case after another, one Republican senator is suggesting that maybe it's time for some new laws -- that protect consumers instead of entertainment companies. [Salon.com]
9:02:59 AM  #   your two cents []

Microsoft Files 15 Suits in Battle Against 'Spam'. The 15 civil lawsuits accuse the defendants of collectively flooding Microsoft's systems and customers with more than 2 billion deceptive unsolicited e-mail messages. [New York Times: Technology]
9:01:26 AM  #   your two cents []