Year: 2006

  • Travel to the US and get a terrorist rating

    All British travellers who have visited the United States over the past four years have been given a terrorist rating, according to a Daily Telegraph report. This is one of the outcomes of the implementation of the Automated Targeting System…

  • Le Web 3 begins

    Le Web 3 kicks off today in Paris – and I can’t be there. ‘Gutted’ would be a good word to describe how I felt late last week in letting Loic know that I could not be part of the…

  • Using Skype via wi-fi without a computer

    Browsing in my local PC World yesterday, I came across a display of the new Belkin wi-fi phone for Skype. It looks very appealing – a phone that enables you to make and receive Skype calls without using your computer.…

  • A weekend roundup

    One of the neat features of the FeedDemon RSS aggregator is how easy it is to manipulate the news and information that you subscribe to. For example, highlighting items of interest for later attention, such as blogging about them. You…

  • iPod via your car radio: Now it’s legal

    I had a great feeling of liberation yesterday – driving along listening to a podcast on my iPod via my car stereo, and doing it completely legally. Yesterday On Friday, a change in the law came into force in the…