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Archive for July 12th, 2008

Why Africa is giving nothing to anyone — apart from AIDS

July 12th, 2008 | Category: Politics

Harsh words and harsher realism in this appraisal of the state of Africa from the leading Irish newspaper, the Irish Independent.

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Is 40p a day (and no choice but to pay it) worth it?

July 12th, 2008 | Category: Politics

“Around the world the BBC is admired and emulated. Britain and its place in the world would be the worse if the BBC were rolled back by 50 years.”

Mark Thompson continues to defend the jail enforced BBC tax and claims its good value for money. More and more people beg to differ mate especially on the basis of crap like Bonekickers.

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10 Things the 3G iPhone is Still Missing

July 12th, 2008 | Category: Politics

The new App Store has unleashed a slew of great new apps for the iPhone, but there are still a few standard features we wish Apple’s multimedia phone had. Here’s the short list.

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iFail 3G: Inside the iPhone launch failure with videos

July 12th, 2008 | Category: Politics

Regular readers may know my proclivity towards Apple products. Hell, some might call me a “fanboy.” That makes what I’m about to tell you very troublesome. Ladies and gentleman, today Apple (possibly by way of AT&T) failed. Badly. The launch of the iPhone 3G is well underway — except if you happen to live in the Pacific time zone of the United States.

Andrew says: Considering my experience with AT&T I am not shocked it all went pear-shaped. Incompetence abounds at AT&T. It was a mistake for Apple to go with them again. How could anyone think AT&T staff could handle such a big event?

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