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Entries from October 2006

Perverting new technology…

October 30th, 2006 · Comments

Just as Youtube became pornotube, so someone has managed to pervert the course of VOIP internet phonecalls. Rather than using the internet as a source for free calls, you can now make calls which bill your friends and family, rather than yourself. Assuming you don’t get beaten to death after your first attempt. [...]

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And in unrelated news…

October 26th, 2006 · Comments

Sony has succeeded in hounding down one of the three biggest sources for foreign video games and memorabilia… And the news has even made the BBC!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6083856.stm
Personally I think this is the end of my desire for a Sony PSP or PS3. Nintendo and Sega both tried this tactic in the past, but I wasn’t in [...]

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Internet schizophrenia……

October 26th, 2006 · Comments

I don’t know if anyone has yet been diagnosed with internet schizophrenia, but it can’t be long in coming….
I’ve long been interested in blogging, and scoail networking. I enjoy amusing videos as much as the next person. And I like to have an email account for personal use, and one for any selling [...]

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Why gaming won’t make the olympics…

October 25th, 2006 · Comments

I’m a pretty avid gamer. And since the dawn of gaming, I;ve always looked with interest at the likes of the Cyber Athletes League, and imagined a world in which I could be paid to play games all day. I haven’t got the cash to race cars in real life, but online I’m fairly good [...]

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