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Archive for November 2008
 

Commenting on news and features We've made it quicker and easier to comment on the news. You still need to be a full community member to comment, but you now have a choice: Comments - quick and simple. Just type a sentence or two and you're done. Ideal if you're in a hurry and want to make a poi...
Group: Finextra site news
26/11/2008 | 1129 views | 1 comment
Apple forced to scrap iPhone advert

Apple have been told not to run a TV ad again in the UK for the iPhone 3G after 17 people complained that it exaggerated the speed of 3G. The ad used the phrase "really fast" repeatedly, coupled with shots of pages being loaded in fractions of a second. Apple maintained that the average viewer was...
Group: Cringeworthy marketing gallery
25/11/2008 | 1546 views
Hey Ocarina

As you may be aware I do occasionally suffer from Internet shopping hand, a condition whereby I lose control of my mouse hand and click on the BUY NOW button. It's even worse on the iPhone apps store. Hence I was powerless to resist the lure of the Smule Ocarina. 59 pence worth of quality programmi...
Group: After hours

Interesting item on the BBC web site about the effects of poor management skills on employees. A study published in Occupational and Environmental Medicine looked at 3000 males and found some startling facts. Poor management increases stress levels but there is also a clear increase in the risk of ...

My mate Vince has a gig on Tue 25th at the Bull and Gate in London - he's had a fair bit of airplay on Radio 2 so should be a good crowd there. Funnily enough I used to be in a band with him years ago. We met at UEA around 1980. When in theory we were studying Biophysics or whatever it was we did, ...
Group: After hours
More blog posts

24/11/2008  Game review: World of Goo
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Group: After hours
19/11/2008  Microsoft to offer free virus protection
733 views | 1 comment
18/11/2008  London Pub - The French House
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Group: After hours
17/11/2008  London Pub - The Lamb
1210 views | 1 comment
Group: After hours
17/11/2008  How safe are you online?
986 views
Tags: Security, Online banking
11/11/2008  Exploding German ATMs - three men arrested
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Tags: Retail banking

 



 
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