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Spread Firefox | Download Day 2008

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Firefox Download Day logoSpread Firefox | Download Day 2008
Sounds like a good deal, right? All you have to do is get Firefox 3 during Download Day to help set the record for most software downloads in 24 hours – it’s that easy. We’re not asking you to swallow a sword or to balance 30 spoons on your face, although that would be kind of awesome.

OK so I’m a confirmed Safari user but Firefox is my backup and it’s one in the eye for MS Explorer which I despise. The idea of pledging to do nothing except download the new version of Firefox is novel – but over 68,000 people in the UK have pledged. That’s more than 0.1% of the population. Kind of awesome ……

York station is free WiFi hotspot

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York station is free WiFi hotspot – Digital Lifestyle – Macworld UK
York railway station has been fitted-out with free WiFi for travellers, National Express East Coast announced today.

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I love York station and now I have another excuse to go and watch the trains. “I needed to pick up my email, so I went for a coffee at the footbridge cafe.”

The iPhone deal just got even better

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WWDC: O2 iPhone WiFi includes BT OpenZone, The Cloud – iPod/iPhone – Macworld UK
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O2 has taken another step to widely improve its iPhone 3G offering in the UK, multiplying the available WiFi hotspots users can employ to get online.

Hidden in the small print on the O2 page, O2 confirms iPhone users will enjoy free use of WiFi hotspots from its existing partner, The Cloud, and also observes iPhone users will be able to use hotspots provided by BT OpenZone.

Even more free (or should I say bundled) WiFi with the O2 iPhone deal from July 11th. 

Apple announces a 3G iPhone and I can have one for nothing!

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Apple United Kingdom – Press Releases
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O2 and Apple today announced that the innovative iPhone 3G will be available in the UK and Ireland on July 11th. iPhone 3G combines all the revolutionary features of iPhone with 3G networking that is twice as fast as the first generation iPhone, built-in GPS for expanded location based mobile services, and iPhone 2.0 software …….

I bought an iPhone last year much to the derision of my brother who said I should have waited for the 3G model. Well I might have been a bit hasty – but at least O2 is offering me the upgrade to the new phone for nothing and if I want 16Gb of storage I can have it for a relatively small payment. Roll on July 11th …. built in GPS – mmmm

Google Reader broken

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Sorry, an unexpected condition has occurred which is preventing Google Reader from fulfilling the request.

 

Many of the feeds I use regularly are not updating this morning. Several other users in the Google Reader forum are reporting the same problem. As far as I can remember it’s the first time I’ve had trouble with reader, but it makes me realise how much I depend on it to keep up to date. My Google Reader