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gDrive: store larger files than 10Mb in gMail
Now that gMail has gone up to 2Gb I’m going to use it more to store files. I found gDrive this morning which allows you to store files of any size in your gMail account, and gets around gMail’s 10Mb cap per attachment.
4Apr2005 | Everton | 1 comment | Continued
Broadband News: Easynet will launch ADSL2+ services in 2005
Easynet announced last week that they will carry out a trial of ADSL2 and ADSL2+ technologies allowing speeds of up to 24Mbps, with the full launch of services in before the end of 2005.
The service will be based on the existing LLU kit used by Easynet which already has the ADSL2 and ADSL2+ capabilities built [...]
Spammer Scott Richter fills for bankruptcy: one down, hundreds to go…..
It looks like the anti-spam laws are finally starting to kick in - last Friday, Richter’s OptInRealBig.com filed for bankruptcy, brought to the brink by lawsuits from New York Attorney General and consumer champion Eliot Spitzer and Microsoft.
OptInRealBig.com claimed assets of less than $10 million and liabilities of over $50 million thanks to the legal [...]
Blackberry’s - Why do people need them?
Found a great article on CNN about ‘How Blackberry conquered the world’. I’m constantly amazed by the growth in the usage of these devices. Blackberry have done a great job in my view of getting key individuals to use their device so that other people jump on the bandwagon and want one as [...]
1Apr2005 | Everton | 0 comments | Continued
Review: Yahoo 360 - "Geocities on steroids rather than a true blogging platform"
Steve Rubel’s review of Yahoo 360 proves again one of my beliefs about the capabilities of portals - they can’t do everything as well as the specialists.
Although in some areas this doesn’t matter, for cutting edge services like blogging I don’t think launching a service that lacks core functionality will fly off the shelves.
When will Google launch Gmail?
After stunning the market in April last year by offering 1Gb mailboxes, Google still haven’t launched a full service although they are slowly opening the service to more users.
Now that Yahoo! have announced that they are making 1Gb mailboxes their standard size to match Google, and MSN hotmail are sure to follow, Google’s slowness has [...]
What is Epic? Google to merge with Amazon?
The video below predicts the outcome of a merger between Google and Amazon, and presents a pretty bleak prediction for the future of the media and the web - is this the future of blogging/news/media?
Thought provoking stuff, though I’m not sure it’s that realistic.
UK Internet Industry Blogs: Why Are There So Few?
Aqute research recently asked why there aren't more blogs covering the UK Internet Industry, apart from their own blog and Connected.
I've been wondering the same thing in my 10 days in the blogosphere. Yes, I've been finding great blogs on the US market and on blogging in general, but very little covering the UK [...]
Digital UK Driven By Net And TV
The UK’s adoption of digital TV and broadband has helped make it the fourth most digitally-savvy nation in Europe, according a report by Jupiter Research.
But the UK still lags in terms of broadband speeds compared to others.
The most digitally sophisticated Europeans, in terms of use of digital goods such as mobiles, TV, net and cameras, [...]
iPod Tipped To Boost Apple’s Desktop Share
Apple could soon control 5 percent of the desktop computer market, Morgan Stanley predicts, thanks to the success of the iPod. Apple can look forward to gaining market share on the desktop as iPod users ditch their PCs in favour of Macs.
Analyst firm Morgan Stanley forecast on Friday that the Mac, currently on three [...]
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