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So it is that time of year when everyone gives you their opinion on what was great about 2007 and what to expect in 2008.
Well what was great about 2007 is probably repeated by everyone:
- iPhone
- Vista – yes you may laugh but despite its faults it still made improvements on the desktop market
But rather than predict what may happen in 2008, I would rather just tell you about what I’d like to see in the hope that someone sees this and can make it happen. 
A 3G iPhone I think we all know is coming in 2008 but I’d like to see this on more carriers in the UK than just O2 who are the devil incarnate. If this doesn’t happen then I can see a lot more pressure to get iPhones unlocked and portable between networks.
I’d also like to see a new Apple notebook based on similar tablets that are available on the PC side which incorporate touch technology similar to the iPhone. I’ve always fancied a tablet but the only one that I have ever come close to buying was the Toshiba Protégé R400 though that is still a disappointment in certain areas and I now feel only Apple could get it right.
I would also like to stop seeing cases like the current Opera browser against Microsoft. I think Opera need to look in the mirror to work out why they aren’t getting market share rather than trying to jump on a band wagon almost and bash Microsoft. Apple package a browser and in either case it hasn’t done anything to hurt Firefox, maybe it is just because the Opera browser just doesn’t work as well. The only good thing that can come out of this case is to see Microsoft becoming standards compliant, which as a developer I stand right behind Opera on.
I’d seriously like to see the Zune challenge the Apple iPhone next year – at the moment Apple is running away with it and that’s fine, they are great products but a little competition has a nice way of keeping people on the straight and narrow which would be ironic for Microsoft
Oh and finally this -
Happy Christmas to everyone and best wishes for the new year, I hope you get all the gadgets you deserve and that the helpdesk/ technical problems wait for just one day…
I havent been posting as often as I should.
Im in the process of moving house and all the palaver that goes into that. Services should resume shortly
Apparently the smell of the sea is more important than the cure for cancer!!
Scientists from the University of East Anglia have discovered exactly what makes the seaside smell like the seaside and bottled it. The age-old mystery was unlocked thanks to some novel bacteria plucked from the North Norfolk coast.
This is a little off track, but two reasons appeared this week which have made me so embarrassed to be British.
The scavengers looting the washed up cargo of MSC Napoli -
and Jade -
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We really are? treading water in some respects 
So much going on in the world of DRM at the moment but Cory Doctorow? raised on interesting point on the? TWiT podcast.
I do love the TWiT podcasts and so any reason to mention them is great, but this did grab my attention. The conversation was on DRM and Cory raised the point that Apple don’t have DRM for the sake of protecting copy, they have it for Apple.
Basically any song you buy from iTunes (and I am not going to get drawn into the argument as to whether iTunes sales are going down or down) will have DRM and this isn’t because Apple is protecting the artist. If you buy several songs a month, after a couple of years that is a lot of music and if you did get another mp3 player, it is going to cost you a lot to move.
None of those songs are going to work and are going to have to be repurchased. Now that is a pretty big incentive not to move, so while Hollywood fights and Microsoft caves in some people are walking their own path and for their own reasons.
An article over at newscientisttech.com caught my eye.
It is regarding a new search engine that uses sophisticated facial recognition to allow users to identify and find people in online images and it is due to launch next month.
Civil liberties groups say the biometric-style tool could compromise the privacy of anyone who has their picture online, and with so many people putting images online whether it be a myspace profile or flickr album this could be a concern.
Although in my opinion, those who put images of themselves online waive the right to certain privacies since they are allowing anyone with internet access the ability to view the images.Where this is not true are the cases where the images have been put online without the knowledge or consent of the persons in the image.
Well I’ve been using b2evolution for a bit but it just wasn’t doing it for me so decided to try out a few others.
Well it’s WordPress I have settled for and the transition over has been smooth, suprisingly. So just a few tweaks to be made and maybe a theme change and we will be back to 100%
This is one of the funniest reviews Ive seen on the Onion -
Last week marked the debut of both Sonys and Nintendos next-generation consoles. Heres how they stack up:
Attribute PlayStation 3 Nintendo Wii Cost Fucking ridiculous Reasonably ridiculous Ability to tear apart families Second-to-none Pretty strong, though mostly because everyone wishes it were a PlayStation instead The way your peers will view you “Dude! Can I come over and play that shit?” “I’ll come over, but don’t tell anybody, okay?” Special features Speeds pace of evolution if touched Plays Super Nintendo games Love of owner This much Thiiis much Senses Fear Motion Madden “What you got here is a real powerhouse of a system that could emerge as a legitimate contender in this league” “Small, scrappy system with a lot of potential. You gotta love this little guy’s heart” Parenting substitute Excellent Excellent
Ive got my Wii ordered 
