Monthly Archives: April 2007

A WAP comeback? Not so fast.

Posted on Apr 16, 2007 by sim

Years after the WAP debacle, the collective hangover seems to be coming to an end. Operators elsewhere have for long pushed mobile data usage via browsing etc, but now that trend is finally coming to Finland, too, thanks to Elisa. … Continue reading →

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A fresh approach to social networking

Posted on Apr 12, 2007 by sim

The web is chock-full of social networking sites, 99% of which I couldn’t care less about. I have the few fora I’m active in and I’m an entirely passive member in countless other services having signed up just because I … Continue reading →

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Finland going digital – kicking & screaming

Posted on Apr 10, 2007 by sim

At the end of August this year, Finland is due to stop its analog terrestrial television broadcasts and go all digital. This is presumably done to free up some bandwidth for other purposes, though I’ve yet to see a convincing … Continue reading →

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Positive feedback

Posted on Apr 4, 2007 by sim

I’m all too well aware that the number of posts in my whines-category far surpasses those in the praise-category. I suppose this is part of human nature. As a conscious effort to do otherwise, here are some good things and … Continue reading →

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The last thoughts I’ll waste on T&T

Posted on Apr 1, 2007 by sim

I was browsing through the latest issue of Tekniikka & Talous (the name translated is “technology & economics”), which as a norm is a pretty much useless weekly paper. This time there were so many annoying as well as useless … Continue reading →

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