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23/9/2011 Interesting article on BBC Technology today re end of the office phone... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14825020

22/9/2011 Facebook Employee reveals new feature a day ahead of launch
Facebook Music is launching tomorrow. This, everyone knows. But not everyone knows exactly how it will work, since Facebook been tweaking things right up until launch. But tonight one Facebook employee accidentally revealed one killer feature of the service.
Ji Lee, the creative director that Facebook stole away from Google in April, sent out the following tweet earlier:
The “Listen with your friend” feature in ticker is blowing my mind. Listen to what your friends are listening. LIVE.
Within minutes, Lee deleted the tweet, but not before Mitchell Holder grabbed a screenshot. Yes, Lee is describing a key feature of Facebook Music launching tomorrow. Not only will all music you’re listening to appear in the just-launched right-side ticker, there will be a link to “Listen with your friend”, that when clicked, will allow you to listen along to the same song at the same time (thanks to the magic of scrobbling and track matching).

22/09/2011 HP Board about to fire new CEO?
Rumor has it that HP isn’t quite happy with Leo Apotheker’s plans for the company and that he may be fired less than a year after taking the job.
As you’ll recall, Apotheker’s background is in SAP and massive business apps and, because when you have a hammer everything looks like a nail, he figured HP could make all sorts of cash selling the same software to businesses while killing and spinning off various parts of their hardware business. HP’s stock has dropped by nearly half since Apotheker came to power, from $42 to $22 and the investors expressed “near universal opposition” to his acquisition of Autonomy Corp., an information management company.

00:49: 22/09/2011 Google + Too Little Too Late?
Its not really surprising that Google being the established and trusted brand that it is would move into social networking but are they just a few years too late?
Many of us have Linked in, Facebook, Myspace and Youtube accounts, we have also started building up Twitter feeds on technology sources known to us. This all takes time.. do we really need or want to get involved in another one. I use Facebook for home, as many others do, and LinkedIn for work.. Kiltr is another network which I have been recommended to join.. With researching information for this blog and keeping up to date with the White papers that I believe are of interest to our clients taking about an hour a day do I want to spend more time familiarising myself with more features… not really. Although come back in a months time and maybe I’ll have time then. :-/

00:49: 22/09/2011 Reducing Costs
At Stratiis we endeavour to make sure that the solutions we provide are as cost-effective as possible. We will not say that we are the cheapest but we do try hard to be the best. That said our Managed Leased Lines costs are proving to be the cheapest out there at the moment. Last week we saved one client over £250 per month which cant be sneezed during this economic climate. For a quote please contact Helen Mann direct on 0845 644 0771.

00:49: 23/08/2011 Is appIe's reign over??
Having a techie husband and watching his initially gradual but subsequently speedy an expensive transformation into Apple consumer extraordinaire has made the last 5 years interesting in our house but with actions over the past week by both Samsung and HTC it looks like the Apple reign might be ending.

The most credible alternative to the IPad, the Samsung Galaxy Tab, which has sold more than 30 milllion since launch has had its Apple imposed injunction lifted by a German court, enabling sales to continue throughout Europe.

In addition HTC has sued the technology giant seeking to halt U.S. imports and sales of Macintosh computers, iPads, iPods, iPhones and other devices because of alleged patent infringements. HTC is alleging infringements of three patents obtained in 2008 and 2010, and which relate to Wi-Fi capability and other functions. It seeks compensatory damages as well as triple damages for willful infringement.

HTC is undeniably my preferred mobile phone vendor, but it just can’t beat the Iphone ‘lifestyle’. That said , maybe the lifestyle was HTC all along.....

14:54 16/08/2011 New STRATiiS Website

STRATiiS have a new website that we hope you will more informative and helpful. If you have any feedback please feel free to leave it on the contact us page. Thankyou

14:54 16/08/2011 Corporate Responsibilty

Stratiis have signed up as team for Maggies Monster Bike and Hike in May 2012.

Monster is a 24 hour team challenge event, biking 30 miles and then hiking 8, 23 or 41 miles to our Bronze, Silver or Gold finishes. Maggie's will support you every step of the way to achieving your Monster challenge. It's not a race - it's a fantastic, exhilarating (and demanding!) experience you'll never forget! ( apparently) Maggies was a great source of help when one of our Directors became ill and were going to be raising funds to assist them in their good work.

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14:54 16/08/2011 San Fransisco shuts down phone service

When it comes to shutting down communications technology during protests and riots, the United States is one step ahead of the UK.

Just one day after Prime Minister David Cameron told parliament that he is investigating the possibility of shutting down social networking sites in times of chaos and criminality, officials at San Francisco's Bay Area Transit system stymied cell phone access during a planned protest.

Organisers planned to protest over the killing of Charles Hill -- a 45-year-old man who was shot and killed by a BART (SF's Bay Area Rapid Transit) police officer on in July -- on 11 August.

On that day, officials from the transit service suddenly shut down all internet and mobile phone access for underground commuters. Later, an official statement from BART said that organisers, "stated they would use mobile devices to coordinate their disruptive activities and communicate about the location and number of BART Police."

"BART temporarily interrupted service at select BART stations as one of many tactics to ensure the safety of everyone on the platform," the statement read.

The cell phone shutdown (or, perhaps, the significantly increased police presence) seemed to do the trick, as the planned protest never materialised. "The commute home Thursday went off without a hitch despite rumours that BART service could be disrupted," the city's Examiner newspaper wrote.- Source Wired Magazine

14:54 16/08/2011 Research In Motion's 2011 roadmap leaked

Research In Motion's 2011 release roadmap has been leaked, giving us an early sneak peak of the company's plans for the year, and outing previously-confidential BlackBerry devices like the codenamed Monaco, Sedona and Malibu.

The BlackBerry Storm 3 (codenamed Monaco Touch) is a slender smartphone with a 1.2GHz processor, 512MB of RAM, a 3.7-inch touchscreen and a five-megapixel camera. That will come out around July or August 2011.

Joining the storm in August is the BlackBerry Bold Touch (codenamed Montana), which is a more traditional style BlackBerry, with a full QWERTY keyboard. It also has a 1.2GHz processor, but 768MB of RAM and a smaller, 2.8-inch touchscreen.

In August or September 2011, RIM will release the BlackBerry Sedona, which is a Curve device featuring an 800MHz processor, 512MB of RAM, a five-megapixel camera and a narrow QWERTY keyboard.

Looking into early 2012, the BlackBerry Curve (codenamed Malibu) touch is described as "The Accessible All Touch BlackBerry", and designed to be accessible and easy to use. It has slightly lower specs than its more business-focused cousins, and it packs a 3.25-inch display and five-megapixel camera.

The 7-inch Blackberry PlayBook tablet will be released in the United States during the second quarter of 2011: meaning sometime before April.

It should be noted that the release dates will probably differ slightly in the UK. The leaked information comes from the firm's CDMA device plans -- a North American phone network -- so whether all of these devices will get GSM editions for the UK is not yet known, or how long they'll take to reach Europe.

The roadmap also details how the BlackBerry 6 operating system will evolve over the year, detailing a few new features that will appear in future updates. We'll start to see support for digital compasses, APIs for augmented reality apps, a new virtual keyboard for touchscreen phones, a more customisable homescreen and improved multi-tasking."
Source Wired Magazine

22:54 23/08/2011 Movies on facebook

A new App launching on Facebook today will give UK users access to Miramax films to rent. You'll even be able to watch the movies on an iPad through a browser-based player, with Miramax suggesting that a stand alone iPad app could also be on the cards.
Miramax eXperience will land with 10 films available to rent throughout September, each costing 30 Facebook credits in the UK and Turkey. As well as movie-watching, the Miramax eXperience offers a social gaming element whereby users can cast their Facebook friends in various Miramax movies, unlocking bonus content as they play.

Changed days from my grandpa getting in to the ‘pictures’ with a couple of ‘jeely jars’….

22:54 23/08/2011 "i deleted them boss"

I’m not sure what the latest Wikileaks news today about deleted files and the US No-Fly list is supposed to tell us.. Julian Assange having access to data that was apparently there, that he shouldn’t have had in the first place, was deleted and now has no access to… however it does highlight one particular issue… making sure that your data is safe , secure and remotely backed up… avoiding losing sensitive data such as ‘relating to Bank of America, the internal communications of 20 neo-Nazi organisations and US intercept information for "over a hundred internet companies.’

You never know who you are going to disgruntle.

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