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Euro 2008
2008-06-04 20:00:00 Euro 2008 is starting in less than 3 days and the first match will see Switzerland facing the Czech Republic at 18:00 local time (Basel, Switzerland). The tournament will run through the month June, till the 29th and is expected to play host to some interesting clashes between Europe’s best national teams. The matches will be broadcasted ... More About: Sports , Internet , Football , Euro 2008 , Euro
Powerline networking
2008-05-25 12:04:00 I recently wanted to add to my network a device (media player) that had no wireless capabilities and the only way I could do this was through an ethernet cable. However, this device would be sitting in my living room, so you can imagine that having a long, blue ethernet cable running through the house was ... More About: Hardware , Technology , Networking , Powerline
Cablenet Cyprus - more speed!
2008-05-21 21:59:00 We love the fact that more internet providers are coming to life in Cyprus . This means more options for consumers and hopefully better speeds at lower prices. Cable net is a relatively new internet provider and the only cable player in Cyprus (everyone else offering internet over ADSL). The company is offering triple-play services at pretty competitive ... More About: Internet , Speed
Google Calendar SMS notification
2008-05-20 22:26:00 This is definitely a thumbs-up for Google Calendar . Simply create or edit an event in your Google Calendar and along with that select SMS as one of the modes for getting a reminder. You can select when to get the reminder (SMS); 5 minutes before the event or even a week before. The setup of your ... More About: Internet
To the idiot in the front seat
2008-05-19 21:36:00 Don’t you hate it when you are on a longhaul flight and then the idiot in the front seat tilts his seat all the way to the back, leaving you no space to eat, watch a movie, etc? Some people are so inconsiderate of others. I do understand that you want to enjoy your flight but if ... More About: Seat , Idiot , Front
New Gaza clashes
2008-03-01 19:48:00 From BBC: “At least 46 Palestinians and two Israel i soldiers have been killed in one of the deadliest days of fighting in Gaza since troops withdrew in 2005.” More About: News
Cyprus film days 2008
2008-02-27 23:08:00 The Cyprus film days 2008 Film Festival is on. The festival runs from the 25th of February until the 2nd of March, 2008 and screens movies mostly from Europe and Asia. “For the third consecutive year, «Cyprus Film Days » is attempting a more complete and characteristic depiction of the international film scene. And since the past ...
Windows Live Writer - map integration
2008-02-27 22:52:00 I am just trying again Windows Live Writer, after a long time, and some of the new features that the application comes with. The application is now in Version 2008 (build 12.0.1367.1128). One of this features is integration of maps into your posts. The maps are retrieved from http://maps.live.com and straight into your post. Let’s see an ... More About: Software , Downloads , Microsoft , Integration
Cyprus Classical website
2008-02-26 23:02:00 It’s nice to see such a website finally, Cyprus Classical , catering for local classical music events. According to the website this “…is a resource covering all aspects of classical music, opera and dance in Cyprus.” The section I like the most is the “Events”. There you can find a rather comprehensive list of classical/opera/dance events going ... More About: Website
Limassol Carnival 2008
2008-02-26 21:31:00 It’s that time of the year again and everyone is getting ready to celebrate the carnival in Limassol, the end of which marks the beginning of Lent. The Limassol Municipality has again organised a series of events starting from 28 February, 2008 and ending on the 9th of March, 2008 with the Grand Carnival parade. So drop ... More About: Cyprus
Adobe releases AIR
2008-02-25 21:16:00 From Adobe : “Adobe AIR offers an exciting new way to engage customers with innovative, branded desktop applications, without requiring changes to existing technology, people, or processes.” We have downloaded it already and will give a shot to some of the already available apps. Hope it doesn’t let us down. (Looks too good to let us down). ... More About: Internet , Technology , Downloads , Macromedia
Gmail invisible status
2008-02-25 21:02:00 A few days ago we mentioned how one can control their status in Google Talk (the desktop application). Today there was another little nice surprise for us, straight from Google this time. Using Gmail and the built-in Google Talk you can now appear as invisible, meaning that your fellow GTalkers will not be able to see you ... More About: Software , Internet , Status
Windows Live SkyDrive
2008-02-25 20:52:00 Microsoft has gone stronger with its SkyDrive online file storage system, now offering a whole 5GB of storage to its users. You can use SkyDrive to save your favourite documents, pictures and many other files in an online space that you can access from just anywhere there is internet. SkyDrive is currently available in 38 countries; some ... More About: Google , Windows , Internet , Windows Live , Live
Christofias wins Cyprus elections
2008-02-24 20:58:00 From EuroNews: “Communist Demetris Christofias has been elected president of Cyprus . He will become the first communist to lead the Mediterranean country in its history and the only Communist head of a member nation in the European Union.” More About: Elections , Wins
Palm Centro on AT&T
2008-02-23 17:11:00 After Sprint , AT&T hops on the Centro smartphone bandwagon. The phone is now available for $99.99 on AT&T’s EDGE network. The price tag comes after a mail-in rebate and a two year service contract. Centro allows the user to make calls (of course), send text messages and IM messages, check his email and browse the web. Not bad ... More About: Hardware , Internet , Technology , Palm
PrimeTel offer - 2Mbps connection
2008-02-23 15:29:00 This is a first for Cyprus ; at least I have not seen any other offer for 2Mbps for household use. Prime Tel, a triple-play provider, is now offering to home users the ability to connect to the internet with 2Mbps. Even though such connection speeds are not comparable to the ones we come accross abroad (e.g. in ... More About: Internet , Connection , Offer
Cyprus elections 2008 - unsolicited sms
2008-02-23 15:19:00 Over the past couple of days a lot of people complained that they kept receiving sms (short message service) on their mobile phones, campaigning about one of the two presidential candidates who will be clashing this coming Sunday. I thought I would not get such an sms on my mobile, since I am always careful ... More About: Elections , Cyprus , 2008
Cyprus elections 2008 - second round
2008-02-21 22:56:00 From the Cyprus Mail: “THE REFUSAL of presidential candidate Ioannis Kasoulides to repent for his ?yes? vote on the Annan plan cost him the backing of centre-right party DIKO, said its leader Marios Karoyan yesterday.” The above comment is just the tip of a long, heated discussion leading to the second round of the Cyprus presidential elections, ... More About: Elections , Round , 2008
Serbs protest over Kosovo
2008-02-21 22:50:00 From Reuters: “Scores of protesters smashed their way into the U.S. embassy in Belgrade on Thursday in anger at Kosovo ’s independence, ransacking rooms and setting fires before riot police dispersed the crowd.” More About: News , Politics , Serbia , Protest
HD DVD is dead
2008-02-19 20:07:00 Toshiba’s HD DVD is officially dead. From BBC News : “Toshiba’s announcement that it is to stop production of HD DVD players leaves the way clear for Blu-ray to become the industry standard.” More About: Hardware , Technology , Sony , Blu-Ray
Google Talk idle
2008-02-19 18:55:00 Don’t you wish that sometimes you can sign into Google Talk and be right away idle, or that your status never changes from idle (maybe you don’t want to talk to some people on your list but only to a coupe at a specific time, e.g. during work). Now you can do just that! All you have ... More About: Internet , Google Talk
Cold setting over Limassol tonight
2008-02-18 21:37:00 Cold weather has hit Limassol as well and the temperature is expected to drop down to 2C later tonight. More About: Cold , Cyprus , Tonight
Google?s 9th birthday
2007-09-27 20:01:00 It’s already nine years and still going strong…and we love it! More About: Google , Birthday , Googl
Giant baby born
2007-09-27 19:47:00 From the BBC: “A Russian woman has given birth to a baby weighing 7.75kg (17.5lbs), more than twice the average newborn weight.” More About: Baby , Giant
Gmail to be updated soon?
2007-09-26 15:23:00 From News .com: “According to Garett Rogers over at ZDNet, Google has been asking users to translate snippets from the new UI through their Google In Your Language program. The users were asked to translate the phrase, “Newer Version,” for a service called Gmail UI.” More About: Internet
Greece Calls ?Macedonia? Reference At UN ?Unacceptable?
2007-09-26 15:04:00 From Nasdaq.com: “UNITED NATIONS(AP)–Balkan antagonism surfaced Tuesday over a shortening of the official name used to introduce the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, which is a member of the United Nations.” Some UN officials should get their act together and stop being provocative in such a manner. In an case, whatever FYROM tries will not establish ... More About: News , Politics , Travel , Greece , Calls
Euro in Cyprus
2007-09-26 14:50:00 As some of you may know, the Euro currency will become the new norm in Cyprus , beginning 1st of January 2008. A lot of preparations, both in the public and private sectors, are already underway for making the transition from Cyprus Pounds to the Euro. The preparations alone are not enough though. There will always be ... More About: News
Attacks on Burmese Buddhist monks
2007-09-26 14:34:00 From the BBC: “Thousands of Burmese Buddhist monks and other protesters have been marching in Rangoon despite a bloody crackdown by police. At least one death is reported.” More About: News , Politics , Monks , Attacks , Tacks
Microsoft may buy part of Facebook
2007-09-25 20:10:00 From the Times Online: “Microsoft is weighing up taking a stake in Facebook in a move that could value the social networking site at more than $10 billion (£4.97 billion) and trigger a bidding war, according to reports.” It seems the users, like you and me, have done it again and have skyrocketed the price of ... More About: News , Internet , Part
iPod touch available in Cyprus
More articles from this author:2007-09-25 19:58:00 According to the Pixmania webiste, the new iPod touch will be available for sale on the 28th of September, 2007. The 8GB model will be selling for 297 euros, while the 16GB model will be selling for a cool 398 euros. At the same time the Cyprus Apple store is selling the 8GB model for 169.40 ... More About: Hardware , Technology , Ipod 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
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