Hi everyone, sorry I haven’t been posting much. This is mainly because I started micro-blogging on Twitter. I find it faster, easier and simpler.
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ASR
Villarreal v Arsenal
Manchester United v Porto
Liverpool v Chelsea
Barcelona v Bayern Munich
The first legs will be played on 7/8 April with the second legs on 14/15 April.
Continue reading UEFA Champions League Quarter-final Draw 2009
Blyk the mobile phone network which offers free allowance of texts and minutes to people aged between 16 and 24 living in mainland Britain, has a new price plan. This removes the old allowance of 217 texts and 43 minutes and instead gives you £15 of balance to use how you like. The main advantage of this is that you can now send MMS and browse the internet without having to top-up.
However, as sweet as this sounds, you have a much lower allowance than before. At 8p a text, they may be cheaper when compared to other UK mobile phone networks, but £15 of balance only gives you 187 texts if you don’t use any other services that cost, like calling. Previously, you were getting 217 texts. On the other hand, you do get more minutes, a total of 62.5 minutes (at 24p per minute) to be precise. If we were to use the current rates on the old plan, we would get a balance of £27.68 (calculated (8p * 217 text) + (43 minutes * 24p)). A loss of £12.68 balance. Which in turn for them is a lower cost of operating their business.
Continue reading Blyk Offers More Freedom, But At A Price
Google Chrome gains a bookmark manager.
Google SearchWiki Launched
Google Maps Has a New Interface
Lively Will Be Discontinued
YouTube Experimenting With 720p HD Video and Now At 16:9 Aspect Ratio
Google Chrome is a browser that combines a minimal design with sophisticated technology to make the web faster, safer, and easier.
The browser uses WebKit as the rendering engine and has Gears integrated into it.
A word of advice, it looks much better on Windows Vista and when it is maximised. You might also want to enable the Home button and keep the bookmarks toolbar visible at all times.
Like this:
One thing I absolutely hate is when you install the product, it adds a startup entry of GoogleUpdate.exe. So each time your computer starts it runs the exe and it never shuts down. It also does not install in the Programs Folder like normal software programs, but instead at C:\Users\[User]\AppData\Local on Windows Vista.
I know that this is beta software, so this may change when the final product is out, but Google don’t add files or services to our startup list, no matter how small. You don’t see Mozilla Firefox doing that.
Overall, it is a very good web browser, but too simple for my liking. It’s hard to keep lots of bookmarks and it doesn’t support RSS yet, but it is very fast. It is also supposed to be more efficient then other web browsers in the way it handles processes and threads. I would not recommend it for daily use just yet. A lot of sites that use advanced JavaScript functions have problems e.g. the new Facebook, so many features to do work, like joining a new group or deleting a comment.
Read the Comic Book to get a better insight into the ideas and features behind Google Chrome.
View: Comic Book about Google Chrome
Download: Google Chrome (BETA)
Sony Computer Entertainment Europe announced at Games Convention 2008 in Leipzig that the 160GB PLAYSTATION 3 will launch in October/November 2008 in the PAL markets as part of a bundle box including additional PLAYSTATION Network content. It will have the same features as the 80GB PAL PS3 except double the storage.
Other sources have also reported that there will be a 160GB PS3 for North America. This will include Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, PLAYSTATION Network Voucher for PAIN and a DUALSHOCK3 Wireless Controller.
This has come as a complete surprise as the new 80GB PAL PS3 is due to release this Friday (22nd August). Too bad I have already ordered my 80GB PS3. I might have waited for the 160GB version, but then they may have announced another one. You can always change the HDD to a higher capacity one on your own.
Press Release: Europe | North America
Liverpool striker Fernando Torres was Spain’s goal hero, striking after 33 minutes when he cleverly lifted Xavi’s pass over Jens Lehmann.
Spain dominated the final throughout, with Torres heading against the post and Marcos Senna within inches of adding a second after 80 minutes.
Michael Ballack came close for Germany, shooting narrowly wide after the break.
Source: BBC Sport
Final Fixture
Sunday 29 June 2008
Germany vs. Spain at 19:45 GMT
Semi-final Fixtures
Wednesday 25 June 2008
Germany 3 – 2 Turkey at 19:45 GMT
Thursday 26 June 2008
Russia 0 – 3 Spain at 19:45 GMT
Continue reading UEFA Euro 2008 Semi-final Fixtures and Quarter-final Results [Updated]
Mozilla has announced that the final version of Firefox 3 will go public today, Tuesday, June 17, 2008:
After more than 34 months of active development, and with the contributions of thousands, we’re proud to announce that we’re ready. Put on your party hats and get ready to download Firefox 3 — the best web browser, period.
As part of the celebration, design firm Nobox has created a cool new poster that summarizes the robot series headed with the word Victory. You can get a large version of it at Flickr.
For the full details of Firefox 3, check the full review.
Download Day starts at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time for other times see: http://tinyurl.com/4e7fv5. This is 6 p.m. GMT.
Download: Firefox 3
The UEFA EURO 2008 starts on 7th June 2008 (tomorrow) and is going to be the biggest football event this year.
I tried looking on the official UEFA Euro 2008 website and could not find a Excel match schedule and scoresheet like the one from the World Cup 2006 website. So I have found you an unofficial Excel spreadsheet which you can use as a match schedule and scoresheet for the UEFA Euro 2008. All the dates and times should be correct when you adjust them for your time zone.
This template is equipped with formulae that will automatically calculate the group standings of each team, based on Euro 2008 match regulations. When all group matches have been played, the template will automatically put each group winner and runner up in the template and you just simply put the score in the correct score cells. The formula will continue to work until the champion is revealed.
Author: R. Musadya – Exceltemplate.net
Download: Original | Updated Version
View: UEFA Euro 2008 Website [English]
UPDATE: I have uploaded an updated version, with all the results filled in just before the semi-finals. So you don’t have to fill them in yourselves if you were late in getting this spreadsheet.
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