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i18n and L10n: 16 - .xxx domain approval

Initial approval has now been give by ICANN for the creation of the .xxx domain.

Author: Matthew Wittering | Published: 2nd July 2010

Initial approval has now been give by ICANN for the creation of the .xxx domain at its recent conference in Brussels. ICANN also know as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is responsible for managing the assignment of domain names and IP addresses for the Internet. Now that ICANN has given initial approval will kick off a fast-track process to get the Top Level Domain set up. Continue


Apple Sells Three Million iPads

My comments on Apple selling Three Million iPads in less than 80 days since its launch on 3rd April and the future of Apple TV.

Author: Matthew Wittering | Published: 22nd June 2010

On the 22nd June Apple announced that they have sold three million iPads since it's launch in April 80 days ago. This really does not surprise me as when I walk through Holborn Underground Station in London I am bombarded with advertisements for the magical tablet. The Apple press release quotes Steve Jobs, Apple CEO as saying: Continue


Trains Good. Zombies Bad.

How my photo was posted on Dvorak Uncensored.

Author: Matthew Wittering | Published: 15th June 2010

So Monday evening when I was waiting at Holborn station in London for the Tube back to Kings Cross when I saw a new Virgin Trains poster. The message is - Don't Go Zombie... Go Virgin Trains. My first reaction was WTF. I then grabbed my iPhone and took the photo which I emailed to John C. Dvorak and Adam Curry thinking they should get some mileage out of this on No Agenda. Continue


Blue Lego

Blue Lego is a song written by John Anealio which puts the Adobe Flash frustrations of iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad users into music.

Author: Matthew Wittering | Published: 8th June 2010

Today I heard this fantastic song 'Blue Lego (Steve Jobs Hates Flash)' by John Anealio on Tech News Today episode 5 with Tom Merritt. Tech News Today is the latest addition to Leo Laporte's TWiT Network. The song is a brilliant summary of the frustrations which users of the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad experience when they arrive at Flash content in the Safari web browser. Instead of a Flash animation they see a blue Lego brick. Continue


Apple Sells Five Million eBooks

Since the 3rd April, Apple has sold 5 Million ebooks in 65 days through the iBookstore across 2 Million iPads.

Author: Matthew Wittering | Published: 8th June 2010

7th June was the first day of Apple's World Wide Developer Conference, WWDC. The conference was kicked by the Steve Jobs Keynote. In the opening of the presentation Steve took the opportunity to report news and achievements. This stage of the proceedings allows Apple to bang their drum at report the progress of their latest and greatest product lines. This year Steve spoke about the progress of iBooks since the launch 65 days previously. Continue


Apple Sells Two Million iPads

My comments on Apple selling Two Million iPads in less than 60 days since its launch on 3rd April.

Author: Matthew Wittering | Published: 7th June 2010

So on the 31st May Apple announced two million iPads had been shipped in less than 60 days since its launch on 3rd April. On the 28th May Apple began shipping the iPad in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK. I went down to the Apple Store on Regents Street in London and experience the iPad Circus. Continue


Will Chome OS be dead on arrival?

For me Chrome OS is secondary or tertiary operating system running on a WiFi enabled device used on the coffee or kitchen table.

Author: Matthew Wittering | Published: 26th May 2010

After reading Android Has Won — Time for Chrome OS to Move Along? by Om Malik I started to wonder - has Chrome OS failed to launch before it has shipped? This may seem to me at any rate a very real possibility because of the momentum Google has built up with hardware partners developing smartphones running Android. I feel that Chrome OS will find it's niche in the market and not be silenced by Android. Continue


Final voyage of Atlantis

At 14:20 EDT on 14 May the Space Shuttle Atlantis departed from the Kennedy Space Center destined for the International Space Station

Author: Matthew Wittering | Published: 17th May 2010

At 14:20 EDT on 14 May the Space Shuttle Atlantis departed from the Kennedy Space Center destined for the International Space Station. STS-132 is Atlantis' 32nd flight and its 11th flight to the space station. I always think that it is fantastic watching any rocket or space plane being launched into space. I think this flight is really made all the more special as it currently will be the final Atlantis flight. Continue


Decoding Voyager 2

NASA JPL Engineers diagnosing an unexpected change in the data sent to Earth by Voyager 2.

Author: Matthew Wittering | Published: 13th May 2010

As you may have gathered I am very much interested in the exploration of space if you have read either 40 Years after Apollo 13 or Apollo 11 Saturn V Launch (HD) Camera E-8. So I was very amused when I found this article on the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory site - Engineers Diagnosing Voyager 2 Data System. Continue


Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg is the first and largest single collection of free electronic books.

Author: Matthew Wittering | Published: 11th May 2010

Recently I have become incredibly interested in electronic books also referred to as ebooks. They are intended as a digital equivalent to physical books. They have however received considerable attention now Amazon and Apple have released consumer reader products with extensive libraries of content for their devices. These two are however not the only sources of books for your new devices. The is a wealth of knowledge and literature available for these devices from the public domain. Continue


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A brief introduction

Matthew WitteringI am a graduate of Lougborough University where I read Computing and Management BSc (Hons) earning a 2:1 classification.

Currently I am working in the Product Team as a Junior Product Manager at Ask Jeeves UK. Continue