One evening, while thinking I was being funny, I said to my wife “Perhaps we should start washing your clothes in Slim Fast. Maybe it would take an inch or 2 off of your butt!”!
My wife was not amused, and decided that she simply couldn’t let such a comment go unrewarded.
The [...]

Buffalo Japan has introduced a solar powered wireless keyboard. It has a little adjustable solar panel above the num pad which provides the power. It does of course have an option to run on batteries as well. The keyboard has 17 hot keys, operates in the usual 2.4 Ghz frequency and has a range of [...]

I was barely sitting down when I heard a voice from the other stall saying: ‘Hi, how are you?’
I’m not the type to start a conversation in the men’s restroom, but I don’t know what got into me, so I answered, somewhat embarrassed, ‘Doin’ just fine.’
And the other guy says: ‘So what are you up [...]

The Government has unveiled a next-generation network (NGN) plan that will see €435m pumped into a nationwide fibre-optic network, with state-owned fibre technology being utilised and broadband made universal by 2010.
The plan, unveiled today by the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Eamon Ryan TD (pictured), will make use of significant dark fibre networks [...]

Yep yet another increase. The European Central Bank has raised its key lending rate by a quarter-point to 4.25%.
Banks and building societies are expected to pass the rate increase on to mortgage holders in the weeks ahead.
The increase was flagged by the President of the European Central Bank last month and comes after heightened concerns [...]

Dublin-based Delphi Technologies has been acquired by US firm SunGard for an undisclosed sum.
Under the deal, Delphi, which provides consulting and managed professional services to the telecoms and financial services sectors, will become part of SunGard’s European consulting business. Financial details were not revealed but reports suggest the Irish firm is worth around EUR20 million.
Delphi [...]

Eircom has signed a EUR10 million deal with Tesco Ireland that will see the telecoms firm roll out a next-generation network for the retailer.
As part of the five-year deal Eircom will implement the next-generation network, which is based on its MPLS (multi protocol label switching) platform — Business IP — across Tesco’s 110 retail and [...]