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X-Men Origins: Wolverine Trailer


The trailer for the upcoming Wolverine film looks freaking awesome! I’m a big fan of Marvel and the X-Men are my favourite section of the universe and Wolverine is my favourite of all the X-Men. Ever since I was little I’ve been a big fan of Logan’s and he’s been well represented in the 3 previous X-Men films, so this should be even better.

The sheer number of other mutants it features is excellent too…both Gambit AND Deadpool are present as well as Emma Frost and Banshee (although I don’t think the latter two will feature particularly heavily) which sets up a great film if anything does!

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Windows 7 Beta Leaked


A newer, seemingly more reliable version of the Windows 7 beta has been leaked to the internet and is apparently available via BitTorrent. This is version 7000 rather than 6801 so should be more stable.

I haven’t downloaded this, or any previous betas of Windows 7 as I’ve got such high hopes for this new OS, I don’t want to ruin the experience in any way. However a lot of people are running the betas and they only seem to have good things to say…as soon as the official beta is released, I’ll be one of them too 🙂

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Original article can be found over @ Engadget.

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There is an octopus in the Goonies!


I got the Goonies on DVD for Xmas and have spent an enjoyable couple of hours re-watching what is one of my favourite ever films, and a true classic piece of cinema. Not only that but I finally got an answer to one part of the film that has always puzzled me…near the end when the kids escape and are fielding questions from the reporters; Data says “…the part with the Octopus was very scary” and I’ve wondered for years what he was on about.

Now, having watched the DVD deleted scenes in turns out there actually WAS a giant Octopus in it originally! After they’ve all jumped off One-Eyed Willy’s ship-it attacks them in the water and good ol’ Data saves the day 🙂

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Literal Videos Removed


It seems that most of the Literal Videos have been removed from Youtube due to Copyright claims, which is a real shame. It seems that only Tears for Fears are cool enough to leave theirs up…

I don’t really see what the issue is as the videos are affectionate and playful and I think they’ve caused an increase in people listening to those songs and bands as a whole…I know I’ve been rocking out to them a lot more than before.

Hopefully they’ll come back…

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ViaPost-A New Way to Mail


ViaPost allows you to send physical post via your PC, saving money and carbon emissions.

It’s as easy as installing a driveron your Windows machine and printing it using the “Send to ViaPost” option. They’ll print it nearer it’s final location and then stamp it for the final past of it’s journey, apparently reducing overall emissions by 80%…and for a starting price of 27p!

If you can’t install the driver, you can use the ViaPost WebPortal to manually upload documents and mailing lists and there’s also an API for you developers out there 🙂 

This sounds like quite an ingenious idea and I’ll be interested to see how it catches on as it is effectively another type of outsourcing for businesses. This service can save business the time and cost of folding, stuffing and mailing their own invoices, direct mailers etc (something Viapost estimate to cost 50p per letter); however I think a lot of people will be wary of sending anything personal/financial through this channel due to worries around data security-at least initially. The FAQ states:

Security information:
“As soon as you press “Send it ViaPost™” within the ViaPost print driver your letter will be securely encrypted by the software. This means that your letter cannot be read by others whilst in transit and will be printed automatically and securely at the ViaPost print facility closest to the destination address. If you have any questions please email security@viapost.com.”

Perhaps the biggest downside at the minute is that it takes 3 days for a letter to be delivered-which in many cases could be too long. Again from the FAQs:

Why does it take three days?
At the moment, we operate to the following print cycle: Day 0: You send your letter. Day 1: We print your letter. Day 2: We deliver to Royal Mail local office. Day 3: Royal Mail deliver to the door. Our aim will be to print your letter and deliver it to Royal Mail the same day you send it, so it will be delivered by the postman the next day. We hope to soon offer this service for addresses in London, later rolling out to the rest of the country.

Once they can get the letters received, printed and with Royal Mail within a day-that will make it an even more viable alternative to how we do things now.

I saw this over on Steve Clayton’s blog and would like to say I wish his friends all the best in this venture as it could make a real difference!

It’s all based on .NET and is another great example of how Microsoft software can help make new, fresh ideas a reality so Go change the World ViaPost 🙂

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NWA Help the Police


I found this on YouTube today and it’s absolutely brilliant…a dad edited version of NWA’s “Fuck Tha Police” from a BBC3 Sketch show called Rush Hour. Even better, it’s Adam from the Adam & Joe Show…check it out:

…and that Jasper, is more or less how it is in the Hood.

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XP deadline extended (again)


Microsoft have, yet again, given XP a stay of execution.  System builders will now be able to purchase copies of XP up until 30/06/09.

Mary Jo Foley over at ZDnet has some interesting points to make on this though:

This definition of “System Builder” doesn’t include the likes of HP, Dell, Lenovo etc but rather the small “White Box” vendors, the kind who have a shop in town…

Also, this is separate to the deadline for Netbooks-which is 30/06/10 or one year after Windows 7, whichever comes last.

So all in all not a massive announcement in my opinion, but it does seem to show that the demand for XP is still there. I have been a fan of Vista pretty much since it was released and I can’t wait for Windows 7, so I think people really should move off XP where they can. I can see the attraction now that Netbooks are gaining popularity but it seems that people have got Windows 7 working on them without too much of a problem…

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Microsoft OCS 2007 R2 Released


Microsoft OCS 2007 R2 has officially been Released to Manufacturing (RTM’d) as of 19/12/08 so in plenty of time for the Virtual Launch on 13/02/09.

It’s still on course to add a whole host of new features to the OCS platform which will make it even more of a contender in the UC arena.

I really feel that MS OCS 2007 coupled with the Roundtable is a winning combo when it comes to Unified Communications.

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Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerability fix available


Microsoft will release the patch to fix the widely reported issue with Internet Explorer at 6pm GMT today (Wednesday 17/12/08) via http://update.microsoft.com/.

There has been a lot of noise & hype about this in the press, particularly from the BBC, saying that everyone should switch browsers etc. I think there’s been a certain amount of scare-mongering and hysteria surrounding this exploit…but I’m not sure why?

Anyway, it should all be fixed this evening so download the patch and away you go 🙂

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