Archive for April, 2010

Who owns the most servers ? ANSWER:- GOOGLE !

Posted: 30th April 2010 by Paul in Google
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It’s incredible when you think about it. Google, own an estimated 2% of the worlds servers within their data centres. This is more impressive when you realise that Google manufacture all their own hardware.

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Gordon Brown meeting Gillian Duffy in Rochdale. As a person living in Rochdale, not sure if this is the type of coverage we need in our lovely borough !

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Microsoft have lost a staggering $710+ million in the first three months of this year on it’s Online Services Division, such as MSN, Bing, and Live@Edu etc. That’s a massive $2.8 billion loss annual run rate. The chart shows quarterly loses since 2005, the last time Microsoft’s online operations made money. Take a look at [...]

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Got a complete beasting this morning at Karate. Sensei Dervish had all the brown belts performing an intensitive workout. None stop, punches, kicks and then kata needed a blast of oxygen after. Guess that’s what the mock black belt grading in May is going to be like. Need to think about doing some form of cardio [...]

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http://tech.uk.msn.com/news/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=153129238 Microsoft unveils Docs for Facebook tech.uk.msn.com Microsoft unveils Docs for Facebook – Microsoft unveils Docs for Facebook – MSN Tech & Gadgets brings you breaking news on the latest technology issues.

Nice game of Golf !

Posted: 22nd April 2010 by Paul in Golf
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Had a great game of Golf with my dad and Mike at Castlehawk in Rochdale. Did the whole 18 holes in 100 (par 55), would have been much better but had a few lost balls. I think some of them got stolen by some strange bloke hunting for lost balls.   Mike has a terrible game, [...]

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Finally worked out that the Google Maps SATNAV feature is a back-end upgrade, so no need to download a new version on your phone. Simply run Google Maps on your Android, I’m running Maps version 4.1.1, on Android 1.6, plot a route and then select navigate simple ! Check out the video at the follow URL http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1602236/google-maps-navigation-video

Google adds SATNAV to Google Maps on Android

Posted: 21st April 2010 by Paul in Google
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I was excited last year when I heard that Google had added SATNAV to Google Maps on the Android. However that excitement soon disappeared when I found out that this release was only available within the US, so it’s good to hear that it’s now here. According to Google new Google Maps Navigation brings all [...]

Welcome

Posted: 21st April 2010 by Paul in Uncategorized
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Well I thought it was about time I did something with the paulrlees.com domain I purchased over 2 years ago. Everybody on the planet is blogging, so I guess it’s time I joined the revolution.