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The story of Brent Townshend who is going to collect over $55m for the patent that increased modem speeds from 36K to 56K. One patent that proved very worthwhile. Wonder what is bill for legal costs came to? InfoWorld: Analog Devices settles lawsuit over modem technology: December 02, 2003: By : Telecommunications: “lawsuit over modem […]

Wow this is just amazing set myself with a photo weblog herePhlog – geofonesit just took a few minutes. I can now post there direct from my treo.

Lovely story here about Neil Bush (Dubyas younger brother) as detailed in his divorce. Just love how he was to be paid $2million from a Chinese semiconductor company. In questioning by his exs lawyer Brown. You have absolutely no educational background in semiconductors do you?” asked Brown. “That’s correct,” Bush, 48, responded in the March […]

Here is reply from ICSTIS regarding complaints about SMS spam:- Dear Sir or Madam Unsolicited text message marketing I am writing in response to your complaint about unsolicited text messaging. ICSTIS supervises both the content and advertising for premium rate services. ICSTIS develops and applies a Code of Practice to the companies which operate premium […]

Great News – After six months of effort my site is number one and number 2 at google if you type in geoff jones!

Here is a site explaining the UK Air Passenger Duty which they are at pains to point out is not a tax but an excise duty (interesting tautology here, I guess it means that Tony can stand up for lower taxes somehow). The amount is £5 to the EU and Swiss airports where the passenger […]

Ryanair now offering to pay you £1 each way when flying with them. sounds a bit dodgy to me. When I booked St Etienne flight on 14th Nov. 2003 I paid £0.96 for the flights. UK air duty was shown at £10 and airport tax was £10 making a total of £40.96 for two people […]

Started receiving spam sms messages on the new Orange number, asking me to call a premium rate number 090-640-7077 ref BX57FT to claim a £2000 bonus prize. Filed a complaint with the regulator here ICSTIS After visiting this excellent site for grumbling on. 17-11-03 Another spam SMS this time:- URGENT!: Your Mobile No. was awarded […]

Great hotel concept here in Finland, like the idea you get your room code when you do internet booking, price at 30 quid a night is excellent also.Omenahotellit

An ultra quiet PC with no internal fans, just like I’ve been wanting for the domestic enviroment. News