Monthly Archive for December, 2007Page 3 of 3

Why Outlook Express is Dead

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Ryan Jarrett
 on December 4, 2007
 in Google and Misc
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Outlook ExpressLets go back in time to 2001.  Windows XP has not long been released and the general public are buying PCs like there’s no tomorrow.  The world is just waking up to broadband, but take-up is slow and most users are still using dial-up connection.  Internet service providers (ISPs) are numerous and fragmented, each offering different services.  However, they all offer the consumer their own email address.  And this email address is usually set up by the  “setup” program the ISP distributes.  And these setup programs, almost without fail, configured Outlook Express to collect and send mail using this spanking new email address.  Result: one happy end user with a new email address… Continue reading ‘Why Outlook Express is Dead’

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Billie Piper and Catherine Tate fight for the Doctor

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Ryan Jarrett
 on December 1, 2007
 in BBC, Doctor Who and TV
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Catherine Tate as DonnaA report on Digital Spy today suggests that Catherine Tate, who is playing the Doctor’s new companion next year, is not exactly best friends with Billie Piper.

It was confirmed last week that Piper is returning as viewers’ favourite Rose Tyler for 3 episodes in next years fourth series, but any on-screen rivalry may be being mirrored in real life.  An onlooker commented that “you could see from a distance that Billie and Catherine were ice-cool with each other. Catherine just didn’t look happy and Billie was obviously bored.”

It’s possible that they were unhappy and/or bored, but it will interesting to see if this tension comes through on-screen.  And it does at least confirm that Tate and Piper will be sharing screen-time.

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