From Adam Maguire:
The BBC have announced plans to cut a number of services with the main focus being on the closure of 6 Music and the Asian Network, two DAB stations run by the corporation.
The official reasoning is to refocus funding on the BBC’s core functions and create better quality news and programming, while the [...]

From TechWire:
Walk into any big Irish electronics store: chances are it'll be dominated by Samsung, Sony, Canon or LG.
Panasonic doesn't seem to be on the radar with the punters of Power City. Perhaps this is because its stuff is pretty high-end.
Nevertheless, I've had a good root through the stuff Panasonic will be launching on the [...]

From TechWire:
I had this amazing smartphone for a fortnight.
In that time, I loved some things about it (its 4.3 inch screen, its slim design, its speed and its Sense user-interface). I was less enthused about one or two features, mainly that its operating system still lacks the fluency of iPhone and Android. It's available from [...]

From TechWire:
Nope. That'll be HTC's HD2.
This Sunday, I'll have a lengthy, hands-on review of what is undoubtedly the finest Windows Mobile smartphone ever made. And yes, that statement does come with a huge caveat. And yes, that caveat is that Windows Mobile devices have sucked for the past five years.
In a nutshell, here's [...]

From TechWire:
It's been a long time coming, but O2 has finally moved to allow its iPhone customers use their iPhones as broadband modems for their laptops.

You can simply pair the devices using Bluetooth or an iPhone dock.
Naturally, this doesn't apply to all IPhone plans (no pre-pay customers need apply, for example). And even for O2 [...]

From TechWire:
Gizmodo (and numerous others) report on iSuppli's analysis of the iPad's manufacturing cost, based on the breakdown of its physical components. Its conclusion: Apple will make super-profits on the device. Here's the chart as reproduced by Gizmodo.

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From TechWire:
Nokia's much-anticipated N900 just landed on my desk.
Why much-anticipated? Because it's the first high-end Nokia since forever to use a non-Symbian operating system. The 'new' system is a Linux flavour called Maemo. No review here yet, or even first impressions, as I've yet to charge it…

As far as I know, it's not yet supported [...]

From TechWire:
This has been doing the rounds for the past couple of weeks. But it's really worth looking at for anyone who missed it.

Charlie Brooker's Newswipe is on BBC 4 on Thursday nights.
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From Adam Maguire:
My latest technology piece in Business & Finance has a different ending than usual – it has a link to an mp3 of the interview with Minister Conor Lenihan, conducted for the article itself (which can be found here – although be warned it’s quite long).
Opening up the process of journalism and giving [...]

From Adam Maguire:
I’ll be on RTÉ’s Campaign Daily this afternoon to talk about local and European election candidates using the internet as part of their campaigns.
If I’m not mistaken, I’ll be there with Damien Mulley.
You can catch it live on the website, on your TV (assuming you’re in Ireland) or on the RTÉ Player later [...]