There is no doubt that the iPhone is an industry changer. I would debate that point with anyone who’d try to deny it. While there are a few new competitors to the market and the Google Android is circling the iPhone wagons, I’d safely say that it will be around for a long time. I love my iPhone by the way!

That said, here’s my Top 10 iWishlist..

Dear Steve Jobs,

1. Tethering should be standard. I find it difficult to believe that Apple can’t enforce it over respective carriers.

2. Radio would be nice.

3. Flash. Steve recently stated that Flash was too proprietary for the iPhone. He also said that it uses up too much battery and processor power. Proprietary? As I said in a recent tweet “POT-KETTLE-BLACK!”. Whatever happened to user choice Steve? And battery? See point 5.

4. Multitasking is badly needed. I believe it’s due out on iPhone 4 but we’ll have to wait and see.

5. Battery is rubbish. Please fix Stevo. I know battery technology hasn’t changed much over the last few years but if anyone can get past this, Apple can. iPhone users have to seek out charging points like smokers do smoking areas. A removable battery might be the only option here.

6. Wireless Synchronisation of iTunes. I shouldn’t have to jailbreak my phone to get this to work.

7. Voice dialling or voice activated functionality. I think Apple is already very far behind in this area. Perhaps, they don’t rate it as an important feature but there are many who see it as a prerequisite.

8. iPDA. At present there are 3 variations of the iPhone family with a 4^th due out this summer. Apple should be looking at getting in the PDA market with different styles of what is essentially the same phone. For example, many have argued that a proper slide-out keyboard or pen/stylus option would draw in a vast new Apple Fanbase.

9. Ok to be honest, at reaching number 9, I’m clutching at straws because everything else I’d be looking for is due out in the next iPhone as far as I’m aware. I’ll add an expansion slot to the list just to fill it. Why did I have to say Top 10!

10. At number Ten, I’m tempted to add the battery again as it’s a real bone of contention with me. I’ll finish up with a simple desire to see Apple open up the iPhone so that developers can create even more cools apps without the strict developer approval process currently imposed. Does Apple really need to control the user app experience?

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The other day I wrote an article to explain what the term Phishing meant. Somewhere in the middle of the piece I figured that it would be a good idea to use an example of a phishing mail that I myself have received in the past. Having received hundreds maybe thousands, I indexed through over 10 years of emails and could not find one single example. Seems I might be too fast with the delete button when it comes to spam.

Then – Not even 24 hours after hitting the ‘Publish’ button, a beauty of one arrived! The example I had been looking for came hurtling through my inbox.The scam claims to come from the Irish Revenue who are telling me I was due a VAT refund of €734.21.  All I had to do was follow the link and claim my long lost hard earned cash.

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What is it? Phishing is the act of sending a fraudulent mail to someone under the disguise of a legitimate name or organisation. The intention is to dupe the recipient of the mail into believing they are accessing a bonifide website when they are in fact unintentionally handing over private and confidential information to cyber criminals.

What does it look like? Most current phishing mails are designed to take you to a fake copy of a well established business. They achieve this by asking you to reset your password or to inform you of new banking services. In other cases, they use their own form of irony; “We suspect someone may have tried to illegally access your online banking account in the past 24 hours. Was this you? Please check your account now. Visit http://www.yourbank.ie and reset your password to protect your account”.  

After clicking on the link, the user is taken to an exact copy of their bank where they begin to enter their online passwords. After a few unsuccessful attempts, the criminals will now have enough information to access your real online bank account. Chances are, they’ll have emptied the real account while you’re still wondering why after 10 years of using the same online password, it has now suddenly decided to not work!

To avoid becoming a victim, only visit a website where you have to enter your login details by typing the address manually.

Update: 12th March 2010. Here is an in-depth article on a phishing scam we recently received.

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In recent weeks, various customers have reported issues with their broadband connections where it can disconnect intermittingly throughout the day. The problem may only even manifest itself on certain days creating huge difficulties in narrowing down its cause. Obviously this creates a huge strain on the working day and we’ve only recently managed to find the cause. We found that peer-to-peer software such as uTorrent, Bitcomet, Bearshare and Limewire have been the primary source of the problem. In all cases, the software was not even in use. This means that simply by having the software on the pc can impact the stability of your network.

There are also different symptoms of having this software installed such as fluctuations in the actual speed of your internet access. Again, this can all occur without even using the software.  The fact that it’s running in the background chewing up bandwidth is one thing but the number of ‘open connections’ it creates are ultimately being persecuted by the Internet Service Provider. For each of the symptoms there are varying fixes, such as patches to the software, tweaks to its configuration and modifications to the port settings on the router. None of which will be suggested here.. The only fix on offer here is to remove the software from your pc.  

Once removed, your network stability will return to normal. For more information regarding this topic, we have posted the solution to I Found A Fix.

I hope you too have Found A Fix.

By donating your used printer cartridges, iPods, digital cameras and mobile phones you can help raise valuable funds for Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Crumlin. Your generous donations will help raise much needed funds for the Children’s Medical and Research Foundation at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Crumlin

What Next? Contact the Appeal online, by phone or by email.

Online: Visit www.recyclingappeal.ie/chatterbox . Enter what you have to be collected, fill in your details and submit.  One of their customer care team will be in touch to arrange a collection.

Phone: Call 1800 933 616 and a member of their team will arrange a collection.

A full list of the items that they can recycle are listed their price list which can be found at www.recyclingappeal.ie.

Email: Contact them at info@recyclingappeal.ie