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Cyprus loses to Italy in stopage time 1 - 2

From uefa.com: “The Udinese Calcio striker scored an early opener and a late winner for Marcello Lippi’s side, who struggled to cope with Cyprus throughout this Group 8 encounter following Efstathios Aloneftis’s equaliser. The Azzurri also lost Alessandro Gamberini and Fabio Grosso to serious-looking injuries in the opening 20 minutes”. read more..

Google Chrome vs. everybody else - part 2

One thing I do not like about the Chrome is that they have combined the search bar and address bar into one. Supposedly, this was to make things simpler. I need to have, though, a drop-down address field available. If I need to revisit a site I can simply select the address from the drop-down, instead read more..

World Cup 2010 - Cyprus vs. Italy

The 2010 World Cup preliminary games are underway and Cyprus will be hosting Italy this coming Saturday, with the World Cup holders calling some of their big stars for the game. Below is the Italian side’s call-up list. Goalkeepers: Marco Amelia (Palermo), Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Morgan De Sanctis (Galatasaray) Defenders: Andrea Barzagli (Wolfsburg), Fabio Cannavaro (Real Madrid), read more..

Google Chrome vs. everyone else

The web is literally full of articles on Google’s new browser Chrome. The web community has greeted the new browser as a new benchmark that other browsers have to reach in order to keep up in the browser game.  To be honest, I have not seen dramatic speed improvements while browsing with Chrome, as posted on read more..

iPhone 3G unlocked?

From CNET: “Despite the best efforts of Apple and AT&T, it appears that the latest version of the iPhone has been unlocked via the same method as used on the original iPhone. A Brazilian blog, TechGuru, posted the first report of it. Gizmodo checked it out, and said the method involves using a special SIM card read more..

Palm Treo 800w

Palm has released a new Treo model, 800w. The device is loaded with Wi-Fi (802.11b/g, 802.1x (EAP-PEAP, EAP-TLS and EAP-TTLS), built-in GPS, Bluetooth, 2.0 megapixel camera, a micro USB port and it runs on Windows Mobile. The phone is available on Sprint’s network for now, with no dates for a European realease being announced yet. read more..

Summer 2008 - vacation time is near

Can you tell that we are getting in vacation mode? I hope you have arranged your vacation plans; there many places to visit, both in Cyprus and abroad and many things to do, so enjoy!

Tour de France 2008

Tour de France 2008 is in full swing these days, until the 27th of July. It is always an exciting tour and year after year it seems to offer to its fans all the thrills they want out of cycling. For your daily Tour de France fix you can go to the tour’s website from where read more..

Cavo Paradiso Radio - summer 2008

If you like your share of dance/electronic music and if you like Cavo Paradiso and the music played by some of the world’s best dj’s there, then this is for you. Cavo Paradiso Radio of the famous Mykonian club is 24/7 on the internet and you can tune in any time, where you can listen to read more..

iPhone 3G - available this coming Friday, 11th July

The new iPhone 3G will be available this coming Friday at 8 a.m. According to Apple’s website (US) it will be available from Apple’s retail stores, as well as from AT&T outlets; Apple’s partner in the iPhone era. If you click on the Apple site’s country settings now, you can also see that the iPhone will read more..

maRia aRistidou - Haute Couture Paris 2008

Here is a video clip from the latest work of maRia aRistidou, showcased in Paris last week for the Autumn/Winter Collection 2008-09. The fashion show was held at Salons des Miroirs, 13 passage Jouffroy, Paris on July 1st during the  Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week. Photos from the event can be seen at www.FashionJob.se. read more..

Opera 9.51- beautifully engineered

Maxthon is long gone (well from today). It started acting up and being slow (even though I haven’t installed any plug-ins lately or anything like that). So I decided to switch to Opera 9.51, which is the latest version of the Opera web browser. One word describes it best; fast! Way faster than Maxthon. And in read more..