MPs ‘should get free Blackberrys’

A Labour MP has called for handheld Blackberry computers to be made available – for free – to herself and everyone else with a Commons seat.

Sharon Hodgson, like all other MPs, can borrow a personal digital assistant (PDA) from Parliament’s IT department.

But the gadgets loaned were “not in the same league” as a Blackberry, she said.

On the money you’re on as an MP, you can buy your own fucking phone, thank you very much.

Coming next week – the iPhone Strikes back…

What’s in a name, do you think?

Take, for example, the name ‘Hugo’ – what kind of image does that convey?

I suppose if you’re of a literary bent you might think of the great French author, Victor Hugo, while Sci-Fi fans will think of the Hugo Awards and Hugo Gernsback…

…but popular culture being what it is, I suspect most people (at least those… - Continue Reading...