Ian Morris

Ian Morris loves televisions so much he's been banned from wedding chapels in Las Vegas for trying to marry them. When he's not romancing technology, he can be found watching American TV. Ian likes roast potatoes, but he doesn't like digital rights management.

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Wednesday 16 September 2009, 6:24pm

Thanks Vodafone, but what if you're not Ian Morris?

I recently wrote about my abysmal experience with Vodafone. In the comments for the blog, a Vodafone customer service representative called Mat posted, telling me to get in touch if I had any more problems. Well, as nice as it was of Mat to make the offer, what do you do if you're not a journalist on the UK's biggest technology site? Click here for more

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Tuesday 25 August 2009, 3:27pm

So long, Vodafone -- and thanks for nothing

I've been a Vodafone customer for years. I first joined around the turn of the Millennium, when I switched over from what was BT Cellnet. Recently though, I've been thinking Vodafone doesn't offer the best value for money and because there were no new phones on its books that I wanted, I decided I'd give SIM-only a try. Little did I realise how difficult it would be. Click here for more

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Friday 21 August 2009, 11:04am

Peter Mandelson and the £50,000 fines for music downloaders

When you read a story in the Daily Mail, sometimes it's hard to know if it's based in the same universe that the rest of us inhabit. So when I read that Peter Mandelson had proposed a strict new law that could see filesharers subjected to a £50,000 fine, and potentially prison time, I had to double-check with other publications. But it does indeed appear that Mandelson has made the proposals, which could see all sorts of people in some very hot water. Click here for more

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Tuesday 2 June 2009, 4:27pm

Electricity wants me dead

Last week CNET got a little visit from a man who had come to test the electronics in our building. This largely involves walking around with a machine that drives grown men mad with its beeping, making sure that every cable and appliance isn't going to suddenly go all sadistic and kill us with mains electricity. Click here for more

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Friday 22 May 2009, 3:07pm

Time to kill the video star as YouTube jumps the shark

Don't get us wrong: there are plenty of utterly awesome, absolutely hilarious and otherwise brilliant videos on YouTube. The service has some rather spectacular problems, too -- so much so that we're calling Google out. It's time for the search giant to call it a day on the popular video-sharing site. Here's why it should shut up shop. Click here for more

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Friday 15 May 2009, 11:28am

Working from home is the future

I am a geek -- and that means late nights doing geek stuff and a propensity to not wake up when my alarm clocks start their desperate call for my attention every morning. Last night, I watched TV until the small hours, which usually spells disaster in the morning -- but not today, because it's national working from home day. So I am. Click here for more

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Monday 30 March 2009, 5:39pm

Dear Microsoft, where's my sack of cash?

I'm told I'm famous. "At last," I cried, when Rory informed me last week I was an international superstar. "The day I've been waiting for," I bellowed across the office. Luckily, I stopped before telling everyone I was finally getting out of my day-to-day existence and suggesting they should stick their collective heads up a collection of pigs. Click here for more

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Monday 16 March 2009, 12:41pm

The music industry should be paying YouTube

It's almost as if there's some sort of law in music publishing that requires everyone to act like a total idiot. The recent YouTube spat with the Performing Rights Society (PRS) has proved once and for all that those involved in music don't have the first clue what they're doing. Click here for more

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