OutRadio is back - sort of

Years ago, my lover/business partner and I used to run several businesses both offline and online. He used to look after the “real” business whilst I used to take care of our online ventures. For the last three years of our relationship, we saw our online business go from minor hobby interests into serious moneymaking ventures. Even after we broke up, we continued to run the online ventures for a further year before he moved interstate leaving me to run them all.

Juggling the online businesses with my fulltime normal job eventually took its toll on my health and something had to give. The online businesses were too big for one person to manage, yet not big enough to comfortably support employing a person fulltime and still make money. So I made the decision at the time to wind them down, bringing my online business interests to a halt. Thinking back now, I should have kept them going for they were lucrative sites and their potential to be very successful, was pretty high. But, that’s the past.

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I Want My Life Back!

I want my life back! I have come to realise that my life is being run not by me but my browser - Firefox! No, seriously, it is. Everything I practically do on my computer is now being controlled by Firefox, and its now time for me to put my foot down and say “Enough is enough”!

Don’t get me wrong, I love Firefox and I put it on the same level as the invention of toasted bread and sex, love both but one gets to a stage where one moves on.

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US-EU Influence downsliding in the Middle East

The news that Iran is to provide $50million in funds to the Palestinian Government comes as no surprise, nor is the fact the Russia is also financially backing the cash strapped Hamas Government. Further, it comes as no surprise that Israel has started to bomb the northern parts of the Gaza Strip, despite the fact that the Hamas has kept its word and maintained a truce with Israel for over a year now.

With both the USA and the EU withdrawing funds from the Palestinian Government, they have inadvertantly placed themselves in a situation where their influence will continue its downslide in the Middle East.

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The Circus Comes To Town

Oh its nearly that time of year again when the circus comes to town, better known as the Eurovision Song Contest. This year, the Eurovision Song Contest will be held on May 18th to 20th in Athens [Greece] after Helena Paparizou won the 2005 event with “My Number One”.

An institution in its own right, the Eurovision Song Contest not only stretches the concept of “Europe” to include Israel, but also gives their audiences worldwide the opportunity to savour the “best and worst” that Europe has to offer.

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Google's 2020 Plan

One either loves Google or one hates them, and there doesn’t appear to be a middle ground for many people. Ever since Google came onto the internet scene, they have steadily increased their search market share globally, while at the same time launching various products and services as if on an ad hoc basis.

Many have sat there wondering where Google was heading, whether they actually had a plan or whether they were simply “throwing things in the air and seeing what worked”. However, if you look at what they currently offer, their products and services fall into four main categories - entertainment [video, gmail, talk, picasa etc], education [maps, translate, earth etc], office [pack, writely, finance etc] and search [desktop, books, directory etc].

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