From BBC News

Adobe released a software package, Creative Suite 5, on 12 April which can turn Flash code into iPhone code.
Flash programs are very widely used on the web and many games and videos are created using the software. However, under the new terms and conditions using Creative Suite 5 would lead to an application being rejected.

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I have watched the debate over ebooks, publishing rights, drm, the death of ‘proper’ books for quite a while now. There’s an opinion or two out there as to what should be done to protect the publisher’s author’s rights. I firmly believe that creators of work should gain a fair remuneration from it. That, however, is not what I want to put forward today.

I love books, have done from a very early age, and read and re-read favourites til they are falling to pieces (Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy trilogy is about due for yet another replacement) so to get them as ebooks alongside the dead tree version would be perfect. But why would I buy both when the ebook is often a similar price to the physical copy?

Why should I have to choose?

Publishers should possibly look into the idea of offering those who buy a paper-based book the opportunity to download an e-version for a nominal sum. I know I would happily pay a pound or two extra to get both. That way I could sit down by the fire with my book when it’s cold and rainy outside or I could take my preferred eReader (Sony for me) out and about knowing if I did finish what I was reading I could easily find something else in my electronic library to keep me going until I got home. You should have seen the pile of books I took to the US a few years ago - bet they could have added another passenger on the plane if I had left them at home!

I love the feel and smell of physical books, I love the cover art, I love having a library of books that I can peruse - but I also love technology and the ability to have a library in my handbag.

So, come on publishers - be brave, be innovative and be my friend forever.

I have a lovely pink Asus Eee 4GB Surf. It currently has XP installed on it and worked very well for a while. However, recently I keep getting messages about low disk space and everything is feeling a bit more sluggish than usual.

I am therefore in the market for a new OS. I like to write & surf on my Eee but do very little else. My main requirements are that it works with a 3G dongle (from 3) and that it can run MS OneNote - under WINE if necessary.

So, do I go for the latest Ubuntu or is there another, possibly better, option out there? BTW - I have a 16GB SD card in there for storing all docs etc.

Answers below pretty please with sugar on top…

I’m off to see a concert in Liverpool this July. The gig’s at the Liverpool Empire which is just next to Lime Street train station - ideal I thought. Train there and return home after the concert. Alas it was not to be. Read more

I swear - I’ve found a new gadget that has done just that! Read more

My hubby was his usual wonderful self this Christmas - he bought me a Sony Reader. Read more

…I’ve been busy all day and have to go and tackle the washing up

Anyway, I went into the Vodafone shop to ask about the Blackberry Storm. They kindly let me play on a live one. Boy, I know what’s on my shiny new next gadget list.

I must say though, the Sony Xperia did look cool too but I looking for good email access more than anything.

It’s getting around to that time again - my phone contract is up. Seeing as I am now a business owner I am looking more for an office help than a multimedia device. I have had a Nokia N95 for around 18 months and absolutely love it. In fact my contract was up back in July but I decided to keep my phone and get a cheaper contract. Read more

The BBC ran a news story about an iPhone advert that has attracted some complaints. Read more

I’ve been chasing kids and cats lately - less than two weeks before relative sanity can return and we think we’ve stopped our naughty Bengal escaping through the hedge into next door’s garden (the garden with the rottweiler in it!). Thanks to the efforts of my parents I now have a greenhouse ready for growing my own veggies etc and will be spending time pottering over the winter lol. Read more