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Assuming the technology doesn’t let us down, IT PRO (more precisely - me) will be live blogging the Steve Jobs keynote.

I’ll be using CoverItLive for this particular challenge, which will also be a first, so fingers crossed.

Assuming we can get a working 3G signal and the CoverItLive platform doesn’t let us down, you’ll be able to read the important details as they happen on the IT PRO web site.

CES 2008 is up and running in Las Vegas. IT PRO has an army of journalists on the ground covering the event for us, but not me, partly becasue I’ve been recovering from a bout of norovirus since New Years Day, but also as I have so much going on n the office that needs my time.

It does mean I’ve been around to do some analysis on the news coming out of the show, or in the case of the Bill Gates keynote, the lack of it. Bit of a shame, would have liked and expected to see Gates use the opportunity to say or show something of consequence. An opportunity squandered.

Anyway - CNBC, video is up, click here or on the image to watch it.

As promised, here is the link to the appearance I did on CNBC Europe on Friday morning to discuss the PlayStation 3 launch. Sadly not featured in the video is the piece I also did beforehand on Oracle threatening to sue SAP for corporate espionage.

You can view the Sony debate by clicking here.

On my way in to work as I type this entry, running late as usual.

Anyway, there’s an interesting ad on the back page of this morning’s Metro. Apparently all Starbucks branches in the UK will be giving away free coffee today between 2-4pm to celebrate “Good Coffee Day”, otherwise known as a Starbucks publicity stunt.

Starbucks are evil (We’ve all seen Austin Powers so we know this is true), but a free cuppa is a free cuppa, and we’ve basically paid for it already by buying overpriced Starbucks coffee in the past.

And Keely, if you are reading this - too much free coffee is bad - m’kay! Hope your week improves.

Good morning

As I finish typing this and make it live, it’s very very early on Tuesday morning, and I’m off out to do the first of three very early media appearances to talk about the real launch (as opposed to that nasty smelly fake launch back in November) of Windows Vista.

Today I’ll be popping up on the following channels:

BBC Radio 5 Live: Wake Up To Money - 5.30-6am
CNBC Europe: Squawk Box - 6.50am
CNN International: 8.15am
Al Jazeera (pre-recorded): some time Tuesday morning

If anyone wants me after this lot, I’ll be curled up in a ball under my desk sleeping

A little pic from the Dennis Christmas Fancy Dress Party earlier this week. The theme was Hollywood. Can you guess who I went as?

This past weekend I paid a visit to my old stomping ground of Farnham, in Surrey.

I lived in Farnham for a little over three years while I was at university (the Surrey Institute, now known as University College of the Creative Arts) and for a short while afterwards. It is a lovely town, but one that struggles to come to terms with itself, being a student town, a well-heeled Surrey residential area and a commuter town (tis but a short and unpleasant train ride from Waterloo).

Anyway, this is only the second time I have been back since I moved, the first being a few years back when I went back to do some media training for Whiteoaks PR (its offices, on West Street, used to be a halls of residence for the Surrey Institute while I was a student there). Not too much has changed in the town – a few new shops, and the Wimpey has gone, but other than that the place is much as I left it. Even the university has not really changed since I left, which is as good thing.

Best of all, my favourite pub, The Barley Mow in nearby Tilford is still going strong, and is as good as ever – we had a smashing lunch there, though due to the rain there was no cricket on the village green that day.

With the launch of Firefox 2 coming soon, a whole movement has spring up to organise and hold launch parties in honour of the best browser on the market.

Sign up for the UK party here - I’ll be there!

Let’s see if we can make the UK party the best-attended party of the lot, after all, we did invent the web!

First up, don’t forget that my friend Ewan Spence is still running his innovative surplus stuff clearing initiative. Send him five pounds and he’ll send you some stuff he won’t be taking to his new digs.

Find out more here.

Next up, more news from Ewan, and it is about his Bafta-nominated Edinburgh Fringe podcast.

This year he is planning daily shows every day of the week (last year he kept Sundays as rest days, but not this year). Ewan has a bit of help for the Sunday show.

To quote Ewan: “The ‘Sunday Funky Supplement’ will be hosted by Stewart Lochhead. In his words, you (and me) are to expect the unexpected as he brings his long experience of working in theatre, radio, and the music business since 1962 to bear on the Fringe.”

There will be some regular guests, lots of banter and of course the best Fringe coverage you will find anywhere.

Find out more here.

Ewan Spence, he of the 2005 iPod Shuffle Shuffle incident, is moving home. Trouble is, his new home is smaller than his current place, which means he needs to get rid of some of his surplus stuff such as gadgets, videos, tapes and so on.

Now when I clear out my unwanted bits and pieces, I usually list it all on eBay, buy Ewan has found a novel solution to get rid of the stuff he can’t fit into his new home.

Send Ewan five pounds via PayPal, and Ewan will send you a load of stuff.

Sinple yet effective. Have a look for yourself here.