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Rule 1: Don’t Call Your Product “Unbreakable” If It Is Not
Jan 12, 2010 13:36 - 0 Comments
My advice is never give a live demonstration if you can possibly help it and never, never, never claim a property that the product doesn’t actually possess. Advice that Sonim would have done well to have heeded before handing over their “unbreakable” mobile phone to a reporter from the BBC.
The reporter, Dan Simmons, […]
Top tech of 2009
Jan 7, 2010 18:52 - 2 Comments
For the last few years Michael Arrington has been producing a list of the top tech that he has regularly used in each year and I thought this year I would give it a go. So this is the technology that I used day-in, day-out in 2009 and could not do without.
Google Chrome
A lot […]
TweetNotebook
Dec 24, 2009 17:23 - 0 Comments
In what must be one of the greatest acts of egotistical self-indulgence a couple of weeks ago I ordered a TweetNotebook.
For those that aren’t familiar with it the TweetNotebook is a notebook with a random selection of your tweets printed at the bottom of each page and with your Twitter icon printed on the […]
My “other” USB Key
Oct 7, 2009 9:17 - 0 Comments
Following on from yesterdays post the above is what I carried around before the “Key” key.
While it did have the advantage of being credit card sized and so would fit into my pocket and did have some sort of geeky street cred (or so I like to think), it was when I pulled it out […]
USB Key Key
Oct 6, 2009 11:35 - 0 Comments
Yes it looks like an ordinary house key (well if you don’t look too closely) but in fact it is a USB memory stick cleverly disguised to look like a house key.
I don’t often have call for a memory stick these days but when you need one they are invaluable and to have one always […]
FREETALK Everyman USB Headset for Skype
Aug 10, 2009 12:51 - 2 Comments
I have found myself using Skype more and more recently, particularly since some good friends have moved to Australia.
Over the years I have used a number of ways to make Skype calls. I have used the speaker and microphone on my netbook, a VoIPVoice Cyberphone-w handset and a Polycom Communicator.
The laptop only experience is […]
Museum of Computing Re-opening
Jul 2, 2009 11:29 - 0 Comments
Last night I had the privilege to attend the opening of the Museum of Computing based in Swindon. Or should I say re-opening as the museum has actually been closed for a year while looking for new premises. Swindon Council have provided a place right next to the theatre and walking distance from the town […]
Netbook v3
Jun 29, 2009 18:20 - 0 Comments
So I am in the market for a new Netbook (some would ask when am I not in the market for a new gadget). This would be my third, therefore I think that you can safely say that I am a convert to the form factor.
There have already been two iterations of Netbooks. Version 1 […]
UK Folding Plug
Jun 26, 2009 10:50 - 0 Comments
Those people that live in the UK or have ever travelled here will know that we can proudly boast one thing that is bigger than anything offered by the USA and that is our plug – it is huge! If you have travelled with any electrical equipment that requires the UK adaptor then you will […]
Apple iPhone Economics
Jun 12, 2009 8:54 - 0 Comments
So the waiting is finally over the new iPhone has been announced and in a weeks time you could have one in your hands. Come the day of the announcement pretty much everything new about the device had leaked out and so there were little surprises: compass, tethering, video and MMS to name but a […]
