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Windows 7

Posted in Misc on May 5th, 2009

I downloaded Windows 7 earlier and will install it later on a spare machine.
Here’s a quick summary of where to get it and what you need to know, in the form of a wiki by WIRED magazine.
The best surprise new feature, according to Gizmodo, is the ability to stream one’s media via the web. In [...]

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Another Blasted iPhone Customer

Posted in Misc on Apr 29th, 2009

My Treo 650 has been retired for a month. I finally bought, or rather subscribed to, an iPhone (16Gb 3G, 18 months at £35/month).
Not having the Internet on tap anywhere and everywhere, with an unlimited data plan, is now even more inconceivable than I expected; 3G makes all the difference. I’ll just write off the [...]

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Bluetooth Keyboards Again

Posted in Misc on Mar 18th, 2009

I considered bringing my Ubuntu-powered Asus 1000 netbook on this trip but decided in favour of the much larger Samsung R60+ (which I reviewed here). It runs Vista and Office 2007 and would make working with Microsoft Office documents a bit easier.
A netbook with a long battery life would have been ideal, but only if [...]

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I Didn’t Know I Needed One: A Macbook Wheel

Posted in Misc on Jan 7th, 2009

Of course, I didn’t know I needed a Macbook Wheel. Who did?
The professionalism with which this mildly funny joke is delivered is a little worrying. Still, it makes a welcome change from the tiresome beatification of Mr.Jobs, who, after all, has nothing to offer me this month. I am not convinced that Steve is a [...]

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The e-Magazine I Want

Posted in Misc on Nov 21st, 2008

There’s a Sony shop across the road from Baker Street station, on the the busiest underground stations in central London. A few days ago, as I happened to pass with the boss, I noticed the Sony E-Reader in the window.
Look
I said, and I explained what it was. I don’t recall if I said
Not a chance
before [...]

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