Netbooks are the new craze. They are like pogs, beanie babies, and Nintendo Wii… only pocket sized, and with a bit more computing power. Technorati Profile The Sony P series isn’t marketed as a netbook, but a netbook by any other name is… well… a netbook. In this case Sony and their clever marketing team decided to [...]
Friday, January 30, 2009
Smart Tech Rumours are flying that a new smartphone will be launched in the very near future. It would seem that Dell has had it’s tech development teams working on a handset for over a year now, and may be getting ready to push out a range of devices, based around touch-screens and slide-out keyboards. In order [...]
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Just the other day I wrote about what a great notebook computer you can get for under £400, and just this morning I see that my Rss reader is going crazy with news about this high-powered new release in the Toshiba Satellite notebook line. Now, you aren’t going to get this for under £400, but it [...]
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Two of the largest US-based internet providers are rumoured to be ready to roll over and co-operate with the Recording Industry Association of America, who have been demanding tougher action against people suspected of illegal file-sharing of copyrighted films and music. In striking contrast to this, the British government announced today that it would drop [...]
Monday, January 26, 2009
Remember just a few years ago when you couldn’t get a decent laptop for less than £1,000? Nowadays there seems to be plenty of bang for your buck in computers that dip under that once unheard of £500 price range. Not to be outdone, Toshiba comes through with their entry-level model which packs and awful [...]
Monday, January 26, 2009
Being paranoid has it’s benefits: – You’re always prepared for when the men in the black helicopters come to get you at 3am You never trust the emails from the widow of the late DR JOHNSTON MTABE, the Scottish chiropodist, who amassed a £101m fortune which is currently locked in a bank in Nigeria, requiring your assistance And [...]
Friday, January 23, 2009
Apple have reported a rather impressive $1.61bn profit in the last three months of 2008. They reported that between Oct-Dec 2008, they saw revenues of $10.17bn - the first time they’ve broken the $10bn threshold - and up 2% from the same time last year. These figures included $2.6bn worth of iPhone sales, which isn’t bad [...]
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Try saying that after a few sherberts… Depending on how closely you monitor computer and technology news, over the past week or two you may have heard quite a bit about a new piece of malicious software which is doing the rounds. The “Downadup” worm, as it is known, is reported to have infected more than 9 [...]
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
In these troubled times (as if we’re not all sick of that statement), it’s good to see that not every industry is in decline. While car manufactures and mortgage lenders and seeing sales fall through the floor, the computer industry is still seeing an increase. According to market research company Gartner, worldwide shipments of personal computers [...]
Monday, January 19, 2009
Let’s fact the facts: it’s a beast. It looks aggressive, it’s kitted-out to a level you could barely have dreamed of only 18 months ago, it makes a very satisfying humming noise, and it even glows red in the dark (or your choice of any one of 16 different colours). Dell advertise that their XPS 730x Gaming [...]
Friday, January 30, 2009
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