Archive for 2009
10 Technologies that changed the Noughties
Looking back at 1999 and the technology we were using it’s amazing to think just how far we’ve come in that time. I had a slow as hell PC with precious little storage and a CD burner back then. For mobile computing I was using a Psion series 5 which was cutting edge at the [...]
What Does Google’s Nexus One Mean For The Phone Industry?
There’s been unprecedented hype over Google’s forthcoming Nexus One, the phone to shake up the mobile industry? I doubt it but it could give Apple some much needed competition. But why is the Google phone getting so much hype, some people have simply described it as any other HTC phone, yes it is built by HTC, but [...]
3 Things To Leave Behind
As we rapidly approach the eve of the new year, it is time to look back upon the past year and… say “thank God that’s over!”
We have of course had a lot of great moments in 2009 and there are surely a lot of things we have enjoyed but there are always somethings that we’d [...]
Netbooks on their way out… official!
It’s still the silly season and the sheer volume of technology stories that are not really to be taken seriously continues unabated. The latest of these is a report by the BBC in which they quote several technology journalists and bloggers who are saying, wait for it, that the pace of technology is moving very [...]
Google Android Conference January 5th & T-Mobile Gearing Up For Google Phone
The evidence is mounting and the date is approaching, it seems the official release of the Google Phone is on the cards. Earlier today Tmonews, a blog that obsessively tracks the movements of T-Mobile, claimed they had tracked internal documents relating to the Google Phone — The Nexus One.
According to the report, T-Mobile are getting [...]
Mobile phone GSM encryption cracked
The BBC has reported that a German computer scientist has cracked and published details of the encryption algorithm used to protect calls using the GSM mobile phone network worldwide.
This means, at its worst, that the private conversations of four billion mobile phone users can be easily listened in on by criminals or even the authorities. [...]
Top Techs to watch in 2010
The year will start as 2009 ended, with the introduction of USB 3 and SATA/600. These boast speeds up to 10x that achievable before. They will really open up hardware, especially removable storage, allowing external hard drives to transfer data at their true speeds. Intel’s new Lightpeak technology could well smash these two however, at [...]
2009 in Review, the Also-Rans
2009 has been a monumental year in internet and communications technology. We’ve had Windows 7 giving us much easier and faster wireless connections, the final ratification of 802.11n wireless, USB 3 and SATA 3 and the rollout of FTTH (Fibre to the home) broadband.
What will 2009 be most remembered for? I’ve been thinking about the [...]
Top 2009 Money Makers- and Duds
2009 offered a great earning year for online entrepreneurs. Personally, I’ve amassed a heftier bounty from the various web initiatives I side-manage than the migraine-inducing brick and mortar business I also nurture. Not everything did well though. A few forays crashed and burned. Here’s what really worked- and what merely wasted my time.
The Good Stuff
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The Number One Way To Amazing Headlines
You blog for a living? Good. Blogging is a surefire way to make a huge pile of money. It can be done while at work. During a coffee break. And even when in your pajamas. Now, every expert blogger worth his salt knows that what makes or breaks his blog is his content. What is [...]
Nexus One Detailed Specs, Available From January 5th
The guys over at Engadget have managed to do it again and get their hands on some detailed specifications of the much anticipated ”Google Phone” known as the Nexus One. The specs make this out to be a very good phone indeed, and Engadget say it will be available from the 5th Of January.
However, according to Engadgets [...]
Microsoft Banned From Selling Office & Word From January 11
Poor Microsoft, they’re getting sued left, right and center by everyone. Small Canadian company i4i, have now decided to have a go at them. In August of this year, the US District court sided against Microsoft over a patent infringement claim made by i4i. Of course Microsoft appealed the decision but yesterday the original ruling was upheld and [...]
Merry Christmas Connected Internet!
This is the one week a year when I will rest on my laurels and allow the excess words I used in 2009 to justify not writing a new piece.
The only technology I am concerned with this week are the gadgets I bought my four year old, all of which utilize either AA or C [...]
Cheap Iphones: Why Do The French Always Have It Best!
The guys in stripes get all the breaks. Besides the Eiffel tower, they sip the best wines. They cut the best beef. They savor the best creme brulee. They even smooch the hottest women on earth. Yesiree, the French have it good and things are going to get even better as Orange announced that [...]
Vodafone UK Selling iPhone From 14 January
Consumers in the UK are finally starting to get a larger choice of networks which the iPhone is available on. After O2’s exclusivity with the iPhone ran out in November, Orange was the next carrier of iPhone. It was also announced the Vodafone and Tesco would be getting the iPhone on it’s network.
Well now Vodafone [...]
New Netbooks Spied At The FCC
As is usual in the tech world, the FCC has yet again yielded the details of unreleased and unannounced gadgets. These are one netbook each by LG and Toshiba. As is required of them, both the companies have applied for the FCC’s approval for their latest netbook models. Not all details are available at the [...]
What I’d Like In Windows 8
Windows 7 deserves applause. The programmers whipped up a super package that nicely trounces Windows XP in terms of performance and security. It’s a worthy upgrade for every system- even Celeron 1GHz with a piddling 1GB of RAM. Amazingly, the golden haired new OS had barely saturated the market, and already there is news of [...]
