So, its finally here … I am the proud owner of an apple ipad, which will be launched in the UK sometime in June. I don’t really want to do a full and comprehensive review here, but I do want to give my first thoughts, so here goes: 1. Its sleek, beautiful, and looks amazing [...]
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The Big Switch – Cloud Computing
January 6th, 2010
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I have been reading “The Big Switch” by Nicholas Carr recently, and felt compelled to blog about it. I usually stay away from books about computers (!!), mainly because they often get quite technical and therefore bland, and also because they are so quickly out of date. The books I mainly read are business books, [...]
Lenovo Keyboard – Spot the Issue …
December 14th, 2009
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So … thought this would make you smile. I have been using my laptop, a Lenovo T61 Thinkpad for about 18 months now, and I was thinking to myself the other day “What a good laptop is has been”. It’s sturdy, fast, has great power (5 hours with the extra battery bay) and has been [...]
Google Wave Invites
November 18th, 2009
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Google wave has been on our radar for some while now since we saw the video preview .. this is the abridged version for those of you who have better things to do than spend 1hr 20mins watching the full version! The good new this week is that Pete has managed to get us all [...]
Windows 7 — Impressive
November 14th, 2009
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Every year or so I reformat my laptop, reinstall the operating system and then put all my apps back on. This clears out all the rubbish, and keeps my laptop running at peak performance. This time around, because Pete who works with me has been going on about how good Windows 7 is I thought [...]
