Microsoft announced pricing for it’s new Surface device this week. Essentially, it’s a tablet, but some versions ship with a touch cover, which serves as a cover and as a keyboard. While it’s been possible to buy a bluetooth keyboard … Continue reading
I’m somewhat disorganised. Left to my own devices, I’d probably get hopelessly lost, starve or forget to breathe. Fortunately my phone does a sterling job of reminding me about appointments, storing contact details, and keeping me in contact via email. … Continue reading
They say an entrepreneur is someone who works for themselves 16 hours a day, so that they don’t have to work 8 hours a day for someone else. There’s a certain amount of truth to that, I think. While we … Continue reading
According to The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, literacy is a basic human right. I would suggest that computer literacy should also be a basic human right, yet it seems that many of the old and the poor lack … Continue reading
The internet is supposed to be agnostic of location, but that isn’t really the case. We know that the governments of many nations want to censor what their citizens see, and monitor what they do when online. We don’t even … Continue reading
Microsoft has been the tech world’s whipping boy for many years now, portrayed as an archaic behemoth, making products that no-one wants. When Microsoft failed to recognise what a game changer the internet would be in the mid 90s, they … Continue reading
2012 should be an interesting year in technology. Here are some predictions about what might be coming down the line: Google takes over the world Google has exhibited megalomaniac tendencies for years, and its dominance has crept up on us … Continue reading
We live in strange times. Thirty years ago, we could put a man on the moon or fly from London to New York on a commercial flight in a couple of hours. We no longer have the capacity to do … Continue reading
Christmas is coming, and it’s high time you started considering the perfect gift for the technophile in your life. Gadget freaks have never had it so good. For the last couples of years smartphones and tablets have had us foaming … Continue reading
If you want to learn how to drive, you’ll need to pay for lessons from a professional and then pass a test. Yet, you can walk into a shop and buy a computer without needing to demonstrate competence. I’m not … Continue reading