Filed in archive Wireless
by Elwyn Jenkins on September 14, 2007
With the production of routers capable of using the new faster 802.11n protocol mean that in office settings we will no longer need to connect to the local network tethered to a wire ethernet system?...
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The best thing about Web 2.0 is the idea that we can use services on the web with just a browser. In fact, this seems to be rather pedestrian now. Just about any software is available as a service...
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Filed in archive News
by Elwyn Jenkins on September 13, 2007
Have you been tempted to change the operating system on your PC or Laptop? Did your computer or laptop come with windows of some flavour and you changed it to a Linux distribution? Chances are that...
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The Nokia N800 Internet Tablet has now been around for a few months since its January 2007 release. Although not yet available in the US it is available in Europe and Australia right now. Every...
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Filed in archive Software
by Elwyn Jenkins on September 11, 2007
Microsoft is getting really heavy handed these days. This week Microsoft sent emails to a Windows Vista distributor indicating that Microsoft has now turned on worldwide a system that identifies...
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Filed in archive Software
by Elwyn Jenkins on September 11, 2007
If you are still using software on your laptop or PC chances are that you are using Microsoft Word and/or all of the Microsoft Office programs, Excel, Powerpoint, etc. There is a slim chance that you...
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Search Google using the term "messy desk" and Google will serve you up as the first result three image results - the pictures shown in this article. Amusing as this may seem, that Google...
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Filed in archive Hardware
by Elwyn Jenkins on September 10, 2007
A few days ago I posted an article titled "What's Wrong with Li-ion Batteries?" Here I bring a follow-up to that article. From experience I find that very few people really do understand...
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Filed in archive Hardware
by Elwyn Jenkins on September 10, 2007
When you think you have seen just about every electronic toy there comes a new one. How about Video Eyewear - a set of "glasses" that displays video. The Icuiti DV920 is an all-digital (VGA...
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Filed in archive Wireless
by Elwyn Jenkins on September 09, 2007
Since 2003 there have been many promises of wi-fi enabling trains. Virgin in 2003 promised that by the end of that year passenger trains would be wi-fi enabled. In 2004 many other British travelers...
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Filed in archive Wireless
by Elwyn Jenkins on September 07, 2007
If you are looking for a new wireless mouse - a must have in my book - you should look at Logitech's newest and best wireless mouse. The tiny USB receiver that comes with the mouse is tiny -...
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Filed in archive Hardware
by Elwyn Jenkins on September 07, 2007
Recently the recall of Li-ion Batteries from Nokia has brought to our attention the fact that li-ion batteries might not be as safe as we would really want. Recently I reported the fact that Dell...
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Everyone is gasping at the new iPod range which includes the iPod Touch — an iPhone look-alike that is an iPod and not a phone. But many are asking if that is really what they want. Opponents to...
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Filed in archive News
by Elwyn Jenkins on September 05, 2007
If you telecommute you might like to build yourself a robot as did Ivan Bowman. While Ivan had permission from his employers to live 1,350 miles away from his desk at work, they had not prepared for...
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TechSmith's SnagIt - the world's most popular screen capture software- allow users to capture, edit and share any image, including scrolling windows, objects, menus, video, text, and Web...
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Online Storage services vary considerably. There are the really open storage services that enable you to access your files through using any browser, or there are those services that use a proprietary...
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Bloggers have noted that Google has just about every online collaboration service except a wiki. Back in October 2006 this was noted by Alessandro Vernet in "What Google Didn't Do: A...
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Filed in archive Hardware
by Elwyn Jenkins on September 03, 2007
The humble "escape" key is one of those keys that we do not really think about much. While we may smile at the picture of an "escape key" it has been a vital key to get out of...
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Now you can charge your phone, or any other small appliance, like your PDA, MP3 player and the like completely wirelessly. The Solio Universal Hybrid Solar Charger can be used to charge most any...
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