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My MacBook Pro Experience - Day 1

Through the TalkBack section of this blog a number of people have mentioned that it would be interesting to read a Windows users take on the Mac OS X. Well, thanks to Apples PR department I have the opportunity to do just that. Today I took delievery of...

Tags: Apple, Gadgets, Mac, Notebooks, Hardware, Apple MacBook, Apple Macintosh

Blog posts 2007-01-11

Holiday gifts roundup

I love this time of year. Not just because I have new set of toys to play with but because other people are starting to write and post reviews of the gadgets that they got over the Holidays. One thing which has increased over the past few days...

Tags: Gadgets, Thoughts, Ive, Apple iPod

Blog posts 2006-12-27

One Laptop Per Child user interface - In pictures

The other day I downloaded a VMware image of the One Laptop Per Child OLPC so I could have a play with it and I have to say that Im pretty impressed with what Im seeing (youll need the free VMware Player to view this unless you have a full...

Tags: Instant messaging, IM, VMware Inc., One Laptop per Child

Blog posts 2006-11-22

Additional Resources

Linux laptops see 4x returns compared to Windows

Do people who pay $299 to $399 for a Linux notebook suffer greater levels of buyer's remorse compared to those buying Windows machines? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Linux Laptop, Operating System, Laptop Computer, Linux, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Welcome to the Data Cloud ?

‘The Cloud' is increasingly prevalent in tech conversation these days. Stalwarts of the space such as Amazon and Salesforce go from strength to strength, whilst titans of an earlier model such as Larry Ellison and even Steve Ballmer now seek to appropriate the meme. New blogs like CloudAve play a...

Tags: Web, Data, UKOLN, Channel Management, Internet, Semantic Web, Cloud Computing, Marketing, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-06

A Consumer Electronics Carol

I recently received a promotional email from a large Internet-based retailer that shall for the moment remain nameless (cough! Amaz-ahem!)  As I was considered to be a high-volume "Prime" customer, this online retailer wanted to offer me a 30-day trial of their their premier store-branded consumer...

Tags: Retail Company, Retail, Consumer Electronics, E-books, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-10-06

News to know: Green PCs, IT; IBM; Nokia; Apple

 Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: IBM launches beta of 'Bluehouse,' eyes Cisco's WebEx Matthew Miller: First impressions of the Nokia N96. Gallery right. Mary Jo...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., PC, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, IBM Corp., Podcasts, Linux, Internet, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2008-10-06

SEC investigating fake Steve Jobs heart attack story

A fake story that appeared on CNN's iReport site which claimed that Apple CEO Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack is being investigated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Steve Jobs, Stock Price, Stock, SEC, Apple Inc., Investment, Finance, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-10-04

Apple shares fall below $100 ... again

Apple shares fall below $100 ... againfor those who bring up stock prices when comparing Mac and PCso we all know (because we've been told by apple fans ) that apple products are better than Microsoft products because apple share prices have gone up and Microsoft's haven't. considering that in...

Tags: Investment, Financial accounting, Supply chain management (SCM), Apple stock, Apple Inc., stock, heart attack story

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

Apple shares fall below $100 ... again

Following the fake story that Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack shares in Apple temporarily dipped below the $100 mark (this happened at between 9.00am and 10.00am EDT) but quickly recovered. However, Apple shares have dipped below $100 for the second time today. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Stock, Apple Inc., Investment, Finance, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-10-03

Fake Steve Jobs heart attack story pushes stock price below $100

News that Steve Jobs had suffered a heart attack which later turned out to be false pushed the company's stock price to under $100. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Steve Jobs, Chest, Stock Price, Stock, Heart Attack, Investment, Financial Accounting, Finance, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-10-03

Put your PC on an energy diet!

Put your PC on an energy diet!The wonders of USB and Firewire...Almost all of my new "toys" are either USB or Firewire; I don't know how much power these things draw when they're not in active use, but the really infrequently used ones can at least be hot-plugged on demand.But...

Tags: Desktops, Network technology, PC, chip, CPU, USB

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

Put your PC on an energy diet!

With soaring energy prices people are concerned about how much electricity their gadgets are consuming. Go green by saving dollars and the environment by putting your PC on an energy diet! by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: PC, Energy Saving, Desktops, Hardware, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-10-03

Apple: Perhaps it needs the enterprise after all

Apple: Perhaps it needs the enterprise after allThe 35% of Fortune 500 companies......testing the iPhone means "35% of IT departments doing their damn jobs by testing a competing product before coming to the realisation that it isn't as good as their current solution".As for Apple getting a foothold in mainstream...

Tags: SMB/SME, Apple Inc., small and medium business, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

Nintendo DSi

A quick look at the Nintendo DSi games console. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Nintendo Co. Ltd., Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, games, nintendo, dsi, console

Image galleries 2008-10-03

Gadget nostalgia: Five things I had and five things I have now

Gadget nostalgia: Five things I had and five things I have nowRE: Gadget nostalgia: Five things I had and five things I have nowMy friend, you are correct. Kudos to you, and thanks for the heads-up.I think the slash in the C:/ prompt is backwards...C: instead of C:/ in PC...

Tags: Keyboards, nostalgia, Gadget nostalgia, C:","ZDDF.DT.29.52609

Discussion threads 2008-10-02

Gadget nostalgia: Five things I had and five things I have now

I was quite inspired by fellow ZDNet blogger Matthew Miller's post listing every mobile device he's had over the years (86 and counting, my friend!). Though my memory isn't as robust as Matt's, I thought I'd compile a list of my own ghost gadgets of the past, comparing them with...

Tags: Motorola Razr, Phone, Logitech, Intel Core 2 Duo, Camera, Computer, Motorola Inc., Processors, Telecom & Utilities, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-10-02

Toshiba: Feel free to trade in more gadgets. Lots more.

Toshiba: Feel free to trade in more gadgets. Lots more.Dealtree partnerHave past experience with Dealtree. Be very careful, as they have a bad habit of lowering the value of your trade on everything. Traded in 3 desktop systems plus a LCD monitor and they devalued every one of them by...

Tags: Monitors & displays, Desktops, Feel Free, Toshiba Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-02

Android sucks oxygen from mobile broadband room

Android sucks oxygen from mobile broadband roomany other Carriers?So Far it's only T-Mobile. There's all this hype, and I don't work/live in a major city. T-Mobile has the fewest towers in the country and is barely rolling out their G3 network to the major metropolitan areas. ...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, mobile broadband, mobile, oxygen, Qt Extended, OpenMoko, phone, open source

Discussion threads 2008-10-02

Nintendo takes a shot at Apple and Sony with the DSi

Nintendo has confirmed that it will begin selling an updated version it its handheld DS games console in Japan on November 1st - the bad news is that everyone else will have to wait until 2009. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Sony Corp., Nintendo Co. Ltd., Apple Inc., Games, Keyboards, Personal Technology, Hardware, Peripherals, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-10-02