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  • What do you share with who? Web 2.0 is slowly being locked down.

    I often go through phases of using different social networks to update different people in what’s going on and chat to friends and colleagues. Each of my main networks (twitter, facebook, instagram, Flickr, Google+) is used by different groups of people in different ways, and it’s partly this that gets me active on one and…

  • Essential iPad apps

    It seems a tradition for anyone with a blog and an iPad to list their “essential” apps, so here’s mine. Accuweather – Is it still raining outside and you hadn’t noticed? http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/accuweather-free-for-ipad/id364616869  Adobe Ideas – Sketching app that also works with other documents for annotation. http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/adobe-ideas-1-0-for-ipad/id364617858 Adobe Photoshop Express – Simple photo editor http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/adobe-photoshop-express/id331975235 Amazon –…

  • How tech giants deal with dissent.

    A few weeks ago I saw this peice on The Register about an Apple employee who was fired as a result of privately making derogatory comments about Apple’s brand and products on his Facebook wall. His undoing was that not all his “friends” were friends, and one printed off the comments and showed them to…

  • How to build a Hackintosh Mini for under £500

    The nice guys at life hacker have put together a DIY guide on how to build yourself a Mac Mini for under $600 lifehacker.com/5815715/how-to-build-a-hackintosh-mini-for-less-than-600 I’ve done a bit of research in sourcing the same parts (mostly from Amazon, once piece from Scan) to see what the equivalent machine could cost over here. My list comes in at…

  • New passwords

    I had to call a support team today for a system I access which kept locking me out. SUPPORT: I need to reset your password for the next 48 hours. ME: OK. SUPPORT: Can I reset your password to “password1” ME: That’s not very secure is it? How about the name of a fruit? SUPPORT:…

  • LG.Philips LCD Teases World With A4 Color Electronic Paper

    “LG.Philips LCD keeps teasing the world with dream display products that will not reach the mass market until sometime in the next decade.” More at: gizmodo.com

  • Skynet 5A communications platform now assisting UK forces

    “While military installations worldwide have been pondering the launch of various communications satellites, Paradigm Secure Communications’ Skynet 5A has not only been already deployed, but it’s busy workin’ on the weekends as well.” More at: www.engadget.com

  • Computer saves shredded Stasi files

    If you’ve seen “The Lives of Others” recently… “East German historians have employed the help of a computer program to reconstruct 16,000 sacks of shredded paper that once documented the snooping of the Stasi police. The job was previously done by hand, with a team of 30 workers piecing together 350 sacks of shreds since 1991, The Guardian reports. The team estimated…

  • Cushion Control pillows redefine button-mashing

    While most remotes that show up on Engadget are decidedly on the geeky tip, the designers of the Cushion Control remote pillows don’t care about all that macro and touchscreen nonsense. More at: www.engadget.com/2007/04/20/cushion-control-pillows-redefine-button-mashing/ 

  • The 2012 Olympics: how's it shaping up?

    “According to The Sun, there are actually a few blokes down there somewhere giving it some stick with a bulldozer, so we’ll just have to wait for the next Google Earth update to see just what they’ve been up to. In the meantime, here’s the same area as seen in this handy .kmz overlay from…