I actually don’t use a cell phone more than twice a month. Cell phones limit my sense of freedom and so I only take calls when I am seated in my office, and in that case I don’t need a cell phone… Skype is sufficient. Part of me feels a little self-righteous because I hear [...]
In this economic downturn, people are looking for ways to save money on just about everything. We don’t spend as much in the shops, we save more money than before to make up for rampant spending, we travel less and when people do travel they spend less on flights and accommodation. Even our phone calls [...]
Technological progress over the last 100 years has been fast and furious, but if you ever needed convinced about how far on we’ve come then check out these room-sized old school printers from yesteryear. It’s hard to believe an office printer that commanded a permanent administration staff of two would ever be considered cutting edge!
First there was Windows 3.1 running on a Nokia N95 and now there is System 7 on the iPhone. How cool but useless is that! Still, it shows just what is possible on this machine.
While the iPhone has most certainly stolen a march on the rest of the mobile industry, who are now collectively and feverishly working to catch up, Nokia still remains the market leader in terms of world wide unit sales with a 40% share. An while their phones aren’t exactly renowned for stunning industrial design, they [...]
You know the Internet has become something awesome. When we were all using dial-up modems, there were quite a few limitations. We tried to squeeze everything we could out of the 56kbps or whatever it was, but really it was tedious. But with the advent of high speed internet and broadband the Internet has [...]
It’s cool to see that we are learning how to harness common things for energy and not just relying on uncommon things. Up until now, we’ve had to rely on fast moving water to harness energy from water. But it looks like slow moving water (1 mph) can now be tapped too.
So you’ve got a broadband connection to the internet, but you still use your regular phone to make calls. Well, that’s not the way it has to be. With Voice over IP technology you can save yourself a bunch of cash each month because calls are made over the internet instead of using the traditional [...]
You’d have to live in a cave to miss the economic crisis we’re currently facing. As things get worse, household budgets will inevitably get tighter. Check out this list of money management tools to help you get your personal finances ironed out and maybe even get your money working for you.
Yep, there’s the new iPhone coming soon but look past all the marketing hype and you’ll find that it may actually cost you more than you current 1G iPhone. Here are some iPhone VoIP apps and services (some available now for jailbroken phones) that will at least help you negate the cost of making calls.
Skype has had person-to-person video calls for some time now, but what is really missing is a proper implementation of video conferencing where more than 2 people can meet and have a conversation. So what can you do while Skype works on this? A company called MeBeam have just announced multi-person video conferencing for Skypethat can [...]
It’s everywhere on the interwebs now: Microsoft and Yahoo! are back at the table. This time Microsoft aren’t out to buy the company, rather they want to buy into it an retain an option to buy the entire company. Well, at least that’s what is rumoured. Seriously, I really like that Yahoo! are planning to [...]
For a long time I have been frustrated by Adobe Acrobat and the never ending story of angst that comes with using it. Fortunately there are several very good alternatives to Acrobat out there, some of which are open source while others are freeware / shareware or paid. The moral of the story: if Adobe [...]
Fancy a change from Google’s sparse look? Try Searchme, a visual search engine. That’s visual as in you get screenshots of the pages rather than titles and snippets in your results. What makes it even cooler is how they used a CoverFlow’esque effect to jazz it up!
It’s a joyous day in the land of browser-watchers, all 3 of us are ecstatic about the revelation that Internet Explorer usage has dropped below 80%! Firefox has a 16% share with Safari at 3%. CSS designers rejoice!
Mossberg has called it, so it must be true? We’ll be getting our mittens on some shiny new iPhone hardware in 60 days. Yay!
Europe just passed legislation allowing the use of mobile phones during flights. That’s just great, not. I find it stressful enough dealing with airports and hordes of impatient people clambering over each other to get onto a flight first and take up their position in a cramped seat with 29″ legroom. Now I have to [...]