5 Reasons To Buy The Apple Magic Trackpad

The Magic Trackpad effectively brings the features of Apple’s touchscreens to the desktop or MacBook. Having been using the trackpad for a little while now it’s true benefits have become quite clear. Straight of the bat, it’s great to use for regular browsing habits, like websites, email, moving desktop files etc. When it comes to [...]

To iPad Or Not To iPad? …Is This Even A Valid Question?

When I first heard about the iPhone, I thought cool, this should do the job. But then it came out I just wasn’t feeling it. Even today after 3 generations of iPhone a couple of sore points still stick out, such as, not being able to run more than one application, and not being able [...]

The Next Big Website.

Information Gathering was a class I took at university. As a process, this a very important part for researching and creating web applications. However what are the effects of continuous information gathering in one area? 10 years ago, I thought that the refining process of information would happen quite quickly, because information from websites that [...]

Need To Back Up Your Facebook, Flickr Data Etc.

This is a post that comes from following fellow Tweeters. Having only recently re-joined the social networking scene, one of the things that is quite clear is the reliance on social media. Sure social media is big, and its evolving fast, more and more people are joining every day, but if that is the case, [...]

Got A Network, Files And Drives On The Increase? …Have You Considered A Data Station?

Do you need to access files from other computers in your home wireless network, or perhaps you need to transfer data from one device to another? Then the Iomega iConnect Wireless Data Station could be your calling. Introduced in January and available in the shops now, the device runs on a Linux platform and allows [...]

Web Trends – Recommendation Tools.

There seems to be a few sites out there using the concept of ‘recommendations by other users’. Here’s one from New York called Hunch. Hunch says it gives you customized recommendations and gets smarter the more you use it. One of the current most popular questions was ‘Should I get a TiVo Premiere?’ Funny they [...]

3D Blue Ray Gaming Laptops

With the recent success of the Hollywood blockbuster Avatar, 3D is here to stay, for now anyhow. Blu Ray now being the winner of the Blu Ray vs HD war, users will be looking to find a 3D laptop to play their 3D Blu Ray movies.  The ASUS G51J 3D Notebook Computer is one of [...]

Social USB Mass Storage.

The Pogoplug has been around now for a couple of years, after being introduced to the world at the CES Las Vegas 2008. It combines the features of a USB mass storage device with access to a supporting website.  So you can back your files automatically as usual but here’s the interesting part. You can [...]

Facebook urged to act after memorial sites defaced – Australia.

Article courtesy of Belinda Goldsmith, Reuters UK : CANBERRA (Reuters) – Cyber attacks on Facebook pages set up to pay tribute to two murdered Australian children has prompted calls for the social networking site to be more accountable for its users. Social media experts say it is natural that people who use sites such as [...]

The guy that broke the Internet.

One of my favourite articles from Wired Magazine November 2008. Secret Geek A-Team Hacks Back, Defends Worldwide Web But who was he kidding? He was just some guy. The problem had been coded into Internet architecture in 1983. It was 2008. Somebody must have fixed it by now. He typed a quick series of commands [...]

USB Negatives Photo Film Scanner.

Recently I organised 20GB of digital photos taken from the last 12 years, took a few days. I need to start on the negatives. With useful devices like this USB Negative Film Scanner, the process of backing up those priceless negatives with a digital version sounds good for those of us they don’t own a [...]

Nokia Booklet 3G – Mini Laptop with built-in 3G and Wi-Fi and offers up to 12 hours of battery life.

Having been giving away free GPS software for Nokia Handset users, Nokia introduce the Booklet 3G, see below for some of the key specifications. -CPU and chipset Intel® Atom™ Z530, 1.6 GHz Intel® Poulsbo US15W -Display and keyboard 10.1″, 1280 x 720 pixel display Glass window Frame keyboard -Battery 56.8 Wh -I/O ports and slots [...]

VideoDrive 2.0 b4 – Making The Process Of Adding Videos To iTunes Easier.

Mac Users only. VideoDrive is attempting to make the importing of video into iTunes files easier by eliminating the need for a converter. Find out more and view screnshots at : http://videodrive.en.softonic.com/mac Source Nick Mead, Softonic.

Windows 7′s European Browser Screen – Select your web browser(s)

Windows 7′s European browser ballot screen “Microsoft is putting the finishing touches to the famed “browser choice screen” that the European Commission forced it to include as part of its antitrust investigation settlement, and today we get to see it for the first time.” Read a review courtesy of Engagdet : http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/19/windows-7s-european-browser-ballot-screen-revealed-rolling-out/

Sony VAIO Z Series

Sony VAIO Z Series (VPCZ114GX/S) review by Engadget, Feb 11th 2010. “To say that this duo is fast is an understatement: it opened a 10MB PDF in under 2 seconds and a slower-to-open program like GIMP in 5 seconds.” Well I certainly wouldn’t say no. Read a review courtesy of Engagdet at : http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/11/sony-vaio-z-series-vpcz114gx-s-review