For some years now I have been discussing with a friend the desire for a tablet like computer device which would allow simple armchair access to the internet, the reading of electronic books and access to newspapers. The logic is compelling that this would allow for the winding down of resource inte...
News / Web Happenings: The new 2010 Office.com online portal enters beta First Glimpse at Google Chrome OS Windows Home Server Power Pack 3 available November 24th includes enhancements for Windows 7-based computers Silverlight 4 Beta Announced Fring Puts Free VoIP Calling on Android Camino 2.0 Ad...
Geek Post Volume 1 Issue 6 Friday 20 November 2009 Hippolite Musings Tena Koutou Katoa, I learned two new things this week. I'm the developer responsible for maintaining the internal Email Signature Builder at Telecom. I received some logo updates this week. They were PNG files. I duti...
In my case M2M (machine to machine), rather than WiFi meshing. ZigBee is one of the options. Hyped up, a solution looking for a problem. Learn about it here http://www.meshnetics.com/learning/index.php?show=24 Alternatives http://zigbee.nectareen.com/?p=35 I had some modules lying around from a ...
It's been a couple of weeks now and really I am loving the Magic TV unit. I find it simple to use and fantastic to just be able to record what I want and watch TV when it's convenient for me, not TVNZ or whoever. I have always found Friday night fantastic TV night and previously this has dictated m...
Some of you might know that we've decided to go Big Time in the next two months or so. Some might say "noooo, it's the worst decision you'll ever make", others may say "why they hell aren't ya on Big Time already?" Well - for the purposes of collecting that detail, I've decided to make a survey. ...
Microsoft have today made available the first public beta of Silverlight 4. Targeted specifically at developers this release brings with it dozens of new features and improvements that are likely to accelerate the uptake of Silverlight by the software and web development community. As well as impr...
I've been using a Mac for the last 4 years and I've over time built a little list of apps that must be installed. I thought I should share them here. They are all free to download or open source so go give them a try. Feel free to share some more in the comments. App Update - A simple application...
If you were to ask some random people on the street what VoIP meant to them odds are you'll get a single word answer from the vast majority of people - Skype. While Skype has done a fantastic job of introducing people to VoIP the reality is that it's only a single product in the VoIP marketplace tha...
I have to admit, my knowledge of cars is pretty pathetic - I know that my car has a steering wheel, the accelerator pedal makes it go, and it takes 91 petrol. My eyes glaze over when people talk about their cars. I was never into cars as a kid, and I have trusted a variety of different mechanics o...
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