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[28 Dec 2009 | No Comment | 180 views]
Top 10 gadgets of the decade

Every techie loves a list, especially a Top 10 at Christmas, so I was intrigued by the recent Top 10 gadgets of the decade in The Telegraph.

Personally I have 9, 4,3, 2 and 1. Have used a 5 and liked it, and am a big fan of GPS. Would love a Slingbox at some time …

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[17 Sep 2009 | No Comment | 37 views]

Telefónica has been accused of holding back on the sale of the upgraded model

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[11 Sep 2009 | 4 Comments | 294 views]

I really like the Garmin Zumo 550 that I use on the Harley Davidson Road King Classic and in the Cherokee Jeep, but there has been one thing missing (well two actually) for me, that I have just rectified with the Garmin GTM 21 FM TMC Traffic Receiver and the Garmin External Microphone.

Here is what I think of them:

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[6 Sep 2009 | One Comment | 64 views]

As the owner , and very infrequent user, of two Bluetooth headsets a Jawbone 2 and a Blue Ant Z9, I must agree with the view expressed by Engadget recently:

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[3 Sep 2009 | 8 Comments | 27 views]

It means people will no longer have to huddle around a computer or laptop whenever they want to watch a video clip on YouTube or watch a television show they missed.

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[2 Sep 2009 | 7 Comments | 26 views]

If you get your internet service from O2, there’s a good chance Paul Mutton can remotely log in to your router and make configuration changes that surreptitiously allow him to access computers on your network.

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[1 Sep 2009 | 2 Comments | 20 views]

Over the past decade mobiles have undergone another revolution. Phones are no longer just devices to make and receive calls and texts, they are also for checking emails, Facebook and Twitter as well as browsing the internet.

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[29 Aug 2009 | One Comment | 20 views]

The pioneering PC, known as the Spacebook, is the brainchild of Alaska-based technology firm gScreen.

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[20 Aug 2009 | One Comment | 18 views]

Gadget fans will be able to get their hands on the £500 LG watch phone when it goes on sale next Thursday.

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[9 Aug 2009 | No Comment | 25 views]

MacBook Pro owners plagued with annoying hard drive beeps and clicks have not yet had Apple publicly address their issue, but as the number of complaints continues to swell, reports suggest the Mac-maker is quietly working on a fix.

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[7 Aug 2009 | No Comment | 31 views]

It’s hardly a reverential name for some of the most significant social pioneers in Britain today: “yogurt knitters”. But this is how armies of determined campaigners were dismissed when they set about bringing broadband to the countryside.

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[5 Aug 2009 | No Comment | 18 views]

On the day that O2’s data network crashed for the third time in a month, it was reported that the Spanish-owned carrier is on the point of losing its exclusive deal to sell Apple’s iPhone.