October 22nd, 2008Fruity PC Comeback

Those of you who have been around computers for a few years may well remember the Wars of the early 1980s, indeed one of the very first home I wrote about was the Tangerine, back in the late 1970’s. In fact it was little more than a very large printed circuit board, smothered in logic chips, and you had to add your own and light bulbs, but it was a start… Anyway, soon afterwards we had more useable machines from the likes of , and , not to mention quite a few lemons, though to be fair I don’t remember anyone actually using that name. But the rest, as they say is history, with only one maker managing to survive.

Anyway, this preamble is by way of reintroducing the brand, last owned by though by the late 1990s it had all but disappeared. Read the rest of this entry »

October 22nd, 2008Beware of Russian iPhony

iphone-150x150 Beware of Russian iPhony Visitors to should be on the alert for cheap iPhones, according to an item on Englishrussia.com. The scam is simple; someone comes up to you in the street, apparently in distress because they don’t have enough for a train or plane ticket. You look like a helpful sort of person and they offer to sell you their for a bargain price, so they can get home. It looks just like the real deal, and the seller offers to show you it is working, he (or she) switches it on and the logo appears on the screen, but it quickly disappears; the is dead they explain, but it will be okay when you charge it up. Having parted with your you hook said up to a charger, only to find that it’s a clever fake. What you have bought is a very convincing case, with a simple backlit screen with the logo illuminated a small powered light bulb. Oh yes, and you get a small chunk of metal, to give it the right weight.

digg-for-mobiles-gets-enhanced-150x150 Digg for Mobiles Gets EnhancedIn a piece of news that might or might not be -worthy, the version of the popular social has gone through a reconditioning process and is now said to be better than ever. Which means that you can and/or bury articles from your handset more efficiently (if there’s any efficiency in “dugging” at all).

However, the refreshed is not targeted for all the diggers out there, but only for those who own handsets supporting a “full browsing experience”. You know, the likes of , Treo (or even Centro), Omnia, HTC Touch Diamond, ’s new and so on. Read the rest of this entry »

To compete with Apple’s successful iPhone and App Store, Microsoft announced today that will have for its users. What used to be only available to users is now available across the entire platform.

’s press release states “the launch of Games for   marks a major expansion of the service across multiple platforms, uniting gamers with a single identity, a single , a single friends list and a single list of achievements attainable on the and a -based .” Read the rest of this entry »

July 23rd, 2008Stick it Out

stick-150x147 Stick it OutWindows application launchers come and go, and I must have used scores of them in my time, but this one, called Stick, is one of the best, and certainly one of the easiest to use. Basically it puts a series of tabs along the top of the screen and when you click or hover on it, it opens the chosen , folder or applet. It’s highly configurable, easily customisable and you can also access tabs using Hot Keys. Needless to say it’s , and it works on both XP and Vista. Give it a try; you’ll wonder how you ever managed without it…




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