Recent Comments:
Apple's patent application for pen-based computer remembers fingers can't write {Engadget}
Nov 12th 2009 7:14AM Anyone tried writing on paper with their finger?
Come on..logically using a stylus to write is a more natural extention to using a pen on paper. Fingers are good for buttons but not writing with, unless you stick to a keyboard only.
10 hot Growl styles to make your pop-up alerts really pop {Download Squad}
Oct 29th 2009 8:20AM Many programs do not have their own notification function built in and many choose to use Growl rather than reinventing the wheel.
If I jump onto a Mac without Growl installed it's noticeable and I miss it.
Microsoft opens its first retail stores - Video {Download Squad}
Oct 23rd 2009 2:07AM That's hysterical, scarey and quite quite alarming!
What's the wooping, claping and false happiness for? Has the staff seen the products they are championing?
Tell DLS: What are your top 10 must-have apps? - Linux! {Download Squad}
Oct 17th 2009 3:59PM Lotus Symphony is usually top of my install list.
Skype,
Pidgin,
Opera
RIM officially intros BlackBerry Curve 8520, promises "out of the box" Mac compatibility {Engadget}
Jul 27th 2009 7:15AM .
Another Blackberry that looks exactly the same as the last one, and the one before that, and the one before that.
A very conseravative design group.
YPOPs! brings Yahoo! Mail to Outlook/Thunderbird for free {Download Squad}
Jun 27th 2009 5:16PM Or you could just use Yahoo!'s help page and do it yourself.
I have been using POP on Yahoo! for as long as I can recall. Never paid any extra for the option.
http://help.yahoo.com/l/uk/yahoo/mail/yahoomail/pop/
HP UK spurns Linux in its new netbook offerings {Engadget}
Feb 7th 2009 5:12AM Probably worth considering also that netbooks have lost sight of their original objective. Linux would be and was fine for web browsing, email etc. Not much to learn. Netbooks now have become small notebooks. Very little difference. When the desire is to install apps and use more non-net apps, then the OS makes a difference and the familiarity with Windows demands it.
HP UK spurns Linux in its new netbook offerings {Engadget}
Feb 7th 2009 4:53AM >>What stops someone in the UK from ordering off an American website? Isn't the whole point of the internet to get around these barriers?
You still have the pay the VAT when the product enters the EU so it isn't always a good deal.
My own opinion is why can't companies like HP and Dell offer their machines with AND without an OS? If I can't have my flavour of Linux preinstalled I would rather not buy a copy of Windows with my machine just to remove it.
HP Compaq's Mini 700 now on sale in Europe {Engadget}
Dec 23rd 2008 2:20PM The screen res problem is the fault of Microsoft once again. They have dictated that XP is only available to manufactuers to install to machines if the screen res does not exceed the common netbook size.
Of course has they stuck with Linux and not sheepishly did what M$ demands then anything is possible. However customers like the familar XP environment, for good or ill, and thus in one swoop Redmond has cripped the screen res on netbooks until they get fast enough for Vista/Windows 7.
A stroll through the MVNO graveyard {Engadget Mobile}
Aug 26th 2008 4:02PM MVNO's have thrived in the UK with every supermarket, Virgin, electricity and gas companies, etc. all having a service alongside those provided by the telephone dealers like BT, CarphoneWarehouse etc. There are 5 network providers here but many times that providers. Indeed there are options from some companies to make your own MVNO.
I don't understand why an MVNO business model should fail. All one needs to do is cover the costs of the line rental, advertising and normal business costs and taxes and all else is easy.
