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by Minnaar Pieters on March 2nd, 2010
Microsoft is one of those companies that always seems to carry the weight of the computing world -- and rightly so. If you think of any area within computing, MS somehow has a finger in the pie. In some areas of course, they are the pie.
Credit ...
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by Muhammad Karim on February 19th, 2010
The eventual chaos of an overflowing desk and the lugging around of a ton of books and papers in the library is the bane of every student doing a research article, dissertation or thesis.
Cue Mendeley.com.
Mendeley.com is a research tool which ever...
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by Andy Hadfield on February 12th, 2010
I do get tired of the frantic "trending" that occurs at the beginning and end of every year. Hence, I tend to sit back, take it all in and try give a summarised, more considered view a month or so later. Call it cutting through the clutter, if you wi...
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by Minnaar Pieters on February 8th, 2010
So what is my opinion of the iPad? Well first off, I do like it. Despite all its shortcomings, I think it might be a game-changing device.
I read somewhere that the iPhone should be renamed the iPad Nano. And that might be a very apt description, ...
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by Reader Blog on January 18th, 2010
By Richard Catto
This month Google announced via its official blog that it would no longer be co-operating with China over the issue of filtering search engine results on Google.cn (which is the localised Chinese version of Google's search engine)...
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by Minnaar Pieters on January 14th, 2010
Once in a while a game-changing product comes along that makes you rethink conventions that are pretty much hardwired into our routines. This is immediately apparent in the consumption of media -- be it music, movies or print. With the dawn of th...
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by Reader Blog on November 26th, 2009
By Richard Catto
Like most avid computer users, the whole concept of trashing my computer and reinstalling everything from scratch is not something I relish doing because it is a task fraught with many technical difficulties that could easily leav...
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by Minnaar Pieters on November 13th, 2009
On Wednesday morning I headed over to the Nokia The Way We Live Next event in Cape Town. Richard Mulholland did an excellent (and very objective) job of explaining the current mobile landscape. During the presentation a few things were highlighted th...
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This is the first I've heard that Google prefers big sites? Site that are content rich - sure! But a small site can still satisfy a niche and write great articles etc. etc.
That said the big guys just have that much more time and money to dedicate...
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iPad isn't meant to be a 'computer', so comparisons with laptops and desktops are a bit silly. And it isn't a phone. The nearest comparison is Kindle, and look at all the features that doesn't have. iPad is for consuming content, not creating it. Sur...
@sandifop - Very true. I can imagine a lot of people never syncing their iPhone (especially since OS 3.0) with things like calendar sync and contact sync. You make a very good point - the only time I actually do sync is when I load up new media onto ...
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Even tempered and secure in you opinion without being bombastic; thanks for the clarification. I usually cring any time I post a comment since so few tech writers take other observations w/o going agressive.
I understand ur clarification and most...
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Clearly I am lost without my editor as well......
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Thanks for the comments guys.
@sandifop: I just wanted to accentuate that this is the iPad will probably not function to well if someone is not very technical. The iPad is reliant on a computer to sync with, and that again requires some know how. ...
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Thank you for an intelligent article on what this device is, and isn't. Finally, someone seems to "get it." The primary value proposition of this device is that "it just works." For the average non-technical person, that's an extraordinary proposi...
Why did you miss-represent Mom in your tittle. Mothers are one of the largest factors in society because they purchase and read Books, Magizines, News Papers etc. They are always on the go and will love the Speed, Portability, Simplicty and Convience...
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...and I did not FIND it.
I am lost w/o my editor....
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