Techitorial
Lighter, leaner, longer-lasting
- Lighter, far more powerful laptops with batteries that last much longer. It sounds like a dream but it is becoming a reality, thanks to dual-core technology.
- United Arab Emirates: Monday, February 27 - 2006 at 07:44 |
The extortionate bread of Gulfosia
- Imagine one day recording a short clip of your voice, as an mp3, and emailing it to a friend overseas. 'Hello, it's lovely weather here, how are you?' Your friend listens to the messages, and records a reply: 'Great, but it's raining here.'
- Saturday, February 18 - 2006 at 19:18 |
Google Desktop demons
- All is not happy in the land of Google users. After various free delights such as Google Video, Google News and Google Mail (Gmail), the latest offering - Google Desktop 3 - is raising significant privacy concerns.
- Saturday, February 18 - 2006 at 19:06 |
Is bigger never better?
- It's hard to suppress a snigger when looking at this photo of a proudly-smiling bearded gentleman, his brick-sized mobile phone pressed to his ear. In just a few years, mobiles have decreased in size from block-like, barely mobile devices to tiny clamshells that slip unnoticeably into a top pocket.
- Saturday, February 18 - 2006 at 19:04 |
Driving to distraction
- Recent stories considering the decline of America's love affair with the car - particularly its own brand cars - unearthed an interesting explanation from a university academic: gadgets are partly to blame.
- Saturday, February 18 - 2006 at 19:02 |
Threat to Tecom freedom
- Workers in Dubai's Tecom free zone are used to their uncensored and generally speedy internet. So the announcement from the UAE telco watchdog, the TRA, that free zones will soon face the same censorship as the rest of the country, has sparked bewilderment and alarm.
- United Arab Emirates: Saturday, February 18 - 2006 at 19:00 |
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