Posts Tagged ‘apple’

Apple gives Adobe the finger

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010

Now the fight gets a little more interesting.

In the red corner we have Apple. Champions of industrial design. Noted control freaks. And, frankly, one of the few companies pushing the boundaries in consumer technology at the moment.

In the blue corner we have Adobe. The people who brought you Photoshop, Illustrator and, of course, Flash. (more…)

iPad announced… geeks complain…

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

So Apple finally announced it’s latest gadget – the iPad. Possibly the most-eagerly awaited tablet since Moses was on the scene (© All today’s newspapers), the iPad is – in layman’s terms – an VERY BIG iPhone… but without the phone bit.
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The world gets wise to Internet Explorer

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

So, as you may or may not have heard, Google’s fallen out with China: more specifically the Chinese government, which may or may not (strangely both sides disagree on this one) have been hacking into Google Mail/GMail accounts of Chinese dissidents.

Well, apparently, the hacking was made possible because of a problem with Internet Explorer.
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Retro web sites

Monday, December 28th, 2009

Forgot about this until I stumbled upon it again today: what would the Apple web site have looked like in 1983.

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Google reveals Chrome OS

Monday, November 23rd, 2009

So, last week Google previewed it’s upcoming operating system: Chrome OS.

For the non-geeky: operating systems – such as Windows, Mac OS X and Linux – are the bits that sit between you (the user) and the computer hardware (hard drive, graphics card etc).

Why does the world need another operating system you may wonder? Well, you’re not alone.

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Salivation overload

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

New iMac launched… pockets being turned out and sofas investigated for any loose change.

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