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Tony Fadell: Father of the iPod

This is an interesting article from the BBC about what Tony Fadell, the person widely credited as the Father of the iPod is doing now – starting again with a great little intelligent thermostat that learns patterns of how you control the temperature. However whilst Nest is interesting, the article is more interesting for hisContinue Reading

Microsoft Take On the iPad

Last night Microsoft announced their new tablet, the Surface. There is a good summary of the key points here: The Only Post You Need To Read About Microsofts New Tablet. However it is an interesting move, as the article above says, this is a big change for Microsoft who aside from the XBox haven’t everContinue Reading

BBC News – Windows 8: Taking a look at Microsoft’s latest operating system

If you’re wondering what all the fuss about is with Windows 8 it’s worth taking a look at this video from the BBC’s tech correspondent Rory Cellan Jones: BBC News – Windows 8: Taking a look at Microsoft’s latest operating system. You’ll see that what Microsoft are trying to do is produce an OS thatContinue Reading

Apples Newton MessagePad PDA at Twenty

  Apples Newton MessagePad PDA at Twenty | Techland | TIME.com. Before the iPhone, before the iPad, Apple had a first foray into the mobile device market, and it didn’t go all that well… Great article by Harry McCracken reviewing the original Apple Newton Message Pad. Whilst the product may be considered a failure, theContinue Reading

RIM is a ship heading for the rocks of a breakup

A great quote here from Guardian columnist Charles Arthur about where he thinks RIM, maker of the ubiquitous Blackberry is heading: Heres what I think: RIM is heading for the breakers yard, as surely as a ship that has reached the end of its life. Within the next 18 months or so, the company is goingContinue Reading