With a plethora of cheap netbooks these days the challenge is to improve on the components in them while keeping the price low and the power consumption low improving battery life. Nvidia are trying with their ION Graphics Processor that produces 10 times faster graphics and now they are transferring it to a PC. Not […]
Great gadgets are not only “can’t do without” devices, but they are also stylish. You would feel proud to whip out your latest purchase anywhere in the world without feeling the need to hide round a corner to use it for fear of being isolated as a nerd. When you demonstrate your gadget to onlookers […]
I don’t smoke myself and I’m not a reformed smoker so I have no idea what keeps people sucking in that cancer causing smoke even with all of the advertising saying how it can kill you. It’s even written on the front of the cigarette packets. But this doesn’t make those people exempt from gadgets […]
We all crave smaller gadgets for portability. It’s just another excuse to buy the latest devices. And if those very gadgets can fit in our pockets or wallets all the better. Just imagine the looks on your work colleagues faces when you pull it out and then explain what it can do. For those of […]
We have a lot of precious data that can change daily. Copying it onto a USB stick can be hit or miss sometimes and you may miss some of the important files. The backup solutions that are around are ideal and provide professional software to make sure you backup everything safely. But there is one […]
What a pain it can be sharing your files from your iPod. When you are out and about and away from any computer and you want to share some of your files or a play list with one of your friends, who also has an iPod, you have practically no chance of it happening. If […]
You know what it is like when you are on holiday. You bake in the sun and then cool off in the pool. But while you are cooling off you can’t listen to your music because your Nano doesn’t like the water as much as you and will explode from any contact with any sort […]
The more of the bigger gadgets I get, the more remote controls I get. I have 5 remotes at the moment. Now the controller for the surround sound system is the size of a credit card and is forever getting lost down the back of the sofa. There are quite a few all-in-one controllers around […]
I’m not a bird watcher myself, but I can imagine that you have to carry a lot of equipment around with you. The same for train and plane watchers. And probably the most awkward will be your camera and binoculars. Great big gadgets hanging round your neck, not exactly leaving you very mobile. And for […]
There are still a lot of people around who like the old fashioned way of taking notes. The use of gadgets seems alien to them and my partner is a case in point. She is studying at the moment and when she gets home after being at college she sits down and writes out her […]