Posted on October 9th, 2008 by Jason
From Wikipedia
The
iPod has been one of the most important personal devices of the last 10 years, and if
Apple have anything to do with it, the dominance will continue. The problem is that as time goes on, us technophiles get bored with the same old, and rehashing of the same old. Now when it comes a device that I use every day, and don’t want to break, you tend to find yourself at the mercy of the manufacturer for something new.
The problem with the iPod being such a closed platform, something new normally means a new purchase. Even though the iPod has been pretty good over the last few versions, it is still a new purchase worth $$$$. So how can you breath some new life into an old iPod? One way is to turn it into a
Rockbox.
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Posted on September 26th, 2008 by Jason
I like technology, and I love gadgets. I have a fondness for the device that offers me problem solving, with a dash of technology, and of course an element of geekiness (views expressed here are that of the writer, and are not that of his long suffering wife and very non-geeky children). You can imagine my squeaks of delight at all the developments in mobile phones and computing.
I spend a bit of time watching tech news on sites like Engadget and Gizmodo, allowing me to get my fix of nerd bling. There are so many cool gadgets out there, and I’m sure that many of them will never be seen (which is a shame, ha ha!), or perhaps they just don’t make it to our conservative Australian shores.
The problem with keeping up to date with the latest gadgets and technology is that you are never happy with what is currently available, because you know that the next big thing is right around the corner, just waiting to get clearance off the boat.
Along with the good, there are also a lot that don’t quite make it to Australia and into Big W or Harvey Norman. Here are a couple I found this week that really define the word “Gadget”. Read more »
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Posted on September 23rd, 2008 by Jason
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Last week I was working away, and found myself and co-worker Tim in an interesting position. I had a free Internet connection on the wall, but we had two laptops. I guess we could have taken turns, but that isn’t me. If there is a way to do something with computers I’ll find it, even if the time taken is greater than the time needed just to check some e-mail and updates on Facebook.
Now I have done plenty of Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) with Windows boxes before, but setting up the wireless without some sort of router is one of those things that I know can be done, but I’ve never needed to, until now.
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Posted on September 9th, 2008 by Jason
Thanks Dell nice pic.
We are starting to see the details emerge for the Dell E Netbook, and as you know from previous posts, I’m one interested puppy. The name given to Dell’s offering to the UMPC market is the “Inspiron Mini 9″, but was it worth the wait?
Last month I posted on leaked details which weren’t too far off the mark. The changes that we will see are a 1.6GHz Atom processor, the rest looks pretty standard. I’m still waiting on being able to do a proper order to determine the real price, at this stage it is justpre -order with a AU$599 online price. Because of the way Dell works, I’m interested as to how much we’ll be able to customise the Mini 9, and what the real price will be in the end.
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