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  • Planting carrots? Get the tips

    Mon, 11/09/2009 - 12:57 PM
    Nokia has got it right. Although, as I see it, the leader in mobile handsets has always been ahead on the technology curve, it must have seen that its market share has been eroded by Research in...

  • Space shuttle Atlantis lifts off on supply mission

    Tue, 11/17/2009 - 9:19 AM
    With 100 Internet-savvy NASA fans cheering on the shuttle and churning out constant witter updates, Atlantis sailed smoothly into orbit with six astronauts and a full load of spare parts for...

  • The Elusive Holy Grail that remains forever elusive

    Mon, 11/02/2009 - 9:40 AM
    A friend asked me the other day whether I had found the perfect system for getting my stuff organized, and I had to confess that I hadn’t.

  • The ethics of technology columnists

    Mon, 10/19/2009 - 1:24 PM
    The New York Times' public editor Clark Hoyt, a kind of ombudsman, recently wrote about the ethics of David Pogue, the Times' technology columnist.

  • ‘Gracelessland’, the reality that we live in

    Mon, 11/09/2009 - 9:22 AM
    I tend not to go to the movies anymore. Or, any public performance. If it’s not the incessant sniffing, it’s the talking. If it’s not the talking, it’s the phones that haven’t been...

  • Can we win the war against malware?

    Mon, 10/12/2009 - 2:11 PM
    Could it be a sheer coincidence? Or could it be a sign that the competition among IT security vendors is getting hotter in Indonesia?

  • Ten of my best tech tips

    Mon, 10/05/2009 - 11:28 AM
    I spend a bit of my time teaching folk how to use technology, and I’m often surprised by how few people spend time to learn things that would make their lives a lot easier.

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