Tag Archive for 'opinion'
Free WiFi seems to be far more prevalent over on the US side of the Atlantic than it is where I am in the UK, but that’s not to say you never find it. So it’s a good idea for everyone to read Paul Boutin’s Valleywag piece on wireless protocol, which deals with everything from [...]
With my monthly data bill getting higher and higher, I’ve been very curious about the “all you can eat, except it’s capped” data services that several cellphone operators have started offering. Michael Mace over at Mobile Opportunity takes the time to look in-depth at the future of data on your handheld, pulls the rug out [...]
Dethroner recently ran an interesting post about the nature of consumer electronics reviews and what readers should take into account when finding out someone’s opinion of the latest in tech nirvana. One of the standout points for me was the limited amount of time most reviewers have with a product - they don’t find out the [...]
Remember those alarm clocks that to silence you had to throw against a wall? Remember how good it felt to take your early-morning-I-don’t-want-to-go-to-work-please-don’t-make-me-mommy aggression out on an annoying, screeching gizmo? Well, this new art-project, HiTV, should appeal to you. It’s an “affective interaction and feedback interface” for your TV, which when translated comes out as “throw [...]
As October draws to a close and we edge towards the eight week countdown to Christmas, it’s time for another SlashGear Month in Review. And let’s face it, if you haven’t got a few additions to your letter to Santa from the past 30 days or so, what the golden trouser inflation have you been [...]
Now normally I’d leave gaming news to our resident thumb-twitcher Ben Nied, but all the furore over Take Two Interactive Software Inc.’s latest headline-grabber Bully has really tickled me. Most likely still laughing over the outrage caused by previous release Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (laughing all the way to the bank, that is, with [...]
Having been called an e-Hermit before, and accused of spending more time online than I do interacting with the fleshworld people around me, I was very interested to read about Francesco Jodice’s new film Hikikomori. The eponemous subjects are adolescents and young adults, predominantly Japanese and well-educated, who have chosen to withdraw from meatspace society [...]
One of the things that has got Tablet PC users most excited about Microsoft Vista is the idea that the pen computing-specific features will be neatly rolled up into the main operating system, hopefully bringing them to a greater audience’s attention and encouraging more into the Glorious Way Of The Stylus. Geekzone have sat down [...]
If you’ve been following the ups and downs of Microsoft’s WiFi-enabled Zune PMP then you might be as jaded with the whole thing as I am. So far, Microsoft seem to be determined to lock-down tracks with a three-plays-and-you’re-out DRM model that pretty much takes everyone’s current concept of music sharing and spanks it into [...]
Apple boss Steve Jobs is just about guaranteed to get the gadget hounds baying when he says something along the lines of “2007 will be the most exciting year ever for new products”, and the rumours, speculation and unadulterated, desperate lust is slopping around the internet like cheap rum on a hen-night. The scent of [...]
