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Surfing from the sofa

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Given the fact that most current wide screen TV’s in the UK have a VGA input – you might be tempted to plug your PC into it and have a great monitor some of the time. The next problem you might face is – how do I control it ? So in my case I […]

Iphone overload ?

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Never thought I’d see this from IBM and Apple but “E-mail software from IBM Corp. will be available on Apple Inc. iPhones and iPod Touch devices under a new partnership that brings together two big rivals of Microsoft Corp. IBM plans a formal announcement of the Lotus Notes e-mail package for Apple’s portable devices at […]

The reason we all need a blackberry ? – Part Deux

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Having been a blackberry user for a while – the change to the 8800 handset from an 8700 model was a revelation. The additional power – layout and improved ergonomics made it a completely different experience to the previous models. Whilst some users feel the Pearl better meets the needs of a Blackberry phone user […]

Skype on your Iphone ?

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I was browsing for some skype api information recently and wondered if anyone had looked at Skype on the Iphone given the current “cat and mouse” games that Apple are playing with the developers out there who want to give the Iphone some real killer applications other than the preloaded ones. Well actually there is […]

IPhone – therefore Iam

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I just replaced my trusty rugged Blackberry 8700 with an O2 based Iphone. The acquisition and setup are almost painless and the integration of the contract setup with Itunes is silky smooth. I haven’t given up on RIM since I now use a Blackberry 8800 as my main email out of the office device. I […]

I’m typing in the rain – I’m typing in the rain …

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As part of a project for a manufacturing client using terminal services and HP XP embedded thin clients I’m testing some keyboards for durability and resistance to dirt and dust. Enter the WK650 Waterproof Keyboard. Features (as per the literature) IP55 compliant, dirt-, dust- and water-proofing Industrial ABS material conforming to 94V0 level Patented Scissor-key […]

Hail Senturion

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Today I received the latest monitoring device from Sensatronics (Available from Openxtra www.openxtra.co.uk) A departure from the previous form factors the Senturion is a 19 inch 1 U rackmount device with built in temperature, humidity and light sensors and 8 additional external sensors ports. The initial setup is pretty simple – if you have dhcp […]