August 24, 2012
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This camera by Nikon is a win for openness, google and of course android The first mainstream digital camera to be powered by Google’s Android system has been released by Nikon. The Japanese company’s point-and-shoot Coolpix S800c model is being … Continue reading
April 5, 2012
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If your like me, you love Google in certain parts. One of the parts I do love is the open nature of their innovation and research. Project Glass is a reality (my bets was on Project Looking Glass) as I … Continue reading
March 22, 2012
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I received this email the other day and I thought it was quite interesting… Hey cubicgarden, nomnex sent you a private message on SlideShare. “Thank you to make and upload your latest presentations in an open source format (.odp) Anyone … Continue reading
May 12, 2011
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37signals say Agnostic software is bull… Some people argue software should be agnostic. They say it’s arrogant for developers to limit features or ignore feature requests. They say software should always be as flexible as possible. We think that’s bullshit. … Continue reading
October 22, 2010
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Steve jobs is a tricky figure, theres no doubt about that. When he talks, you can feel the distortion field emerging from everything chosen word he uses. As I’ve always said Steve Jobs and Apple are against choice and therefore … Continue reading
August 1, 2010
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My friends keep asking why I don’t use facebook? And I always respond with some quite crushing comments about the walled garden of facebook and the mentality of facebook users. Anyway once we get past that they usually ask me … Continue reading
July 11, 2010
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Louis Grey, A large fan of Apple just turned his back on Apple, why? Well thats best explained by him. But there’s some real good points which I also made in a recent episode of TechGrumps. For me, more than … Continue reading
March 16, 2010
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Pleo is one of those super hightech toys which people seem to love or hate. It draws a lot of attention because its beautifully life like. But how would you feel if you saw Pleo taken a part by a … Continue reading
January 23, 2010
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Geohot has outdone himself again, not only the first person who unlocked the iPhone, but now also the Playstation3. In his own words… I have read/write access to the entire system memory, and HV level access to the processor. In … Continue reading
June 6, 2007
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Apple heads! give me a break… Since Apple and Cingular announced the date of the apple iphone (29th June) and the rumour there will only be 4 million made this year. All I hear about now is the iphone. At … Continue reading
January 21, 2007
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Dave forwarded a very clever email from the guys behind the OpenMoko project. I have quoted a lot from the email but left out the part in the middle about the specs of the hardware and software. “The most profound … Continue reading
July 2, 2006
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Tantek wrote this thought provoking entry about data formats and openness. Which I can't help but kind of agree on and disagree on. So first his entry. ASCII is dependable. Project Gutenberg insists on publishing their e-books as plain ASCII … Continue reading
April 27, 2006
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So once again under one of those should I be talking about BBC (work) on my personal blog type questions. I can't help but talk about the things which happened yesterday (Tuesday 25th April) at the BBC. The Guardian calls … Continue reading