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Fun With Social Media: The Best Twitter Quotes

Posted by Pete the Geek on Friday, October 10th, 2008

We’ve been inspired by sites like Bash.org and their funny, but very old and stale, IRC quotes. So we’ve decided to bring that concept into the 21st century by starting a collection of memorable tweats from the wild, wild world of Twitter.com. Because, well, somebody had to think of it first. Enjoy these virtual messages [...]

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Tech That Seems Stuck on the Runway

Posted by Pete the Geek on Thursday, October 9th, 2008

“Our ship is broken. Can you make it go?” - the Pakleds, Star Trek the Next Generation, episode ‘Samaritan Snare’

Every now and then in our exciting world of technology, we pause amidst the rapid pace of change to notice those technology innovations that don’t seem to catch up. The what-ifs, the might-have-beens, and the has-beens. [...]

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Creative Loafing With Geek Toys

Posted by admin on Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Around the office, we call it “low-budget entertainment”. Relieving the mind-mulching tedium of office work by playing with something. It can be low-tech, too. You can make a rubber-band and paper-clip boxing ring on top of an empty ink-cartridge box, fold two orgami men from notepad paper, and set them up inside the ring for [...]

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HTC Touch HD Review

Monday, February 9th, 2009 - Mobile Computing, Gps Navigation, Product Reviews

The big buzz in mobile phones this year can be summed up in two words: “iPhone killer”. Who’s going to come up with one? Well, if HTC didn’t just fulfill the prophecy, it won’t be for lack of trying.

Here’s one area where they’re ahead already: video calling. That’s right, a video camera phone, albeit a [...]

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HP 2730p review - Part 1

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 - Mobile Computing, Gps Navigation

Hi, my name is Nicholas Rayner and the guys at Gadget Access have given me a
chance to guest blog about my experiences with the HP 2730p Elitebook Tablet PC.
I’ve now had the HP 2730p for nearly 2 months now and have had a good chance to
experiment with it by upgrading the hardware, installing 64-bit Vista [...]

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Otterbox for Samsung Q1 Models

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 - Product Reviews

Samsung has defined the market for ultra-mobile PCs, with it’s kinship with Microsoft’s Origami project, which is not at all to be confused with the art of paper-folding. Other mobile computer makers might make them smaller or shinier, but Samsung was first to market and shows the most innovation.

And this case is one of the [...]

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If Tech Companies Could Receive Darwin Awards: part 2

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 - The Internetz

To continue our look at technology companies which, if they were people, could have won a Darwin Award, here’s the other five. These aren’t companies that just plain lost the game fair and square, even if they gave it their best shot. These are companies which should have been winners, but did a really great [...]

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How the Mobile Device Era Affects Dating

Thursday, December 11th, 2008 - Mobile Computing, Gps Navigation

Your parents remember the good old days! dating was called “courting” or “spooning” then, dates were had at the corner malt shop, everybody said “swell!” and “gee whiz!”, and your primary means of communication was the telephone. Voice only. the kind connected with wires.

Dating in the 21st century has changed drastically. If you’re single and [...]

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