Whether at home or at the office, a hive of wireless mobile devices will need some focal point to serve as a link to the Internet at large. What you have there, then, is a network, and as is the case with any large system of computers, it’s the frequent focus of attacks. Network security [...]
“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 [...]
Well, we’ve all been hanging this year on the global financial news, and boy, is it discouraging! The market is imploding over in the United States, the United Kingdom doesn’t seem to be far behind, and in every country the world over, the economic flu spreads and claims another business every day. In case [...]
What with less processing power than a comparable desktop machine and limited battery life, you don’t want the web browser to hog all the system resources. Especially since the web browser will be the most-used application on your system. By definition, we will pass over the two most resource-hungry browsers – Internet Explorer and Firefox [...]
I am an iPhone fan, and have had one since they first came out. For personal use, you couldn’t ask for more functionality. However, I am out of the office often for work, and needed a little more. I started looking the PDA’s some of my coworkers were using, asking question on Tech forums, and [...]
There’s a society in our future. The bright, glistening future! Full of crystal spires and togas, and ivory tower experts, building a castle in the clouds. It’s coming! Any day now! Bloody oath, it’s true! Yeah, and I’m a bunyip. The semantic web has long been a vision in the eye of Sir Tim Berners-Lee, [...]
I am a freelance programmer and web-designer, so I get to work with people in many different industries with many different needs for hardware and software. Consequently, I get to work with a variety of gadgets this fill every need you can imagine. Recently, I was hired to write a desktop program for an engineer [...]
I recently decided to purchase a GPS system for my car. I travel often for business and personal reasons, and needed something easy to use with good coverage. After inquiring on several forums, I decided to go with Navman, as I have been told that they have the best coverage in Australia. After comparing features [...]
I am a programmer and web-designer. While working on a POS system for a client, I started to research Barcode scanners to integrate with in the system. After a lot of reading online reviews and discussing in several forums, I decided on the Microvision ROV – Bluetooth Storage Barcode Scanner. The results were excellent. Personally, [...]
