“The web as a platform”. That’s the mantra you’ve been hearing a lot about, applied to cloud computing. The idea behind cloud computing is basically to take all the computer that you have in front of you and condense it down to an operating system running a web browser, with everything else coming through the [...]
With Australian Internet users up in arms about the prospect of mandatory Internet filtering by the government, we thought this would be a timely subject. The purpose of this article is to show what Internet filtering is, and also why it isn’t the best solution to the problem of illegal content online. It is [...]
- If you highlight the date and time in the calendar before you start typing, it will automatically create an appointment with that entry in your calendar. – If you have images hosted at sites like Photobucket, you can paste them directly into forum text boxes by using the “IMG Code” shown under the image [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Firstly, I’d like to say that I love any hardware company brave enough to send out sample product to Gadget-Geeks to inpire their attention, and in rare cases, adoration. Given that GadgetAccess is primarily a Windows Mobility Blog, they were indeed braver than most Blackberry-related companies given that we have a single token Blackberry amongst [...]
“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 [...]
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 [...]
