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Ubuntu – how do I…? 7 Apr 2009 | 11:38 pm
Restart the X-Server (the low level windowing sub-system): CTL+ALT+BACKSPACE Capture the screen to a graphic file: Just hit the Print Screen key (Prt Scr on my keyboard) Why doesn’t CTL+X delete p...
Whoops! There goes another Applications-Places-System! 6 Apr 2009 | 01:21 am
It’s been doing it for several versions now. It has done it here on more than one lot of hardware. It’s quite possibly a silly bug lurking somewhere. I’m talking about the case of the disappearing top...
Google Street View Launches in the UK 20 Mar 2009 | 08:01 am
Google has launched it’s 360° Street View functionality on Google Maps in 25 cities across UK covering over 22,000 miles of the road network. Heres a nice view of the Millenium Bridge and The Sage fro...
Blank State – The First Entirely Open Source Project 16 Mar 2009 | 02:58 pm
Blank State aims to answer the question.. “what happens if random people are able to freely unite?” So many companies and individuals boast transparency and the fact that they are putting the customer...
Legacy Locker 15 Mar 2009 | 11:12 am
What happens to all of your online assets in the unfortunate but inevitable event of your death? Who will own your domain names? Your PayPal funds? Who will control your Facebook account? Who will not...
Home, Plugs and Harmony 13 Mar 2009 | 08:20 am
I love my new Logitech Harmony One remote! At last a universal remote that actually accomplishes what it sets out to do and banishes superfluous remotes to the drawer. To tell the truth I’ve been look...
Ω Automation 24 Feb 2009 | 02:23 pm
Having taken delivery of my Current Cost energy monitor on Wednesday and after a quick play with the unit itself I was eager to get it hooked up to the computer to get some useful data out of it. A qu...
The Nokia N800 23 Feb 2009 | 02:36 pm
I’d intended to do a full review of the N800 last spring, but events – in the form of an disagreement with large canine as to who was to get through a door – overtook this. So I will restrict this art...
The Nokia N770 4 May 2008 | 11:09 pm
Announced on 25th May 2005 the N770 is regarded as the first Internet Tablet PC. It was - unsurprisingly - hardware and format derived from an earlier smart-phone - the Nokia 7710. There the similarit...
Internet Tablet Terminology (the jargon all in one place) 20 Apr 2008 | 09:41 am
Puzzled by that Internet Tablet term? This is the page to bookmark in your browser. If a term is relevant and not here, then ask (by using the leave comment link) ..and it will be! Last Update: 23nd F...
