Apple Apple Computing has been through the wars over the years, but finally found its feet at the start of the 21st century when Steve Jobs diversified the company's portfolio by hitting the home market hard - ultimately making computers and ... (more)
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The Developer's Apple Mac Everybody knows that Mac OS/X is essentially Linux under the hood, but how does it stack up as a development platform? Does it make up for the scripting and package limitations of Microsoft Windows, or are all the ... (more)
Here are a couple of follower graphs (courtesy of TwitterCounter.com) for Disney-Pixar and Coca-Cola, both of whom have been sponsoring trending topics recently. Disney's 6-figure follower count appears to have been bumped up by around 20000 ... (more)
We usually lug our power supplies around with our laptop, don't we? I have a table here of some laptops and their weights, plus total weight including PSU. If you'd like to add one to the list, please let me know!. Laptop Laptop ... (more)
We bought the Topeak Moonshine commuter light back in January 2007, and in these 3.5 years (four winter seasons) it has performed well. We had a problem with the battery mount, but the quality of the light and the lithium-ion battery has been ... (more)
Here's some advice I gave to my brother recently for which budget laptop to buy. I've checked Dell, and configured two to what you'd need: (just using Intel 32-bit CPUs) http://configure.euro.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=uk&cs=ukdhs1 ... (more)
What do you do when you acquire your first smart-phone and get confused about apps? How do you know which ones are any good and which ones are just a waste of money? Here is a summary of apps that people have found useful: TomTom ... (more)
North Norfolk District Council Planning Guidance To make an online application we use the Government's Planning Portal, with a Walkthrough Guide. Windsave has made available a Technical Drawing of the WS-1000. To summarise the walkthrough ... (more)
The SANS Institute has published a list of the 25 most dangerous programming errors - and how to fix them. See CWE/SANS TOP 25 Most Dangerous Programming Errors. Two of the errors accounted for 1.5 million breaches during 2008, so it is important ... (more)
The Kill-a-Watt is available from the REUK.co.uk shop, for £19.99 plus £1.95 UK mainland postage. You plug it into a mains socket, then plug an appliance into it, turn it on and it tells you the voltage, current and power consumption ... (more)