Beam me up, skattie! The upcoming Samsung Beam
Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by Jake.
I remember when phones had one purpose and one purpose alone – to phone people. They had receivers, which were attached to the phone with a wire and dials instead of buttons. Those were the good old days, back when it only cost 3 and tuppence to go to bioscope and you still had enough [...]
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Geek God – Dries Buytaert
Posted on 02. Mar, 2010 by Jake.
NOTE: We will be changing the Geek God section to feature local geek icons. For now, unfortunately, the post I wrote with details on this has been lost in the ether during our migration of Geekery to a new server. We will be reposting that one soon, but for now, here’s one last look at [...]
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No sex please, we’re Apple
Posted on 24. Feb, 2010 by Jake.
App by app, Apple has spent the last couple of days embarking on a moralistic cleansing of their iPhone App Store. Porn fiends the world over wanted answers, and now. So, thanks to an article on Gizmodo.com, let’s here what the official word from Apple executive Paul Schiller is:
“It came to the point where we [...]
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Big, bad and obsolete: Computers of the 70s
Posted on 11. Feb, 2010 by Jake.
THE ALTAIR 8800 (1975)
If you were around in 1975, and happened to purchase this baby, all of your friends would be crowding around your desk, going ‘oooh’ and being jealous. While it may look a bit like your sound system’s amplifier, the Altair 8800 is considered by many to be the first mass [...]
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Nokia tells over a million people where to go
Posted on 03. Feb, 2010 by Jake.
For quite a while now, the rise of the GPS device has provided a solution for the eternally lost motorist. But what about those particularly loskop types who can’t even find their way when on foot? Nokia, with the launch of Ovi Maps, a downloadable phone app boasting free walk and drive navigation, came to [...]
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iPhone Application - Spinning Vinyl (Virtual DJ)
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Einstein's neighbours and the Hats
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Thought piece: Too much tech?
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