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Arduino Hacking: Getting Started
Posted on Thursday, September 2, 2010 | No CommentsJust a brief post to alert RSS subscribers that my how-to Arduino article is now live over on bit-tech.net. Anyone who has ever hacked around in their PC will have been hit with an urge to take their tinkering to the next level and ... -
aRSSduino
Posted on Monday, August 30, 2010 | 2 CommentsThe aRSSduino is a simple project for the Arduino microcontroller, designed to display RSS feed entries on a 16x2 LCD. It's still in the early stages, with the following outstanding: To Do: Support for larger LCDs To Improve: Better UTF-8 character handling To Do: Multiple RSS feed ... -
Free e-books for your Kindle
Posted on Thursday, August 26, 2010 | No CommentsI've written an - in my not-so-humble opinion - interesting post on the cost of e-books for the recently-released Amazon Kindle and other eReader devices, which I've published over on my Freelance Site. This week culminates in the launch of Amazon’s latest Kindle eReader,which means ... -
Toshiba launches dual-screen notebook
Posted on Monday, June 21, 2010 | No CommentsToshiba has confirmed its plans to offer a dual-screen notebook similar to Microsoft's Courier concept, to be added to its Libretto ultra-mobile range. The Toshiba Libretto W100 was launched as part of the company's 25th anniversary celebrations - its first laptop, the Toshiba T1100 was ... -
The Freelancer’s Kitbag
Posted on Sunday, May 16, 2010 | No CommentsOkay, so the title is a misnomer - it's more of a kitbox. Still, it's my new toy and I'll love it and hug it and never let it go. The kitbag - designed as a one-grab container for everything I'm likely to need if ... -
Long Spike: Sony HD camcorder
Posted on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 | No CommentsNot content with shaking up the bridge camera market with its new EVIL NEX 3 and NEX 5 mirrorless cameras, Sony has snuck out a sneak preview of an up-coming camcorder using the same APS C-size CMOS high-definition sensor. Described as still ... -
Long Spike: LG LED 3D TV
Posted on Sunday, March 28, 2010 | No CommentsAnother article saved from the bit-bin, this time about LG Electronics' latest LED-backlit 3D TV: LG Electronics has made good on its recent promises and announced the impending launch of its first LED-backlit 3D TV, the LX9500. Launching first in Korea - to be followed by ... -
Long Spike: Larrabee canned
Posted on Sunday, March 7, 2010 | No CommentsThe second long-spike article that I've resurrected is regarding Intel's decision to downgrade its Larrabee platform release into a Software Development Kit, written back in December. If you've been awaiting the debut of Intel's Larrabee multi-core graphics processor with bated breath, there's been a ... -
Long Spike: AMD/Intel settlement
Posted on Sunday, March 7, 2010 | No CommentsI've been going through some of the older stuff I wrote for bit-tech, and came across a couple of articles that never made it. Rather than consign them to the digital dustbin, I figured - having already written them - I'd resurrect them here. The ... -
Windows wins on netbooks
Posted on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 | No CommentsIt seems that Microsoft is scoring a bit win in the netbook sector, with claims doing the rounds that Windows XP has gone from a mere 10% of the market in February last year to 96% now. As someone who uses - and likes - ...