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The WePad slate
Posted on Monday, April 5, 2010 | No CommentsAll this talk in the media about the iPad - and there's plenty of it, with an estimated 80% of the articles in my RSS feeds over the last few days being iPad related in one way or another - has whet my appetite ... -
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 ... -
Laptop!
Posted on Sunday, January 11, 2009 | No CommentsWith the missus getting increasingly addicted to Guild Wars, it's been getting harder and harder to get on my PC of an evening. Accordingly, I have treated myself to a new toy - an Acer laptop. The specs are reasonable, although I could have lived ... -
Clearout
Posted on Sunday, October 26, 2008 | No CommentsIn a brave attempt to rid myself of some of the cruft I've gathered over the years, I've recently had a somewhat brutal clearout. As well as all the rubbish that I've collected, I'm planning to get rid of the vast majority of my ... -
How times change
Posted on Sunday, October 19, 2008 | No CommentsI've been on a massive clearout session of my old computing stuff with a view to finally decluttering my life after twenty-some years of being an unrepentant hoarder, and I spotted an old brochure lying in the bottom of a box. Just think - for ... -
Eee PC battery life
Posted on Saturday, July 12, 2008 | No CommentsI finally got around to recording just how long my Eee PC 701 lasts for under normal usage. That's with almost minimum brightness, playing music and browsing the 'net. It's not the greatest battery life ever, but pretty impressive for the size. To be fair, ...