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Obama: iPods, iPads, Xboxes, PlayStations Make Information a Distraction

The New York Post ran an article a few days ago quoting US President, Barrack Obama, as having said: “With iPods and iPads and Xboxes and PlayStations — none of which I know how to work — information becomes a distraction, a diversion, a form of entertainment, rather than a tool of empowerment, rather than …

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iPad Pricing Released – MyUS Being Dishonest

Apple Order (iPad Dock)

SMH broke a story early this morning about Apple releasing the iPad pricing for Australia last night as well as confirming the official launch date as being the 28th of May, less than a month after the US release. So was I close? I wasn’t too far off at all (around about 5% over). The …

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100th Blog – Roll the Highlights Reel!

Today marks the 100th post on my blog and of course, no significant celebration of a milestone would not be complete without looking over some of highlights since the beginning. I’ve written some informative pieces looking at ways to improve the accessibility and reliability of the technology that we use in our everyday lives. In …

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MS Courier & HP Slate – iPad Killers Being Killed Off Themselves

Over the course of this week, there have been some shock announcements regarding potential competitors to the Apple iPad, specifically the Microsoft Courier and the HP Slate. On Thursday, Gizmodo reported that Microsoft had summarily pulled the Courier out of the incubator and tossed it in the bin. Certainly, in my opinion, the Courier looked …

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TripIt – Your Itinerary in a Flash

TripIt Itinerary

With a short holiday planned for later in the year, I have been meaning to put together some sort of itinerary out of all of the various booking confirmations that the missus and I have accumulated. I like to be organised but sometimes find it hard to strike up the motivation to make sense of …

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iTunes for Windows – Good, Bad or Ugly?

Apple iTunes APIs

Not too long ago, Steve Jobs made a general comment regarding platforms in defence of the changes to the iPhone SDK agreement, specifically: We’ve been there before, and intermediate layers between the platform and the developer ultimately produces sub-standard apps and hinders the progress of the platform. Somehow, the extrapolation has been made that Steve …

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Flash – Absolute Necessity or General Nuisance?

If there is one thing that the iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad have perpetuated in terms of arguments it is the necessity of Adobe Flash on a platform. Sure, Apple will have you believe that Flash is a resource hog (which may be true in certain implementations) but does it still hold any value? One …

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LogMeIn – Remote Desktop Made Easy

LogMeIn (Remote Desktop)

Have you ever been away from home and found yourself needing to access a file or document on a computer at home or perhaps an important e-mail that you don’t seem to have on your phone? Perhaps you are one of those people that is often called upon to help people with their computer problems …

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iPad HD and XL Apps – Free or Paid?

I believe some time in the last couple of days, Apple flicked the switch and has allowed people to start purchasing iPad apps ahead of the formal release of the iPad hardware. Also, universal versions of applications that work across the iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad have been released and become apparent in iTunes 9.1 …

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iPad Unboxing, Preview & Review – Locked In

I just ordered an iPad (WiFi + 3G model) from the states. It will take some time to make its way over here but I should have it in my hands in just over a month. I also ordered the case and the standalone dock as well. I will do an unboxing video (which will …

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