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Big Contrarian: Stacking the odds

In Technology on 19 June 2008 tagged firefox, safari with Comments Off

Big Contrarian:
Firefox, the little web-browser that could, hit 3.0 today. And it seems they think they’ve built a better browser than Safari.
The sad fact is, in most ways, WebKit/Safari is the superior browser. And it damn well better be. Apple caused a huge ruckus when it chose to use the kHTML engine as Safari’s starting [...]

Dumbass of the Day: Al Sacco

In Technology on 8 May 2008 tagged dumbass of the day with Comments Off

In his article Top 10 Reasons Why the iPhone is NO BlackBerry number 10 reads:
The iPhone’s Not Designed for One-Handed Operation
Al Sacco continues:

I don’t know about you, but I’m often driving or taking notes when I’m using my phone…
Try dialing a number with an iPhone in your left hand while steering with your right or [...]

Second Gear - Today - iCal Event and Task Assistant

In Technology on 6 May 2008 tagged applications, reviews with Comments Off

I’ve been using Second Gear’s Today, a new iCal add-on, for a couple of weeks now.
With a click of the mouse/trackpad or hot key you’re presented with the day’s events and tasks. You can set Today to show all of your tasks or just those due on that day.
I’ve tried similar applications before but [...]

Try Touch Typing On This

In Technology on 3 May 2008 tagged apple fanboys, dell, mac, windows with Comments Off

Jacob Gordon recently bought a Dell laptop with a screwed up keyboard.

Looks normal, right? Look at your own keyboard… notice anything different? Okay, maybe you don’t. But try actually typing on this and it all becomes far too apparent. The whole of the bottom row of letters (Z, X, C…) is one too far to [...]