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You needn't be censored
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 29/01/2014
» One of the immediate problems resulting from civil disorder and the imposition of states of emergency is the use of censorship. It is a rare government, junta or revolution that doesn't attempt to cut citizens off from news it does not control and prevent them from telling the world what is going on.
Some editors can even spell
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 03/07/2013
» One of our subeditors here at the centre of human Life came up with one complaint and one request that resulted in satisfaction all around. The complaint was that using a word processor like Microsoft Word just to write stories and notes was clumsy, and ultimately slowed her down. But she wasn't aware of a decent text editor that had a spellchecker.
SCI-FI fantasies take on real dimensions with 3D printers
B Magazine, Wanda Sloan, Published on 30/06/2013
» Just before a premature baby died in their care because his airway collapsed after birth, doctors in the US state of Michigan made a tiny plastic airway splint, inserted it and saved his life.
Watching foreign networks is easier than ever
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 22/05/2013
» There's no shortage of information on how to pluck forbidden fruit from the internet apple tree. That's what Google was made for.
Windows upgrade at half the price
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 09/01/2013
» Windows is in another of its periodic phases of development, where most old software won't work with the new-look Windows 8, so it is worthwhile considering an upgrade.
Real-life use of 3G
Business, Wanda Sloan, Published on 12/10/2012
» If you just returned from a long trip to outer space, then you may not know there's a big election campaign under way in the US. Or just how heavily ``smart devices'' are involved.
All aboard the apps bandwagon
Business, Wanda Sloan, Published on 12/10/2012
» Despite the hardware wars and the multi-billion-dollar lawsuits over operating systems, a 3G phone without attractive applications is not really more useful than an 800-baht mobile with a 1-2-Call SIM.
Swipe away those auto-correct tears with Fleksy download
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 12/09/2012
» The Qwerty keyboard is 138 years old, and ever since it was adopted, people have been messing with it _ without effect, until now.
Clocking share activity
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 12/09/2012
» There are two kinds of people in the world ... and the other kind simply can't do without stock-market reports.
OCR made more user friendly
Life, Wanda Sloan, Published on 20/03/2012
» OCR stands for optical character recognition, and means convert a picture of text into real, computer style text that you can edit, change and save. You can capture a page of a newspaper or a book or a magazine easily enough with a scanner, but all you have is a photo. If you want to search or copy the words on the page, you will have to use an OCR programme.