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Great e-book reader with built-in light
Life, James Hein, Published on 31/10/2012
» Well it has arrived, my new Paperwhite Kindle. It is small, light, and the text is clear. It is very easy to use with sensible touch areas. The built-in light is great for darker reading areas and the battery technology will allow me to keep it on the whole time and still get a long reading life from the unit. I bought the Wi-Fi version because that is all I need to access my Amazon account. This model does not have any extras like the ability to play music or audio books, so if you need this stick with the earlier models for the time being. For the person who wants to replace their book reading with an electronic device that can be used in the dark then this is perfect and exactly what I want.
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Bitter pills for tablet users
Life, James Hein, Published on 28/11/2012
» What is it with tablet designers? Any tablet without a memory card slot, fail. No standard USB port (of any variety), fail. Low screen resolution, fail. I can understand it from Apple, but what were Samsung and Amazon thinking bringing out "new" tablet models sans memory slot?
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Smartphone patent battle is pretty dumb
Life, James Hein, Published on 28/08/2012
» This week it's time to take a look at the ongoing phone wars. Nokia and RIM, makers of the Blackberry, are essentially out of the market leaving Apple, Samsung, Microsoft and a number of Asian providers.
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A return to form
Life, James Hein, Published on 31/07/2012
» It is good to be back on the pages of the Bangkok Post. For those diehards who kept reading my Currents blog during the interim, you can now relax with the expanded Life section and catch up here. The new Currents will be the same as the old Currents but with less technical and programming bits in the shorter format.
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Conflict minerals in your gadgets
Database, James Hein, Published on 24/11/2010
» When you use your mobile phone and other technology, are you aware of the cost of being able to use such a service?
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If they didn't want it then, why would they want it now?
Database, James Hein, Published on 08/09/2010
» A number of companies are now readying their iPad challenger. But why? What has changed in the past 10 years to suggest people who once rejected pen or touchscreen computing will now embrace it?
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It all points to yet another invasion of privacy
Database, James Hein, Published on 11/08/2010
» When does information collecting become just too intrusive? Google has a patent for a new system that will track where you hover the mouse and then tailor both search results and advertising.
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Success for the security-conscious
Database, James Hein, Published on 25/08/2010
» A bit over a week ago a free anti-virus app from DroidSecurity passed the 2.5 million download mark from Android users. This puts the utility in the top 50 most popular Android downloads. The reason this is news is because there have been no security threats in the form of malware aimed at the Android platform. Well, there was one SMS Trojan, but that affected only a few people in Russia. The application contains about 200 signatures that are mostly for spyware and phishing threats. The app also includes some spam filtering for anti-text messaging instances.
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Of 3D, iPads and other fads
Database, James Hein, Published on 30/06/2010
» Forget the iPad for a moment and consider that the tablet revolution started a decade or so ago never went anywhere. Today, tablets occupy a fairly small niche market. People just don't want to interface with a machine using only their fingers on a touch screen. Once the novelty wears off, it is back to the notebook or desktop for any real work.
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Wade through the glut of information
Database, James Hein, Published on 07/07/2010
» When I first heard about the Internet, I was very excited. The thought of being able to access a world of information online without the need to visit a library was an amazing thought. Over the years this view has changed a little bit because there is now such a huge amount of rubbish out there in terms of no factual information.
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