Drowning in Tips
The ExtremeTech website is updating its top tips of 2003, expanding it to 60 and giving some very useful advice down the way (not unlike the advice you’ll find here, I might add). Check it out.
Monthly Archives: July 2003
News: Buy Some Razor Blades And Get Your Photo Taken!
Yes, it’s true! All you need to do is pick up a packet of Gillette Mach3 razor blades at Tesco’s in Cambridge, England, and you’ll trigger a CCTV camera. A second camera takes a picture at the checkout and security staff then compare the two images. Apparently the aim of the trial, The Guardian reports,… Read More »
News: Phew. Search Engines Are Safe, For Now
From the I Didn’t Know I Was Breaking The Law Dept, you’ll be relieved to know that deep linking is now legal, at least in Germany. Thank God for that. Er, what is deep linking? Basically a deep link takes you from one webpage to another page that isn’t the homepage on another website.… Read More »
Update: Would You Fork Out $700 For It?
Wired says Sony’s new handheld, the PEG-UX50 Clié due out in September, is a neat, neat thing. But are people going to shell out $700 for it? it has built-in Wi-Fi connectivity for wireless Internet access and Bluetooth, which allows users to sync wirelessly with other Bluetooth-enabled devices. Sony has even developed its… Read More »
Mail: PaperMaster Pro Is A Big Disappointment
An email from reader Fred Bennett sounds ominous. He’s tried Papermaster Pro — which I mentioned a few weeks back — for two days and says he is not impressed. He says the look and feel is worse than the old model, important features won’t work, and has seen files simply disappear when he’s tried to… Read More »