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Microsoft-Intel Push to Rival Apple in Tablets Sputtering – Bloomberg: “Early demand for Microsoft’s first computer, the Surface tablet, seems ‘disappointing,’ said Craig Berger, an analyst at FBR Capital Markets. And computer makers have been hampered in introducing tablets by … Continue reading →

Tabletized: Then I went into the Apple store and tried out the iPad mini, just for yuks. I don’t know what kind of gas they were pumping into the store, but whatever it is has the same effect on my … Continue reading →

How can anyone not love this: a set of blinds with designs based on retro game stuff, like Pacman and Space Invaders. Just the thing for your retro gaming den. You do have a retro gaming den, right? Right?

In Don Norman’s talk at dConstruct, he said something that I’ve been saying for a long time: “They have lots of people, lots of servers, they have Android, they have Google Docs, they just bought Motorola. Most people would say ‘we’re … Continue reading →

Dave Winer should know: If you miss five days of reading the news because you were on vacation (good for you!) the newspaper you read the first day back isn’t five times as thick as the normal day’s paper. And … Continue reading →

The launch of Google+ has started a huge debate over the role of anonymity on the Internet. But what I see again and again in the debate about this is two massive straw men: “Anonymity is essential so that the … Continue reading →

Alan Patrick thinks not: Is it a fair price – no, of course not, its a Bubblenomics business case. In any “normal” economy, paying $40m for a zero-revenue feature that uses your own platform to organise what are essentially SMS’s … Continue reading →

Now this is really rather fine. Byword, which is my weapon of choice when it comes to writing pretty much everything, has been updated with support for Markdown syntax. If Markdown doesn’t mean anything to you, then don’t worry about … Continue reading →

If I’ve set this up right, you should now be able to find Technovia on Facebook. Yeah, I know the logo’s rubbish, but I haven’t had time to do a new one yet. Come along, Like it, and all that … Continue reading →