by Tom | Nov 10, 2010 | Tech
A Pocketable Train Wreck is the pretty clear summary of this review. As commenter Almightywhacko says, the niggles will get ironed out pretty fast. DolphinHD is a far better browser and someone will sort out the keyboard issues. However, the killers seem to be 7...
by Tom | Nov 10, 2010 | Government
The stupidity of crowds isn’t quite what you think, but is a great rant from Jamie Whyte (I recommend A Load of Blair). Firstly, the government talks about basing decisions on fairness and affordability. Whyte nails the fact that the former is used in...
by Tom | Nov 10, 2010 | Science
The Multiverse Has 11 Dimensions. The idea of our universe being a bubble floating in 11-d space (NB we are “trapped” on the surface of the expanding bubble) and occasionally bumping into others or splitting does help with the big bang problem. If the big...
by Tom | Nov 9, 2010 | Business, Tech
I’m not sure I’d go quite as far as the article:Â Shhh… Opera holds the web’s most valuable secret. However, the idea of making mobile services (search, browse, apps) feel snappier by offloading processing and network traffic makes a lot of...
by Tom | Nov 5, 2010 | Business, General
The dark side of Dubai. I’ve never fancied going there myself, and this doesn’t add anything for me. I would have liked a little more on the transition process and speed or a comparator with other rapid transitions like the Industrial Revolution or...
