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iPad (with or without wings)

Posted on Tuesday 7th August 2012 by syklist

Well I have just seen and touched my first one, caressed its brushed aluminium back and watched its icons vibrate orgasmically on its glistening screen. What do I think of it, you might wonder. My carefully considered opinion is that … Continue reading →

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New Look Gmail still sucks

Posted on Saturday 12th May 2012 by syklist

Just did another of my periodic “New Look Gmail sucks” searches and came up against this interesting post on the techeye.net website. It is interesting because it looks at the issue of New Look Gmail now that the option to … Continue reading →

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New Google lock-in for Linux users

Posted on Wednesday 22nd February 2012 by syklist

If you want to use a linux computer to watch Flash video content AND you want to avoid Google’s vertical lock-in, then this is about to get a little more difficult. Versions of the Flash plug-in after version 11.2 will … Continue reading →

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RIP Scroogle

Posted on Wednesday 22nd February 2012 by syklist

Scroogle, the King of Anonymous Googling, is dead. Long live DuckDuckGo.

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“Three departments participated in the writing of this message”

Posted on Friday 18th November 2011 by syklist

Here is a screen shot of the message I got after I upgraded Firefox to v3.6.24 a couple of days ago. This is latest version that runs on this computer and I cannot upgrade to a higher version. This is … Continue reading →

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You’re all bitching about something you choose and don’t pay for?

Posted on Tuesday 8th November 2011 by syklist

I’ve been trawling the Gmail help forums recently in the vain hope of a sign that Google will not force us all to use “New Look Gmail.” One poster (38manny) made the the following point in a thread about New … Continue reading →

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Gbook or FaceMail?

Posted on Thursday 3rd November 2011 by syklist

Why does everything have to look like everything else? If I wanted to use Facebook, then I’d register for Facebook. Now I don’t have to, as the “New Look” Gmail conversation view now looks like Facebook (and Linkedin and Skype … Continue reading →

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Time to ditch Gmail (in a browser window)

Posted on Thursday 3rd November 2011 by syklist

What do you like about the new version? It makes me want to buy an email client, which is probably good for me in the long run, as it will insulate me from unnecessary (web) application UX changes. The New … Continue reading →

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Who gets what?

Posted on Saturday 20th August 2011 by syklist

After a raft of injunctions against Samsung, in a dispute over patents and the ‘look and feel’ of the new Galaxy tablet, Apple have now decided to start threatening retailers in Europe. You have to wonder why Apple appear to … Continue reading →

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Time to ditch Firefox

Posted on Thursday 18th August 2011 by syklist

After a raft of pointless UI changes and a move to a senselessly rapid development cycle, the Mozilla developers have decided in their wisdom to make it harder to find the version number in Firefox. Way to go guys, that … Continue reading →

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