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Could £180 Asus Fonepad tablet become ultimate Windows-based Netbook?
A quick look at the Asus Fonepad left us wondering whether it would be possible to hack the very promising tablet-o-phone to run a flavour of Windows (possibly Windows 8). After all, if Chromebooks (like the original Google CR48)...
The business of purchasing Twitter followers
As someone who plays the Twitter game honestly I find it more than a little annoying that people are now buying followers by the droves. In fact, it has become a big business. And Twitter makes it worse by promoting certain...
Margaret Thatcher dies: Twitter reacts to death of Britain's 'Iron Lady'
Margaret Thatcher has died. That much, you probably already know. What you might still be wondering is how the death of one of history's most divisive figures is being received. Where the politicians of years' gone by were...
Microsoft should speak up about Xbox 720 always-on connection rumours
At the end of last week, Microsoft creative director Adam Orth was caught having a discussion on Twitter with another game developer about the rumours that the Xbox 720 would require an always-on internet connection to function....
Is it still worth buying a new PC?
Every so often I get asked the question: Is it worth buying a new PC? Or, alternately, do you think that tablets are taking over personal computers? My answers, most assuredly, are yes to the first, and no to the second.
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The phablet is merely a fad
The consumer electronics market has been taking cues from Lewis Carroll these past couple of years. Tablets are getting smaller, but smartphones are ballooning. However, new data is showing that phablets – the bizarre...
A less-than-warm welcome for Windows 8.1
We've now heard that Windows Blue will be called Windows 8.1 and it is expected to be distributed in August. But we still don't know why Microsoft seems to be pushing the "Metro" aspects of the OS rather than backing off when it...
Let’s have Facebook Home, not a Facebook Phone
Can Facebook flip the script tomorrow? The more I think about Facebook's home screen app, Facebook Home, the more I think it'll find plenty of success among social networking enthusiasts. But Facebook could still lose the day if...
Microsoft approves budget 7in tablets, plans to merge Windows RT with Blue?
It has taken almost six months, but Microsoft has finally given the green light to low resolution (1024 x 768), 7in and 8in Windows 8 tablets. In related news, Microsoft’s Windows RT woes continue, with a supply chain...
Will Google Glass make privacy a thing of the past?
Aside from whether or not Google Glass will actually have enough features to catch on after the cool factor of computer glasses wears off, the biggest concern facing the wearable computer is how it will affect privacy. One...
