NEC Versa M540
Not only is it possibly the best notebook around at the moment for the details as well as the specs, it’s the best price there’s been for a comparable mobile computing experience for a long time. … Continue readingNEC Versa M540
Category: Scitech
Science writing wasn’t really an early focus in my career for two reasons. First, it’s a small, specialised field and I frankly didn’t have the experience or knowledge. Second, I’d considered myself a computer, phone and application guy since first becoming a freelance writer.
I reviewed the latest mobiles and software. I was fully acquainted with the whole Mac versus PC thing at its height. I gave ratings out of five, knew all the products RRPs and my system was littered with product shots from PR agencies working for the IBMs, Lenovos and Samsungs of the world.
Today my interest is where tech fits into our lives. Sometimes it’s AI agents that appear all but human, sometimes it’s an emerging field like the new Internet of Things paradigm of short lived, disposable sensors.
But my knowledge of science evolved and grew and I’ve been thrilled to join the ranks I’d always admired and envied and write about scientific topics from the whimsical, like when Skylab returned to Earth in remote Western Australia, to the socially urgent, like the way the human brain reacts to sexual assault.
iPod 40Gb
Devotee websites like iPodlounge.com and tens of millions of discussion forum threads, a global industry in accessories that seem to get more outlandish, and several entire companies have sprung up around Apple’s simple but beautiful digital music player. … Continue readingiPod 40Gb
Adobe Creative Suite Pro
Any graphic designer in print or web will tell you Adobe products are an essential part of their toolset. Names like Photoshop and Illustrator rode the shock wave of the desktop publishing explosion and have remained at its crest ever since. … Continue readingAdobe Creative Suite Pro
Designs on Office Users
Surrendering slices of the pie it knows it can’t win, Corel have released a self-styled ‘essential Microsoft Office users’ graphics companion’ and created a strong, lean suite. … Continue readingDesigns on Office Users
Quark Xpress 6.0
A very long time coming, Quark finally get with the program (Mac OSX) and not only give millions a reason to finally upgrade to Apple’s chrome-plated OS, but give graphic designers the first serious update in almost a decade. … Continue readingQuark Xpress 6.0
Norton Utilities
If you were careless in emptying your trash without being sure what you’d put in it, Unerase was supposed to be your best bet to get your work back, and under system 8 and 9. … Continue readingNorton Utilities
Apple Final Cut Pro 4
Not only is it lovely not to wait every ten minutes while you render work you’ve just done, you can watch your playback on a broadcast monitor or TV as you go. … Continue readingApple Final Cut Pro 4
Mac OSX Panther
The Macintosh has never had the biggest following, but it’s got the most loyal. There was widespread trepidation among Mac devotees when the UNIX based OSX appeared a few years ago, a world away from OS 8 or 9 that they’d spent five years getting used to. … Continue readingMac OSX Panther
A Long Time Coming
Some radical pundits predicted the end of books, saying we’d download special files to a small handheld computer that displayed the pages of a book and read it like we do on paper. At the time, the technology was in its infancy. … Continue readingA Long Time Coming
Fujitsu Lifebook L2010
Fujitsu’s aptly named Lifebook series of notebooks are living up to their name … they’re consistently among the most stylish, comfortable mobile computers on the market. This time, as well