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Apple's no-smoking warranty nonsense
I’m not a smoker. I don’t enjoy being in the presence of cigarette smoke. But I still had mixed feelings about the UK workplace smoking ban: you can’t argue with the health benefits,… more →
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Apple's no-smoking warranty nonsense
meganbacon wrote 2 weeks ago: I’m not a smoker. I don’t enjoy being in the presence of cigarette smoke. But I still ha … more →
Good, clean fun: but what is Twitter for?
meganbacon wrote 3 weeks ago: Ask even the most avid Twitter fan to explain the benefits of their obsession, and it will take them … more →
Do Macs need security software?
meganbacon wrote 4 weeks ago: Actually, the question should be: when will Macs start to need security software? It’s going t … more →
Web 3.0: the shopping centre web
meganbacon wrote 1 month ago: If Web 2.0 was the two-way, user generated, cool internet, Web 3.0 will be the era of post-search ra … more →
Windows 7: consumer heaven?
meganbacon wrote 1 month ago: Kudos to Microsoft: Windows Vista is iconic. Even outside the confines of the tech ghetto, Vista is … more →
Bonkers broadband and call centre hell
meganbacon wrote 2 months ago: “If you know your account number, are calling from the moon, and can recite the words to the s … more →
Technology helps us cheat smarter, not harder
meganbacon wrote 3 months ago: Today’s reports that almost two thirds of students copy work from the web fits nicely into the … more →
God bless ESD: get Windows 8 for just 1p
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meganbacon wrote 3 months ago: Picture the scene. October 2012, Moon Station 1: Steve Ballmer invites President Bill Gates on stage … more →
Does technology make us lonely? Anybody? Hello..?
meganbacon wrote 4 months ago: Full disclosure: I am one of the 300,000 or so members of the PC Advisor forum (we’re bigger t … more →
If Vista's a fail, Windows 7 is a cash cow
meganbacon wrote 4 months ago: I can’t lie, I’ve grown fond of Windows Vista. Like the perfect life partner it’s … more →
Rumour: Toshiba to launch Blu-ray player?
meganbacon wrote 4 months ago: Massive HD-DVD backer Toshiba, one of the biggest losers in the nascent high-definition disc format … more →
Microsoft to KO Google in (Windows) 7
meganbacon wrote 4 months ago: Microsoft versus Google is a matchup pleasing to pugilists. In the Redmond corner: a grizzled, bruis … more →
Two thirds of PC Advisor readers still use Windows XP
meganbacon wrote 4 months ago: In the final months of Windows Vista’s reign as the top dog at Microsoft, around 64 percent of … more →
How to secure your PC: pile on the layers
meganbacon wrote 5 months ago: It used to be so simple. To secure your PC, you simply shelled out 30 or 40 notes for an internet se … more →
Apple iPhone or Palm Pre: one device to rule them all
meganbacon wrote 6 months ago: So Apple’s latest iPhone walks among us and, as a plethora of Android mobiles prepare for laun … more →
No broadband? Support the digital TV switchover
meganbacon wrote 6 months ago: We live in a country where 65 percent of people are unaware about the ongoing digital TV switchover … more →
Why you need to save money on printing today
meganbacon wrote 7 months ago: Here’s some facts to throw your way in these times of economic woe and love for Mother Nature: … more →
Windows 7 will never be as big as Vista
meganbacon wrote 7 months ago: ‘The Most Significant Product Launch in Microsoft’s History’. So ran Microsoft’s h … more →
The Windows 7 free for all explained
meganbacon wrote 7 months ago: The public flogging of public flogging of The Pirate Bay achieved… not much. ‘Law-abiding … more →
