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New Amish Laptop Uses BOS Operating System
The Amish community’s well known dislike of technology hasn’t stopped them from developing their own laptop, reports Mystique.net. According to the site and the technical FAQ it neatly sidesteps the problem of electricity, batteries and screens by reverting to…
Revealing Word’s Hidden Secrets
As Propellerhead points out Microsoft Word documents are not always what they seem. They can contain a wealth of hidden information and every so often this forgotten privacy and security flaw is forgotten as someone — usually a smart…
One Minute Video Review: Parrot Photo Viewer
I took a look at the Parrot Photo Viewer, which is designed to display photos from your phone or other Bluetooth equipped photo device. You can pick on up for £150 here. …
Thinner and more Powerful Solar Cells Soon?
It’s all down to bonding hydrogen to silicon, a technique being perfected by researchers at Iowa State University’s Applied Science Department. The team, headed by Vikram Dalal (pictured) in collaboration with solar cell makers PowerFilm are developing thin and…
Hidden XP – The Private Character Editor
Propellerhead has uncovered another one of those hidden programs inside Windows XP, this one goes under the rather grand name of the Private Character Editor. In fact it’s a very useful graphics tool for designing your own fonts special…
Time Zone Display Freeware
Here’s another freebie from Uncle Bill, via Propellerhead, this time it’s a little add on called Time Zone, and it does exactly what it says, displaying the time in a choice of world wide locations. The defaults are London,…
Battery Recall of the Week – It's Toshiba's Turn
It’s Tuesday so it must be Toshiba’s turn to issue a laptop battery recall in the next chapter in the seemingly never-ending dodgy Sony battery saga. The company has announced that it plans to recall some 340,000 batteries, made by…
Computer Keep-Fit
As Propellerhead can confirm sitting staring at a computer monitor all day is bad news, health-wise, but if you just can’t spare the time to get down the gym then take a break and try a few simple exercises….
Review: Samsung K5 MP3 player
The Propaganda If you haven't already heard enough about the Samsung K5 today, you will have in about 3 minutes time. As we've said, it's available in the UK now, and was the shining star at the Samsung stand…
Review: Parrot Wireless Speakers
According to Parrot, Bluetooth is the future. In fact, they're so confident in this that they deal exclusively in Bluetooth enabled devices – everything from picture frames to speakers. Their wireless speakers, or SOUND SPEAKERS as they've rather shoutily…
