‘Features & Opinion’ Archives
Opinion: Don’t video call us, Steve, we’ll »
Steve Jobs suggested Apple was pioneering video call technology when introducing Face Time but all they did was perfect the pointless, says Adam Maguire. It was by far the biggest stretch of Steve Jobs' Reality Distortion Field yet when he likened Apple's Face Time software to technology from Star Trek and The Jetsons, saying he had spent ...Read On »
Opinion: Microsoft need not fear Apple’s market »
Microsoft may have lost much of its sheen but it is far from a company in trouble, says Jason Walsh. Once the belle of the technology ball, Microsoft has been having a tough time of it lately. Never-ending problems with its X-Box hardware, internet initiatives continually eclipsed by Google and Facebook and now its old enemy Apple has ...Read On »
TeicTat: The Acer Liquid E Ferrari »
The power you feel in your hands as you control a special piece of human engineering. The stares as passers-by spot the iconic bucking horse upon the sharp red body. The exhilaration as the wind rushes through your hair. Yes, you may be waiting for a bus on a breezy day but you've got your Ferrari-branded phone to set you apart from the ...Read On »
Opinion: People aren’t as bothered by privacy as »
For all the hand-wringing about Facebook's privacy changes it appears that very few users actually care all that much, writes Adam Maguire. Today is 'Quit Facebook Day', the moment when the anger against Facebook's privacy chances comes to a head in the form of a mass exodus from the website. Or at least that was the plan. Looking at the ...Read On »
Opinion: Google TV? How about Google Games »
Google's announcement that it would bring Android to TV sets changes the game significantly, not least by putting the search giant head-to-head with games console makers, says Adam Maguire. The announcement that Google would make a TV platform has been met with quiet interest as the industry tries to gauge exactly what this will mean for ...Read On »
Buying ink cartridges is no longer a black-and-white »
With cheaper options now available, printer firms have to justify the high cost of cartridges, writes Adam Maguire. STAFF AT HP are quick to list interesting facts and figures about the company’s print technology, and they do so with a certain sense of pride. An ink cartridge’s nozzle is one-third of the width of a human hair, for ...Read On »
Feature: Digitising the Nation »
Through this week's 'Digitise The Nation' event Joan Mulvihill, CEO of the Irish Internet Association (IIA), wants to see every businessperson and consumer make the net a part of their lives. Quite an ambitious pitch for someone less than six months in the job. Given her role it should be no surprise that Ms Mulvihill is passionate about ...Read On »
Feature: Samsung looking to lead in home 3D »
Having become the biggest TV manufacturer in Ireland Samsung's country manager says they hope to stay on the cutting edge in the months ahead, starting with its launch of 3D-capable sets in April. 3D video is not a new concept. Most people over 20 years of age would have rose – and blue – tinted memories of the Hallowe'en specials and ...Read On »
Opinion: HP show they are tuned in to tablets »
Recent manoeuvres by HP has shown it understands the burgeoning tablet market better than Microsoft currently does, says Adam Maguire. It was with great fanfare that Steve Ballmer took to the stage at CES this year to unveil the HP Slate, or at least that is how he is likely to recount the story. In reality the big reveal of the ...Read On »
Feature: Microsoft return fire in the browser wars »
That Microsoft is now airing prime-time television ads to promote Internet Explorer 8 says more than its competitors' bragging ever could. Years of security threats and innovation by more nimble rivals has given the iconic browser brand a bad reputation and shrinking market share; both of which Microsoft is now trying to reverse. Just a few ...Read On »
