Posts Tagged ‘mac’
Feature: Ten trends for 2010 »
February is already upon us but as fast as the months seem to go, the tech world moves ten times faster. As January has already suggested, 2010 is shaping up to be an interesting techy year. Here Adam Maguire lists the ten tech trends that are likely to catch people's attention in the months ahead Computing in tablet-form Apple's big ...Read On »
Opinion: iPad critics are as dull as its fanatics »
The anti-iPad backlash is as tedious as Apple worship, says Jason Walsh. The internet has spoken: Apple's new product, the iPad, is 'lame'. It doesn't have this or that feature and… well, you know the story. Anti-Apple whining is as dull and predictable as the absurd worship of the Californian computer company. Here's the actual ...Read On »
Apple launches the iPad »
Apple has unveiled its long-awaited tablet device, named the iPad, although Irish users will probably have to wait a few months before they can buy one. The touch-screen computer (pictured right) matched up to much of the industry's rumours in terms of its design and functionality when it was launched by Apple CEO Steve Jobs this ...Read On »
Opinion: Nokia needs apps not maps »
Nokia's free maps will give the company a short-term boost but in the long run only apps will help it compete, argues Adam Maguire. It's an over-used term but Nokia's decision to give its Ovi Maps software away for free can be fairly described as a game-changer. The announcement has almost certainly put the company's rivals on the ...Read On »
Opinion – Windows 7 doesn’t exist (and »
Since when were software upgrades worth partying about, asks Jason Walsh. So we hold parties for operating system releases now? The first time I heard about Windows 7 install parties I was in a radio studio with a Microsoft employee; a nice, intelligent and interesting woman. She suggested on-air that the parties might be fun. I burst ...Read On »
Opinion: It came from the grave »
Fourteen years after the last model appeared the Amiga is back, reports Jason Walsh. Old computers never die, they just become objects of fascination for small groups of geeks. It's true. There is not a computer out there that doesn't interest someone – from Vaxen to BeBoxes, NeXT Cubes to Atari Falcons and SGI Irix boxes, every kind ...Read On »
