Stories by Sharon Machlis

Article | 22/09/2011 Hands-on: 5 wireless keyboards for the iPad
Even if you're comfortable with the iPad 2's on-screen keyboard and can happily tap out a status update or quick email, you might not want to use it f...
Article | 24/08/2011 HP's PC division, by the (profit and growth) numbers
Why would a company give up its market-leading position in a major hardware segment -- especially if that business is still profitable? That was one q...
Article | 10/06/2011 Android vs. iPhone and iPad by the numbers
It looks increasingly like Android will be the major challenger to both Apple's iPhone and iPad.
Article | 21/04/2011 22 free tools for data visualization and analysis
You may not think you've got much in common with an investigative journalist or an academic medical researcher. But if you're trying to extract useful...
Article | 20/04/2011 Apple vs. Microsoft by the numbers
A little less than a year ago, Wall Street reached a Microsoft vs. Apple milestone: for the first time, Apple's corporate value surpassed Microsoft's.
Article | 18/01/2011 Facebook ends end-run around U.S. securities laws
There was another question about the planned Facebook stock offering that went beyond whether the social media leader is a good investment now or if i...
Article | 6/04/2010 NASA: Key antenna fails as Discovery enters orbit
After a successful launch early this morning, NASA officials later discovered a snag when the space shuttle Discovery entered its orbit around the ear...
Article | 20/02/2010 Must-have keyboard shortcut apps for Windows
I've been a keyboard shortcut fan for a long time. Sure, icons and eye candy have their place -- I'd rather double-click an icon than, say, type run c...
Article | 21/11/2009 Free Web apps to help organise your holidays
It's That Time of Year again, and even if you don't celebrate The Holidays, chances are you have other people in your life who do. There's so much to ...
Article | 22/05/2009 10 AppleScripts to make you love your Mac (even more)
Why, when people were trying to get me to switch from Windows to a Mac, did no one tell me about AppleScript?
Article | 26/06/2008 Coming soon: A laptop in your pocket
Your laptop is likely to soon go the way of 5.25-in. floppy disks, made obsolete by smaller, more useful technology: the smart phone.