Tony Bradley - Author - Good Gear Guide

Stories by Tony Bradley

Article | 5/05/2010 Keep your personal data off the market

In 2003, author and security pioneer Simson Garfinkel conducted a study of data he found on second-hand hard drives. On eBay, Garfinkel bought the har...

Article | 11/05/2010 Five reasons HP 'Hurricane' can compete with iPad

Rumor has it that the Windows 7-based HP Slate tablet PC is dead, but that HP has plans to leverage its purchase of Palm to develop a new WebOS-based ...

Article | 11/05/2010 Microsoft Office is just what the iPad needs

The iPad is "magic" and all that, but it is not without its flaws and weaknesses--many of which I expect Apple will address with the next incarnation ...

Article | 4/05/2010 3G v. Wi-Fi: Which iPad is right for you?

The iPad has been available for a month now in the United States, but the 3G-capable version of Apple's tablet device just launched this past Friday. ...

Article | 5/05/2010 Microsoft Losing Browser Influence And Market Share

The latest numbers are out and the main story revolves around Google Chrome continuing to climb in market share, and Microsoft Internet Explorer conti...

Article | 4/05/2010 Open letter to Facebook on privacy

Facebook appears to be working diligently at establishing itself as the site that people love to hate. Don't get me wrong, passionate views are a mark...

Article | 1/05/2010 Five things the iPad needs to be complete

I pre-ordered the Apple iPad, so it has been a month now--or near enough--that I have had my 32 GB WI-Fi iPad. I have had ample opportunity to try it ...

Article | 30/04/2010 HP purchase of Palm paves way for WebOS tablet

The fall of Palm from groundbreaking innovator of handheld PDA's, to ailing developer of capable-but-waning smartphones is complete with the announcem...

Article | 28/04/2010 Social networking exposes business networks to risk

Once upon a time, instant messaging was a consumer technology. That consumer toy worked its way into the corporate network and was eventually not just...

Article | 28/04/2010 Weighing the economic impact of net neutrality

It seems that the battle for net neutrality has boiled down to an argument over economics. Dueling reports paint vastly different visions of the econo...

Article | 28/04/2010 McAfee debacle shows why malware defense must evolve

Last week a flawed DAT file from McAfee led to false positives crashing Windows XP systems and leading to a massive cleanup effort. It would be very e...

Article | 27/04/2010 Make Your Apps Windows 7 Compatible with AOK4SMB

Windows 7 has been a tremendous success thus far--both as a standalone or upgrade operating system, as well as in driving PC sales.

Article | 27/04/2010 Windows XP still less secure than Win 7 and Vista

Microsoft has released a new Security Incident Report--the eighth volume of Microsoft's quarterly overview of computer and network security trends.

Article | 23/04/2010 Getting touchy with Windows 7 Touch Pack

Windows 7 was designed to leverage new, cutting edge interfaces and input mechanisms like touchscreens. Unfortunately, some of the cooler stuff that M...

Article | 20/04/2010 Samsung 20nm flash memory could spark price war

Samsung has developed a 20nm process for manufacturing NAND flash memory chips -- leapfrogging the 25nm process unveiled less than three months ago by...