Keir Thomas - Author - Good Gear Guide

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Article | 10/12/2010 Printing from the Cloud edges closer to reality

The recent announcement of Google Chrome OS included something that's slipped under the radar of most reports: Google Cloud Print. Hinted at earlier t...

Article | 11/12/2010 Could Wikileaks scandal lead to new virtual currency?

It's not an exaggeration to say that the recent Wikileaks scandal has shaken the Internet to its core. Regardless of where you stand on the debate, va...

Article | 9/12/2010 Why Nokia is in deep trouble with MeeGo

Beware open source. Just ask AOL. All it wanted in the late 1990s was a killer browser to destroy Microsoft's Internet Explorer. They figured the best...

Article | 8/12/2010 Virtualization boosts LG Android phones

If you carry one cell phone for work and another for personal use, you'll be pleased to hear that LG will soon release a phone capable of securely swi...

Article | 8/12/2010 Mac App Store is unlikely to be a blockbuster hit

Apple introduced its iPhone App Store in 2008, and it was an instant success. People began to talk of to a modern-day gold rush as software developers...

Article | 7/12/2010 Can a flashy 3D interface save the BlackBerry?

Research in Motion (RIM) has purchased the Astonishing Tribe (TAT), a Swedish company that by its own admission creates "beautiful user interfaces." W...

Article | 2/12/2010 What the IP address meltdown means for you

The world is running out of IPv4 Internet addresses, without which the Internet can't function in its existing form.

Article | 30/11/2010 E-book piracy is here. So what?

While browsing a social news site the other day, I came across a link to an e-book search engine. Sadly, alongside the many free e-books available, su...

Article | 30/11/2010 Mobile internet is already dominant, survey says

The people behind the Opera mobile Web browser have released the results of their State of the Mobile Web survey, which questioned 300,000 users in Ju...

Article | 29/11/2010 Five websites that used to rule the Internet

The Internet generation is stunningly disloyal. Brands mean very little to us. Our parents might never have bought anything other than a Ford car, or ...

Article | 25/11/2010 ARM co-founder: Intel is dead on the desktop

Intel is doomed, Hermann Hauser has claimed in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. If you don't know who Hauser is, he happens to be one of the...

Article | 26/11/2010 5 websites that used to rule the internet

The Internet generation is stunningly disloyal. Brands mean very little to us. Our parents might never have bought anything other than a Ford car, or ...

Article | 25/11/2010 Top 5 free Google Apps add-ons for business

Google launched its Apps Marketplace back in March, effectively inviting companies to create business software for the cloud that would sit alongside ...

Article | 24/11/2010 Google takes Office to the Cloud, security issues remain

Google has begun testing an intriguing plugin for Microsoft Office. Google Cloud Connect is a devastatingly simple concept: rather than save your file...

Article | 20/11/2010 Nokia's app store sees explosive growth, still sucks

Nokia has been boasting its new Ovi Store is a huge success. Launched last year in a bizarre staggered release that saw the U.S. served after practica...