Bob Brown - Author - Good Gear Guide

Stories by Bob Brown

Article | 1/04/2012 In Pictures: 10 funny (?) April Fools' pranks - Web style

Our roundup of some of 2011's Internet-based April Fools' pranks should get you in the mood for this year's inevitable crop. Get ready to wince.

Article | 6/03/2012 After Android 5.0 'Jelly Bean': 'Key Lime Pie'?

Google, alphabetically workings its way through a list of desserts for Android code names, has reportedly settled on Key Lime Pie for a version of the...

Article | 2/03/2012 First iPad 3 drama? Short supply of Retina Displays reported

Apple hasn't even announced the iPad 3 yet, but tablet watchers are already fretting that the company might not have enough of them to meet early dema...

Article | 1/03/2012 iPad 3 concept video: How Apple could really blow us away

The window for design firms to spit out flashy iPad 3 concepts is closing now that Apple has announced plans for an <a href="http://www.networkworld.c...

Article | 13/02/2012 In Pictures: Hottest iPad 3 design concepts

If you just can’t wait for Apple to introduce the real iPad 3, enjoy these designer concept images for now

Article | 6/10/2011 WiFi users blissfully ignorant about real security, research finds

New research conducted on behalf of the Wi-Fi Alliance shows that while wireless users are making strides on the security front, they’re still leaving...

Article | 5/10/2011 Microsoft zapping Zune music player

Microsoft, confirming one of the technology industry’s worst kept secrets, is killing off its Zune music player about 5 years after its debut as a pot...

Article | 28/09/2011 YouTube founders breathe new life into Delicious

Delicious, the early Web bookmarking site that Yahoo bought in 2005 and discarded earlier this year, is back with a bright new look.

Article | 21/09/2011 Surveys find Apple most admired, most satisfying company

Apple, riding continued high demand for its Mac computers and iPad tablets, has topped rivals in two new surveys of customer satisfaction.

Article | 13/09/2011 $1 will get you in on latest social network start-up

If you have a dollar to spare you can get in on the ground floor of <a href="https://mightybell.com/home">MightyBell</a>, a new social network company...

Article | 13/09/2011 Apple iOS 5 reportedly about to go golden

Apple reportedly will send the Golden Master version of its iOS 5 mobile operating system to manufacturing partners around the last week of September,...

Article | 3/08/2011 LulzSec gets Google+ boot, but returns

Hacker group LulzSec ("the world's leaders in high-quality entertainment at your expense") has had its initial Google+ account nixed this week, though...

Article | 2/08/2011 Trick or treat: Apple iPhone 5 coming in October?

Apple’s iPhone 5 has been the subject of scads of rumours, with some focused on a bigger screen, others on fewer buttons and still others on facial r...

Article | 26/07/2011 BlackBerry maker RIM axing 2,000 jobs, 11 per cent of workforce

Research in Motion, which has been losing ground to Apple, Google and even Microsoft in the mobile market, announced Monday it is cutting 2,000 jobs, ...

Article | 19/07/2011 Apple iOS 4.3.4 security fix jailbroken overnight

Apple’s iOS 4.3.4 PDF vulnerability fix issued Friday didn’t stymie jailbreakers for long -- a beta jailbreak tool for the mobile software update was ...