The Dongle - a case study in evolution
Blog But my initial confusion wasn't so much about being abruptly interrogated, but by the word "dongle" (*) itself. It is used by various software companies (the Paperclip word processor uses it) to prevent piracy while still allowing backups.
[May 11, 2008, 13:15 in Rupert's Diary by Rupert Goodwins]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog So let's enjoy the exciting world of microtechnology and whizzo devices -- after all, any story that gives me the excuse to publish the word 'Wankel' is to be cherished -- but don't sell those shares in nickel metal hydride battery companies just...
[November 26, 2004, 17:00 in Rupert's Diary by Rupert Goodwins]
Rupert Goodwins' Weekend Diary
Blog He knows how to format text in a word processor, and proceeds to try and do the same -- tabs and spaces, basically -- in Publisher. Time for all sensible types to loll around in the hot sun, sipping cold beer.which is why I'm in The Flying Vicar's...
[August 31, 1996, 10:00 in Rupert's Diary by Rupert Goodwins]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog There are legitimate uses for such things: they're popular, if that's the word, in prisons and other secure areas where the powers that be don't want the inmates to have too much freedom to organise activities in the outside world.
[September 5, 2003, 17:35 in Rupert's Diary by Rupert Goodwins]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Radio hams are not as other men: with few exceptions, they avoid sport in word and deed. And so it starts, this long hot purgatorial summer of sport. Friday 9/6/2006 I regard football as I do most religions, a personal neurosis that spills over...
[June 9, 2006, 18:40 in Rupert's Diary by Rupert Goodwins]
Server problems beleaguer Hotmail users
Talkback Next, left click on Personal Firewall on the front page of the Norton, highlighting it and bringing up actions for this aspect of the program; left click on the word ‘Configure’ near the bottom of the right hand side of the Firewall page, now we...
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[May 20, 2006, 11:49]
New Ubuntu 9.04 installed - not many dead
Blog There is an argument - for want of a better word - among creationists, that while microevolution is possible (small features may change between generations of living beings), macroevolution (ie, a dog to a horse) is impossible.
[April 20, 2009, 11:36 in Reviews Blog by Rupert Goodwins]
BlackBerry Outage - You Say System Upgrade, I Say Achilles Heel…
Blog As a word of recommendation however headlines like “RIMs co-CEO downplays BlackBerry Outage” stand to destroy the future merit of the brand. Research In Motion (RIM) is in the hot-seat this week as millions were without their BlackBerry service.
[February 14, 2008, 16:18 in On The Road by MobileTech]
Dell Inspiron 5100
Member Review They responded within 48 hours with lot of advices except the word overheating. I am used to hot climate but unforunately this time it is from my laptop. I am not computer professional who needs laptop for all time.
[October 19, 2005, 16:14]
Thursday
Blog It has satellite dishes, various aerials and a rather X Files demeanour: emblazened on one side is the word "Echelon". Turns out its a mobile WiFi demonstration unit --- a hot spot on wheels --- and it's offering tours of San Jose's wireless...
[February 19, 2003, 16:51 in Rupert's Diary by Rupert Goodwins]
RIM’s Top Picks for Developers
Blog Let’s hope we hear the word ‘security’ plenty of times huh? So what does RIM think is hot in the handheld space right now for software engineers interested directing their ‘next big thing’ towards the BlackBerry?
[June 23, 2008, 11:49 in by Adrian Bridgwater]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Up popped a Portuguese speaker, who said that Anglo-Saxons didn't know the half of it: he then provided a long list of phrases for different sorts of sexual intercourse (not the word he used) and the social expectations for behaviour during each.
[August 23, 2002, 15:58 in Rupert's Diary by Rupert Goodwins]
Last weeks lesson: IE only web sites are a very bad thing.
Blog Hackers are though continuing to exploit the vulnerability via Word documents. Nonetheless a message like that hardly projects the impression of a company hot on security. The recent vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE), followed by the rapid...
[January 7, 2009, 7:03 in It shouldn't happen to an IT consultant by Adrian Mars]
Four Press Releases In Search Of A Journo
Blog Worth a blog in its own right - dammit, worth a 4000 word report off the back of a week's research. Good point: Unified Communications is a hot topic, in theory. My iPod has just chosen that Boomtown Rats song at random - random!
[June 2, 2008, 12:08 in Rupert's Diary by Rupert Goodwins]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog All we'd have to do is make sure that the readers had a computer, and a word processor, and an email account.hey, hold on, you do, don't you? Ya want the three hot topics for the end of this year? I sigh inwardly for the days of red-hot electronic...
[May 16, 1998, 7:00 in Rupert's Diary by Rupert Goodwins]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Excel spreadsheets, Word documents, "it's all on our website", Oric Atmos C15 cassette tapes, carrier badgers clutching Sanskrit clay tablets in their claws -- you name it, we've seen the format. With hundreds of hot spots just a mouse-click away...
[October 31, 2003, 14:20 in Rupert's Diary by Rupert Goodwins]
