Steve Malone: 'IT's Like This...'
News In the meantime you wander around lost among the shiny slot machines and gambling tables all tempting you to part with your money. For some time, it has been known that if you have a collection of users who, either by default or persuasion, make...
[June 23, 1998, 11:38]
Xerox Phaser 8400B review
Reviews All of the documents were shiny, as if they had a layer of wax coating them, giving each a distinctive and 'expensive' look. Monochrome graphics were also disappointing because the shiny, waxy coating was distracting; the gradients in our test...
[May 11, 2004, 14:10]
Queen's Own Mounted File Guard?
Blog I don't really think it's them in the shiny helmets. The Army has a web page dedicated to the Queen's Life Guard, those fine young men who parade around in plumes outside Buck House for reasons they doubtless find compelling.
[October 4, 2007, 21:01]
Code Exchanges: We Got That Open-source Feelin'
News So he grabbed a few development tools, created some shiny new buttons of his own and published them free of charge for anyone who wanted to use or improve them. "Zeke" was generally happy with the professional Web authoring application he used, but...
[June 14, 2004, 10:30]
Will Cube Copy Bring Apple's Wrath?
News DA Computing told ZDNet News that beneath the shiny skin, the two systems are very different. With the arrival of DA Computing Technology's recently announced "Cube-alike" Komodo Server at Comdex Fall 2000 in Las Vegas, Apple watchers across the...
[November 17, 2000, 9:26]
Apple Puts Leopard In Limelight
News Chief executive Steve Jobs showed off the shiny metal desktop, which will start shipping immediately, as he kicked off the Worldwide Developers Conference. Custom widgets can be created with Web Clip, which can take information from any regularly...
[August 8, 2006, 10:15]
Firefox 2 review
Reviews The new shiny-glass look is much more sophisticated, as are the rounded tabs and the hairline borders around the address bar and the search engine box. Possibly the coolest new feature is Live Titles, formerly Microsummaries, which allows Web sites...
[October 28, 2006, 15:00]
Gobsmacked At Amazon Delivery Fiasco
Blog A) It was supposed to be delivered today, not Thursday; B) I am not currently sitting here synching my music to a shiny new iPod; C) Delivered to whom exactly? It's the number one thing that dissuades the buying public from embracing the Web and...
[January 12, 2008, 11:03]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog No word on what XNA stands for -- although the Web page devoted to it has a shiny double helix down one side, so no doubt we're supposed to think about digital DNA -- but let it never be said that Microsoft is reticent about mixing its marketing...
[March 26, 2004, 16:15]
IPhone Isn't Magic
Talkback Usually when a big fuss is made about a new shiny bit of technology I see it in use everywhere. Yes I can receive email and browse the web - but can I copy and paste information from a page and put it in an email - no.
[December 11, 2007, 8:48]
Thoughts On Windows Driver Updates
Blog You buy a nice shiny new computer, perhaps even a laptop like I did. Last, you can go to the individual device manufacturer's web pages, and often you can get updated drivers directly from them. You can go to the support pages of the manufacturer...
[August 19, 2008, 13:42]
HP IPAQ 514 Voice Messenger review
Reviews However, all but the silver buttons are made of a tactile shiny black plastic and are raised at the centre, which makes it relatively easy to hit them for number dialing. However, if you intend to look at a lot of Web pages, the lower resolution...
[June 7, 2007, 16:40]
Apple Mighty Mouse review
Reviews The Mighty Mouse has the same smooth, shiny, white-plastic finish you've seen on iPods and other Apple products, making it an aesthetically perfect accessory for an iBook or an iMac p, beware: The scroll ball and side buttons are a light grey.
[August 31, 2005, 10:00]
Sony CLIE PEG-NX70V review
Reviews The case has a textured feel that contrasts with the smooth, shiny finish of its competitors. Email and Web browsing are available, but you'll need to purchase Sony's aforementioned PEG-WL100 Wi-Fi card, which slides into the back of the unit, to...
[December 10, 2002, 16:06]
Shiny Shiny Chrome
Blog For web developers there is a built in code inspector, which has some nice features, additionally there is a javascript debugger for those annoying scripts. There aren't many options in the application, I sadly couldn't stop the 'speed dial' type...
[September 3, 2008, 9:18]
