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How to not Own an iPod Touch or iPad and Still be Happy
In the past ten years Apple seems to be working under a policy of obsoletism (The Oxford Dictionary defines it as “no longer produced or used; out of date”), where its products, prior to their release go under a huge marketing and media buzz, and then are rendered obsolete after six months or so, by... »
Blackberry – Storm of Disappointments
The worst part about being tricked to buy something expensive with the illusion of a better experience is buying an expensive cellphone and end up overcharged for a service that does not work half of the time. Maybe some of the customers out there using the Blackberry Storm are far from this reality. But... »
How late is too late?
Microsoft is trying to take a bite at Apple’s music player market share, but will the giant be able to keep up? Microsoft has announced the release of a revamped version of its “iPod killer”, the Zune music player. As a matter of fact, Zune has been on the market for a while with... »
As far as freedom goes we salute the remote control
People often pay cable TV so they can have the freedom to choose the channels they want to watch. Technology drove cable TV a little further and gave us TiVo so we could be able to watch whatever we wanted whenever we needed. The freedom of choice was upgraded to a timeless choice; once... »
Internet: uma introdução crítica ao ciberespaço
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Don’t Talk Just Type – iPhone for the Japanese Masses
Two or three times a week I leave my car at home and take the subway to University. It is not a habit but a conscious act that allows me to break free and mingle into the crowd – even though being a foreigner in the countryside Japan does not allow one to really... »
System Update
Yesterday I received a phone call from a friend asking for some help with some technical issues concerning his computer. He is the owner of a T60 Lenovo (former IBM) laptop and he had found some awkward behavior concerning the use of the “Presentation Director” tool from Lenovo. The whole thing started on Monday... »
From Believer to Skeptic – Apples and IBMs
I believe it was the end of the 70′s and the beginning of the 80′s. Things were changing fast and in the fast lane was personal computing. At the age of five I had my very first contact with a computer, or at least what people believed to be a computer at that time.... »
Microsoft & Yahoo – Is it the answer?
The giant Microsoft announced last Friday (February 3rd) its offer of $44.6bn on an unsolicited bid to buy the long runner and Internet veteran company Yahoo!. For a long time both Yahoo! and Microsoft with its MSN Search have been struggling to break Google’s hegemony as the number 1 search engine on Internet. The... »
Blogs for Blogging
A blog, by common definition, is an online diary in which one can choose to publish publicly his entries. A blog is basically a logging of things (ideas, opinions, reviews, anything) on the Web with the addition of comments, a history of posts and a junction of links that point to other blogs (Talbot... »