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Minority Report: MacBook Air - slim chance of success?
Comment Complaints about the absence of a removable battery aside - replacing the main battery is a minor task - there's also no built-in Ethernet and only a single USB port. A new Apple sub-notebook was the product the expectant public most wanted to see. [06 Feb 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Getting thinner fast
Comment First it was the floppy drive, then the IrDA port, quickly followed by PCMCIA slot. Written on the London-Ipswich train and sent via a wi-fi signal picked up at the bottom of a field in a remote part of Suffolk, UK. [28 Jan 2008]
IT and compliance: A risk management 'odd couple'
Comment Barrett dislikes personal firewalls because uneducated users often make the wrong decisions when told that 'application nettaxi.exe is trying to access outbound port 142'. Handling compliance and risk have become inescapable elements of the modern... [02 Jul 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 13.04.07
Round-Up Second Life has quickly become the Round-Up's first port of call during slow news weeks and this week is no exception. For reasons that will become obvious in a moment, this week's Round-Up will be brief and to the point. [13 Apr 2007]
India diary, day 1: Cyberbad on Sunday
Comment Still, the domestic terminal is so new I could still smell the paint, gleaming and futuristic like a space port. Sunday 4 February - Hyderabad The cab driver leans hard on the horn as we race past a motorbike upon which mum, dad and two small... [04 Mar 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 8.12.06
Round-Up The problem of course is not with your experienced drinkers who will be happy with their tipples of choice - probably wine or beer, perhaps the occasional foray into a well-loved, short-lived bottle of scotch, via a charming glass of port to wash... [08 Dec 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Laptop error
Comment About 12 to 14 months ago several events happened at once: my assistant's laptop suddenly appeared moribund with a pink screen; my laptop lost LAN connectivity via the RG45 port; a new staff member joined the team; and my son was about to set off... [04 Sep 2006]
Business travel tips - readers' picks
Comment Carry a small (four-port) Ethernet hub and at least two Ethernet cables. silicon.com staff and contributors have weighed in with their 30 suggestions on how to make business travel bearable. Now it's time to hear from our readers - here are their... [23 Jun 2006]
30 tips for better business travel
Comment Carry a couple of USB memory sticks because half the time you won't be able to connect your laptop to whatever projection system you're using and the only way to show off that vital presentation will be to stick the USB stick into the system's USB... [19 Jun 2006]
Dan's China diary - day 6
Comment The US is the biggest port of call for the tech industry. This is his warts-and-all diary, which appears daily this month. For in-depth coverage of this fact-finding trip inside China, including analysis and exclusive stories, click here. [15 Jun 2006]
Will's Web Watch: Been let down by an e-tailer?
Comment Those of us who have regularly shopped online for some time now will have our favourite sites - be it a first port of call when booking flights or hotels, a first choice for CDs or DVDs, a specialist clothes store or other niche site (not... [08 Mar 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: The UK's a broadband leader. Really?
Comment It is not unusual for between five and 15 (or more) UK customers to share a single port. Copy dispatched by free LAN at 2Mbps. Recently I have attended one conference or function after another where it has been stated that the UK is leading the... [17 Oct 2005]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: A single source for net protection
Comment Two of the most widely used are port 80, the default for internet activity (HTTP traffic), and port 25, the default for corporate email (SMTP traffic). But recently, says Quocirca's Bob Tarzey, that's starting to change. [06 Oct 2005]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Back me up
Comment A few weeks ago my LAN (RG45) port/socket failed, and despite all my efforts I have not been able to diagnose the precise problem. Batteries and hard drives can be replaced at minimal cost but a failed port usually dictates a new and really... [01 Sep 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 05.08.05
Round-Up By way of a digression (c'mon, it's Friday), a quick scan of a website called "Texas Longhorns: A history of longhorn cattle and guide to viewing the State of Texas' longhorn herd" (always the Round-Up's first port of call when indulging in a... [09 Aug 2005]
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