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The Weekly Round-Up: 03.04.09
Round-Up Strangely toasters also got a mention in another spoof, which suggests an emerging segment of toast-loving techies out there, as the BBC's marketing men might put it, with the Symbian Foundation pretending to unveil the world's first... [03 Apr 2009]
National Work from Home Day: A blessing or a curse?
News The plus side is I'm close to the toaster. Overall, everyone was glad not to have to commute in to work. But there is a price to pay and many found that the technology isn't quite there yet in some form or another. [16 May 2008]
Naked PCs: The naked truth
News For example, software engineer David Fletcher blamed "the likes of Microsoft" for dumbing down PC users by encouraging them to adopt a 'toaster-style' mentality towards their PCs: "They don't seem to realise that a PC is... [02 Oct 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: I'm toast
Comment Well, I never expected to get my comeuppance at the dictate of a toaster. Whilst the grill was doing its job, I searched for the toaster handbook but no joy. A couple of days later a new destination saw... [11 Aug 2005]
3GSM Diary: Social responsibility, killer apps and a giant toaster
Comment My question: Does he look like he's popping out of a giant toaster? I haven't even been able to take a nap at the top of the massive main arena here. Come on - don't tell me no one else tries. Isn't that what the high... [16 Feb 2005]
Apple's Jobs: Macs could be Intel-based - but won't be
News Asked about Apple's interest in selling Macs that could serve up the video recording abilities Microsoft offers with its Windows XP Media Center Edition, Jobs joked that Apple was instead focused on melding the computer with a... [06 Nov 2003]
Weather-forecasting toaster biggest network threat?
News Ford also warned about the dangers of embedding internet connectivity into household appliances such as toasters and refrigerators, specifically mentioning an online toaster that would, every morning, automatically... [30 Oct 2003]
Devil's Advocate: Bluetooth shenanigans
Comment Buying a new toaster, we have no doubt that the plug will fit into the wall sockets at home. But has he jumped the gun? My recently purchased Nokia 3650 encouraged me to explore the state of the Bluetooth market. [21 Jul 2003]
Talking washing machine puts CeBIT in a spin
News Dr Angelika Salmen, chief executive of Speech Experts, said that the technology could be applied to other home appliances, but that a voice-enabled washing machine was of much more value to users than a voice-enabled... [12 Mar 2003]
Tech inventors are really 'cooking on gas'
Comment On a related but slightly less revolutionary note, Sears had the Toast 'N Wave, a combination toaster and microwave oven. By David Becker Meet anybody at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and inevitably the... [13 Jan 2003]
The Bloor Perspective: Police IT, Apple offerings and demand for IT skills
Comment The Cube's appearance defied description - was it a toaster, was it an ornament? Following hot on the heels of several municipalities in Finland, we have news that the Police Information Technology Organisation (PITO)... [27 Jan 2002]
Analysing the analysts: Making up the numbers
Comment For a market sizing number, published sales data from every internet toaster vendor and reseller are collected and added up. Well, not really. But how do these industry sages come up with such numbers? [19 Jun 2001]
Microsoft goes open source - ish
Comment If brass neck was all it took to sell operating systems, even my toaster would have one. But the impossible seems to have happened: Microsoft is going open source. Surely not. Is this the same Redmond-based behemoth that... [03 May 2001]
Windows NT slammed as Linux gets boost
News Gunter Kraft, Cobalt sales and European marketing manager, quipped: "It's easier to configure than a toaster. The managing director of a UK equipment vendor has predicted the demise of Windows NT in favour of the free... [13 Aug 1998]
