Archive for June, 2005

Sunrise and Plucker

Wednesday, June 29th, 2005

Andy as one of our esteemed readers of geekyinfo has sent a fine review of two applications that he uses daily on his palm. I would like to extend the invitation to any reader to email me at phil@geekyinfo.com if they would like to post up a review of a gadget, software application or some […]

Smart Homes a step closer for us all

Monday, June 27th, 2005

Smart homes in which a single button controls lighting, heating, security, music, film - everything digital - has long been promised, but has never quite delivered.
This is partly down to technology that cannot talk to each other. It has also traditionally been a dream that only the uber-rich can make reality.

But with rising […]

Internet explorer 7 pictures

Monday, June 27th, 2005

A nice heads up here on pics showing Internet explorer 7
I was randomly browsing Flickr, and I typed in “microsoft” as a tag to search.  I was amazed to find IE7 pictures running on Longhorn that were uploaded today!
I found the images on Niall Kennedy’s Flickr Images.  According to his website, Niall is a community […]

SwissBit Victorinox retroALOX 1GB

Monday, June 27th, 2005

Engadget reviews the SwissBit Victorinox retroALOX 1GB and says:
I had not realized that Victorinox had upgraded their Swissbit USB key/Swiss Army knife combo, but Trusted Reviews got their hands on one and proclaim it a winner. It’s got a new look, obviously (the new model is called the ‘retroALOX’ but I don’t know my knife […]

Upgrade your iPod: In-Ear Sound-Isolating Earphones

Monday, June 27th, 2005

Upgrade your iPod: In-Ear Sound-Isolating Earphones
We love digital music players. They’re smaller, lighter, less expensive, and easier to use than ever, and you can take hours and hours of music with you as easily as a Zippo lighter. Many of the best models are capable of outputting pretty good sound, too. You’d never know […]

tungsten X

Monday, June 27th, 2005

The Tungsten X or Tungsten XX?
Remember how a couple of months ago there was this rumor going around that palmOne’s new LifeDrive handheld was going to be called the Tungsten X? Yeah, well obviously that didn’t exactly pan out, but some pics and specs have turned up for what is supposedly the real Tunsgten […]

blogjet shoutout

Monday, June 27th, 2005

Blogjet
BlogJet is a weblog client for Windows that allows you to manage your blog without opening a browser. Those who are seriously concerned with blogging, cannot imagine their work without using this wonderful tool with elegant interface.
Easy to setup, easy to use. Intuitive Account Wizard helps you to create a new blog or use an […]

Note-taker v’s moleskine

Sunday, June 26th, 2005

I’m delighted we’ve got our NoteTaker Wallet back in stock. For those of you who’ve been waiting for us to re-up our inventory - it’s back. In black.
(FYI I designed it because I couldn’t find one just right anywhere else. And we were out of stock because our previous leather supplier [Gary’s] went out […]

del.icio.us direc.tor

Sunday, June 26th, 2005

del.icio.us direc.tor is a prototype for an alternative web-based rich UI for del.icio.us. It leverages the XML and XSL services of modern browsers to deliver a responsive interface for managing user accounts with a large number of records.
The main features are:

In-browser handling of del.icio.us bookmarks (tested up to 12,000 records)

Find-as-you-type searching of all your […]

Using OneNote on two or more machines

Sunday, June 26th, 2005

Using OneNote on two or more machines
One question I hear pretty often is: “hey, I have two machines with OneNote - how do I keep my notes in sync?” There are a lot of ways to do this. In some ways it depends on what your needs are. After all, what doesn’t?
First, be certain […]