Monthly Archives: May, 2009
Long Distance is not always about the travel
These are great tips for when you do not travel… As a freelancer and as a web-worker, one of the biggest challenges that I face nearly every day is that of working with people who I’ve never met face to face. Although a few clients contact me by telephone, most prefer to deal with me [...]
Flying and health
Picked this up from Laptop Magazine, ‘But a story from CNN today focuses not on why people should avoid travel, but how to do it safely. Just over a month ago, weeks before H1N1 exploded, I did a similar story that asked whether flying really increases your chances of getting sick. As it turns out, [...]
Carrying and Reading Information
Amazon has unveiled a new version of its Kindle e-reader, aimed at reading newspapers, magazines and documents. BBC NEWS | Technology | Amazon announces Kindle DX So the original Kindle was interesting if a little badly designed and ugly. The second generation kindle was ugly but without some of the more awful design flaws. Now [...]
Cost of the Loss of a Laptop
A new report by the Ponemon Institute in conjunction with Intel claims that the average cost to the enterprise of a stolen or lost laptop is $49,246, once you factor in not just replacement but intellectual property loss, lost productivity, forensics, and other downsides. Report: average stolen laptop cost is $50K; Intel: buy vPro – [...]
Netbooks survival only in recession?
Will netbooks die off as the economy recovers? Liliputing has a great post here which is based on an Information Week article. My own view is that Netbooks are helped by their low cost, but that is not their point. Their success is more about their form factor and utility in a low cost package. [...]