Is NComputing better than One-Laptop-Per-Child?
The much awaited laptop under the ‘One Laptop Per Child’ finally came out in 2007, although not quite at the targeted price of $100. Despite the hype, the jury is still out if this will address the shortage of computers amongst the resource challenged. The order book still seems to have a lot of blank […]
USB drives go colourful, stylish
Could you imagine a style factor being added to the ubiquitous USB pen drives and portable hard drives? Companies like SanDisk, in partnership with Ducati MotoGP Motorcycle, seem to have done so. And you also have Kingston adding not only colour, but a rugged body of titanium coated stainless steel. I wrote a feature for […]
What gadget will you buy in 2008?
I posed this question to the LinkedIn community recently, asking not only what gadget they plan to buy in 2008 but any technology - covering add-on hardware, software, applications, paid subscriptions to e-mags/ podcasts/ other web resources etc.
The result: No clear winners but the iPhone, a laptop under the One-Laptop-Per-Child program and the Amazon’s book […]
Are you addicted to your gadgets?
Does your Blackberry go with you into the shower? This question may sound far-fetched, but what cannot be denied is our increasing addiction to our gadgets. While their importance in our daily lives cannot be denied, a pertinent question that faces most of us technologically-enabled folk is whether this technology is keeping us away from […]
Will Kindle send book publishing the music industry way?
With the launch of Amazon’s electronic wireless reading device Kindle making the news, will digitization of books mean this industry will also go the music industry way? Will revenues be killed as books get exchanged freely (think Napster?) once they are available in e-formats? Or the experience of feeling and smelling ink on paper never […]
Tech add-ons to make travel lighter and smarter
If you are one of those who rarely hits the road without packing in your gadgets, chances are you have your share of sob stories to share. Right from batteries going on the blink just as Murphy would have ordained, to your shoulders and back caving in under the burden you could well have avoided […]
