I’m in love with my keyboard! The Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 is a dream to type on. Large, well spaced keys, split keyboard, and a whole host of extra media buttons.
There’s only one tiny problem. Two of the buttons don’t work in Linux – specifically, the keyboard scroll buttons. This is …
I’ve never been a fan of Microsoft’s proprietary 2D barcode system. With the latest news that their tag reader and creator will support QR codes, it looks like the writing is on the wall for the multi-coloured blobs.
Further evidence of this can be found on Microsoft’s latest XBox poster which contains a rather …
It was the best of phones – it was the worst of phones…
I want to start this review by saying three things:
I got this phone for free – thanks Nokia!
I’m an extremely demanding mobile user. I recognise that I am an edge-case; what I find annoying, you may not.
I’ve tried to stick to actual …
I was recently invited to the Windows Phone 7 Mango preview (no, I didn’t get a free phone) – here are a few thoughts.
The first thing to note is that WP7 still looks gorgeous – the front tiles (aka widgets) are smart and add a real feeling of fluidity to the phone.
Juicy
The second thing …
I don’t want this to be seen as an anti-Microsoft rant. I’m a great fan of Windows Phone 7, my Microsoft 4000 keyboard is the only device I’m comfortable typing on, and my Xbox hardware is still going strong years after release. I’m also heartily impressed with Microsoft’s continuing support of the …
I’m not the biggest fan of Microsoft. Both my original Xboxes now run Linux, I’ve converted my laptop and computers to Ubuntu, and I generally laugh in the face of Microsoft’s increasingly desperate attempts to stay relevant.
So it was with great mirth that I went along to a BizSpark event a few weeks …
I wander around the world in a perpetual state of confusion. Why is the world the way it is? Why do people make bad decisions? Why – when there are so many better alternatives – do people choose the worst of all possible worlds?
Rather than getting bogged down in philosophy, I …
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