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The iPad as an eBook
Kathryn Greenhill, one of our Perth's digital adventurers reviews the iPad; looking critically at its core functionality; being a book.Sun, 06 Jun 2010
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Advice for people contemplating a PhD
Me; I just like the idea of being called Doctor without having to dissect animals. Advice.Sun, 06 Jun 2010
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National security changes all made clear
The Government is moving responsibility for Australian cyber security in-house; taking principal responsibility away from the Qld Uni/private companies AusCert and giving it to the Attorney General's Department, renaming it CERT.
A fine piece of Rudd-speak at the announcement: "CERT represents the fulcrum of the business-government partnership on cyber security by providing business, for the first time, with a single point of contact with the government for (threat) information." Here at Computer Mechanics we like to think of ourselves as the fulcrum of the client-computer repair business partnership. In an integrated, single point of contact kind of way.
Mon, 14 Jun 2010
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Next big thing
If this is not the next big thing in screen technology I'm a monkey's father's brother. Type 50 words a minute on a phone: SWYPE.Wed, 16 Jun 2010
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True story from a distraught customer
A customer rang last week asking about a new screen for her laptop. 'What happened?', asked Garry. The lady said she was worried her small children would damage the laptop so she hid it from them, under the mattress of her bed.
You know how kids love to jump on the beds?
Sat, 26 Jun 2010
