Category: Technology

  • Blogging from space

    This is definitely a first: A wealthy Iranian-born American woman ventures into space on Monday bearing the flags of both countries on her space suit. Anousheh Ansari, a telecommunications tycoon from Texas, will become the fourth person – and the…

  • Sunday miscellany 17-Sept-06

    ThinkPad laptop catches fire at airport (Engadget). Speculation that the battery is at fault. If it is, and it’s made by Sony as with the Dell battery issue and Apple’s battery recall, then Sony will have a major product confidence…

  • Worthwhile update to Office 2007 beta

    Microsoft released a public update yesterday to the Office 2007 beta 2 suite of applications. Known as a technical refresh, the new build has bug fixes and includes better product integration, improved collaboration tools and “some general fit and finish…

  • Terapad aims to change the blogging game

    A new UK-based hosted blog service came out of private beta last week and is now open for business. Terapad is an interesting-looking service which, according to CEO Stephen Tual, is a game-changing offering: […] Blogging has been technologically very…

  • Max mixes photos and RSS

    Another entrant into the RSS reader market, from Microsoft – Microsoft Max. It’s actually a tool primarily intended for photo sharing: […] Max lets you make beautiful photo slideshows to share with your family and friends. You can also use…