Google & Samsung have announced the details of the first generation of Chromebooks – thin-client laptops running Google’s Chrome OS & reliant on a web connection for all of their capabilities. But can they succeed in a competitive market-place? The Chromebook is a nice idea. Thin-client (cloud) computing is becoming (if not yet the norm) […]
The end of the paperback?
I’ve just taken delivery of a device, which I believe, will mark the end of the paperback book as we know it: the Amazon Kindle. Electronic books aren’t exactly new. E-readers of various types have been around for some time now – but never before have they had quite the flexibility & performance of the […]
Why iPad isn’t a laptop killer…
There’s been a lot of comment about Apple’s new iPad – much of it very positive but not universally so… It’s Cory’s point that I want to talk about here. Before I start, I have to “declare an interest” (as it were) – I am an Apple fanboy; I admit that – but that doesn’t […]