In a language with so many words, this is another which has several different meanings, which seem to be growing away from their origins.
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We now have a choice of models: those that grip you by the short and curlies, such as Adobe’s Creative Cloud, or the App Store’s take-it-or-leave-it, in which you pay full price for every major release irrespective of existing licences.
In case you ask, yes, I have just ordered an Apple Watch. Well, strictly speaking two – one […]
We were returning from an idyllic Pyrenean holiday, and had just boarded the Eurostar in Paris, when my wife announced that she had lost her passport.
This accompanies The Dulwich Picture Gallery’s current exhibition of Ravilious’s watercolours, the largest to date, and impresses in several respects.
Can the Mac produce a transcribed account of important meetings using Dictation, or would an audio typist be better?
I am a great believer in the Internet remaining relatively unregulated, free to all, and free for all. But we need direction to provide better for disruption and disaster.
Just as drug cheats always seem several steps ahead of those trying to stop doping in sport, so computer security is always playing catch-up to hackers. And now they can hack into vending machines.
From a brave king, to the pungent taste of mustard, with a wail on the side – all in the one word.
Few computer products thrive for over 30 years: the Mac (31 years young), Unix in its many guises (46), and TeX (37) each spring to mind.
The Eclectic Light Company 