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Posted in internet, technology on Apr 2nd, 2012

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Spotify; fixed and more broken in the same update

Posted in internet, technology on Mar 13th, 2012

Great though the idea of legal music streaming is, the implementation still leaves a bit to be desired. After six or seven years as a Napster customer I ended up leaving the (increasingly unloved and dated) service when they messed up my monthly payments for the second time. Onto Spotify, about which a few things [...]

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Meet the TYPE-IN™ – and want to kill it

Posted in internet, marketing, technology on Sep 30th, 2011

Advertisers want to know if you’re human or machine, while turning you into the latter

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Android update on a Samsung Galaxy S Updated, avoiding the FAIL

Posted in technology on May 18th, 2011

Upgraded at last: Samsung finally rolls out Android 2.3 to the Galaxy S

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The multiple overwrites myth

Posted in technology on May 5th, 2011

In a recent Computer Shopper feature (in issue 278, but sadly not online) I investigated a few computer facts and fictions. One that came under the spotlight was the myth that it took multiple passes to overwrite a hard disk so that it couldn’t be read. In response to a brief Twitter discussion today, here’s [...]

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Linked in is going through my bins

Posted in digression, internet, technology on Jan 19th, 2011

I didn’t used to get worried about privacy on social media sites. I don’t tell them much about me, so they don’t have a lot to reveal/sell/give to third-party developers or whatever. But they’re getting weirder. I’ve never, for example, told Facebook where I live, although it obviously knew when I joined the city’s group. [...]

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