The next version of MS Office looks set to bring powerful tools for creating business graphics – if by powerful you mean create complex, artistic (by MS standards) slides with only a few clicks The problem with such tools is that if you have seen one, you have seen all, of the results. As a [...]
There is something luddite-ish about the current attitude to HTML email, even from those who take a measured approach. Some people are dead against it, recommending that you configure your clients to avoid it, and damning anyone who dares to send it.Even the Washington Post has now joined the campaign, motivated in part by Microsoft’s [...]
Some Canadian scientists claim to have found an avenue for attacking many forms of cancer, but fear that they will not be able to do further research.
In the land of the free and home of the brave it is illegal to cross a road, as a historian (who while British has been in America long enough to know better) recently discovered at the American History Association conference. As the police officer himself said: I told him, it’s gonna be awful silly [...]
Apple’s ability to keep its products secret is almost legendary, and possibly quite unique. Of course, in this case, they’ve actually had not announce it themselves early, because regulation and co-operation with other businesses makes it impossible to maintain control any longer.
The new iPhone is a cute piece of kit, though I question the wisdom of it, but where does it fit into the iPod lineup? The true music lover, or person who wants to watch video, is currently encouraged to buy a 30Gb or 60Gb model, though there is some hint that 80Gb might be [...]
How to breed rats: Introduce very complex recycling schemes. Refuse to collect general rubbish (you know, the stuff with food and the like) every week.[*] Watch the rat population grow by thirty nine per cent in a year. [*] For extra points, as in many areas, refuse to supply additional dustbins to put rubbish bags [...]
The inventor of instant noodles lived to a ripe old age. I was surprised to read that instant noodles rate a museum.
Slashdot is reporting a possible cure for breast cancer, subject to, well, years of development.
There are those in America who believe that reading Harry Potter will set their children on a path that leads to eternal damnation. This from the nation that also brought you people who believe that a road named ‘Route 666′ was incompatible with righteous nationhood.