Category Archives: Rants & Raves

The Dell from Hell

Amid concerns about the security risks posed by travellers who bring their laptops into aircrafts, Dell has struck a further blow to the product’s safety credentials by issuing a recall of 4.1 million Lithium-ion laptop batteries after a series of public reports of its laptops catching fire. According to The Economist, such batteries have been… Read More: The Dell from Hell »

What if you had a remote that actually controlled your universe?

Went to watch Click yesterday evening at Greenbelt 3. This offbeat comedy about Michael (Adam Sandler) who was “gifted” a magical “universal” remote that can fast-forward and rewind his life touched on issues that have real emotional currency for men and women in the modern society: how to allot time to the things that truly… Read More: What if you had a remote that actually controlled your… »

Computer, read my mind!

Mind-reading computers seem to be all the rage again. First, Reuters reported that British and American scientists are developing an “emotionally aware” computer that will be able to read an individual’s thoughts by analysing a combination of facial movements that represent underlying feelings. Then, BusinessWeek carried a similar article about a computer developed by British… Read More: Computer, read my mind! »