You may not be aware, but if you’re using a colour laser printer, its privacy-violating subliminal encoding technology could be leaving a paper trail in more ways than you can imagine. Here’s how it works: A microchip located near the laser beam embeds a series of minuscule yellow dots that, when decoded, reveal the serial… Read More »
Despite Apple’s best intention to tout the design similarities between the iPod and the iMac, the two are essentially different monsters. The best way to describe the new iMac G5, to borrow a phrase from Sun Microsystems, is that the display is the computer. Like the previous generation of iMac, the iMac G5 follows the… Read More »
In some ways, the push towards digital convergence can be pretty divisive. Ask any spokesperson from any technology company about how convergence is going to take place, and you will probably end up with different visions and scenarios. This view was reinforced when I hopped over to Bintan Island for the ITJourno Asia Forum some… Read More »
Plagued by a deluge of unsolicited messages after your email address has been plastered all over the World Wide Web? Or perhaps you have fallen victim to phishing scams without realising it (e.g. update your credit card info at www.paypaI.com)? If your online experience has been marred by spamming, McAfee’s latest Spamkiller (version 6.0) offers… Read More »
Incredible, but true: movie featuring an all-star hard-drive cast.Ok, we’re not trying to be corny here. Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has conjured a short film that features an all-star hard-drive cast, including the Hitachi Travelstar, Deskstar, Ultrastar, Endurastar and Microdrive. (See? Told you so!) Titled “Unsung Heroes”, this six-minute clip depicts a family whose struggles… Read More »
We have all experienced this: Once in a while, your finger goes trigger-happy when working on the computer and you click on the mouse button too fast and trigger an undesired operation. Before you know it, the work that you’ve done in the last half hour is gone and there’s no way to undo the… Read More »