Stories by: Mark Gibbs

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    When 16GB is really 14GiB 07/09/2011 02:42:00

    I was asked the other day by a friend why his iPad says, on the outside, that it has 16GB of storage, while in the About tab in the Settings app the storage size is reported as 14GB.
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    Server scripts, Web calendars and form handlers 19/08/2011 04:40:00

    One of my recent projects has been designing and building a Web platform for Community Emergency Response Teams. CERTs are local organizations that exist to provide emergency services such as fire suppression, medical assistance and search and rescue as both first responders as well as a backup to or, if things are really bad, a replacement for official services in times of disaster.
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    The iPad: Epic success for users 06/07/2011 04:31:00

    You read last week's Backspin (you did, didn't you?) so you'll know it included a riposte from my old friend and verbal sparring partner, Winn Schwartau, to my April column "Curse you, users."
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    Impersonator, a different kind of virtualization 30/06/2011 05:44:00

    One thing we all have is lots of old software, and we always need to worry about how we will run that one crucial application next year, the year after, or a decade down the road. Will the hardware be available? Will the drivers and libraries required still be available?
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    Share Netflix? Share a jail cell 10/06/2011 07:46:00

    The leaden hand of Big Media and the fact that it has got any number of politicians well and truly bought was once again revealed this week when the state of Tennessee, "The Volunteer State," volunteered its legal infrastructure to do the bidding of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
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    Ninite automates installation of Windows, Linux apps 21/05/2011 00:47:00

    Without doubt, there is a core set of applications and tools you need on all PCs, whether it's your own machine or those of users. That set typically includes one or more Web browsers along with messaging, media and imaging utilities, and runtimes for subsystems such as Java, Flash and Air.
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    RIM pulls a zombie out of the hat 03/05/2011 02:44:00

    I just got my sweaty hands on a RIM BlackBerry PlayBook. This is my first pass at analyzing the product and ... well, we'll get to conclusions later.
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    Epsilon helps mug you at home 09/04/2011 00:49:00

    It is one thing to be out on the street and randomly mugged, but quite another to have someone follow you home, trick you into letting them into your house, and then being robbed in your own living room.
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    Lots of "people" you interact with online are sockpuppets 25/03/2011 07:42:00

    "I hear his name bandied about a lot, but I don't know him. I don't know who Henson is. He seems to have his hand in a lot of things around here, but I don't particularly know what that means."
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    Three interesting Twitter tools 10/03/2011 06:25:00

    OK, so let's say you're interested in social trends. A great place to look at what's hot is Twitter and, yep, there's a service that will graph the popularity of any keyword on Twitter: It's called Trendistic.
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    Apple no longer thinks different 26/02/2011 07:34:00

    Remember when Apple thought different? They wanted us to see them as being like us, their customers. They wanted us to believe we had similar values, goals and aspirations. They wanted to convince us that, with their help, computers would be different, life would be different, and we would be different. We would be happier, more productive, more fulfilled.
 
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