Author: Paul

Could it be that George lied to us all when he said that "Revenge of the Sith" was the last one?  According to Tonight, he just may well have been fibbing after all: Great news for Star Wars fans – a seventh blockbusting film is being planned for the series. Creator George Lucas has been…

Petra Rankin makes a good point.  If you want to be successful in anything, keep doing the things that will help you achieve your goals.  Sounds pretty simple but how many times have you done the thing you need to do to achieve your goals only once, only to find that your effort wasn’t enough?…

Here is quite a funny take on the pulpy romance novel covers of the past (I am sure G would appreciate this expecially): I think a lot of us can agree that a large number of romance novel covers are pretty silly and are just asking to be ridiculed. So that’s exactly what I did.…

Nokia has unveiled its "Internet Tablet" device designated the Nokia 770.  This is not a phone and is instead the tablet device you may have found yourself wishing for when all you wanted to do was park off and check your mail or maybe browse the web while eating breakfast.  It runs using Linux and…

MyADSL has reported that Vodacom intends launching a 2Mbps 3G network towards the end of the year. Pieter Uys, COO of Vodacom, announced that this service, based on HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) technology, will compete favourably on speed and the pricing structure will be competitive. HSDPA is an upgrade of the WCDMA network.…

I have finally started learning how to do small jobs on some of my sites myself.  Thank goodness for books like HTML 4 for Dummies!  Anyway, I have read that there are scripts available for all sorts of things on the Web.  I am looking for a script (or whatever works best) that will help…

Faced with their inability to detect non-metallic weapons, the US Department of Homeland Security is considering implementing a new technology that allows operators to see through clothing and uncover the weapons that would-be terrorists intend smuggling on board commercial flights.  While this seems like a good idea at first, when you consider that this technology,…

Yahoo! is going to be testing new features in its free mail service to allow users to send and share digital photo’s.  This isn’t a surprise coming after the Flickr acquisition in March but the article on CNET News.com doesn’t mention Flickr at all: Yahoo on Thursday is expected to begin testing improvements to its…