http://www.doeswhat.com New Technology Explained Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:37:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.doeswhat.com/2009/06/12/hands-on-apple-macbook-pro-13-inch-summer-2009-review/ http://www.doeswhat.com/2009/06/12/hands-on-apple-macbook-pro-13-inch-summer-2009-review/#comments Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:16:54 +0000 Editor http://www.doeswhat.com/?p=448 Resolution. Possibly a little low? 1280x800 has been standard on 13” widescreen laptops for as long as I can remember. The 8” widescreen Sony Vaio P-series laptop has a resolution of 1600x768. Now this resolution is blatantly ridiculous, but with that said, the MacBook Pro has an extra...]]> http://www.doeswhat.com/2009/06/12/hands-on-apple-macbook-pro-13-inch-summer-2009-review/feed/ 13 http://www.doeswhat.com/2008/08/01/elonex-one-un-boxed-first-look-review/ http://www.doeswhat.com/2008/08/01/elonex-one-un-boxed-first-look-review/#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:54:47 +0000 Editor http://www.doeswhat.com/?p=79 At first use this device is extremely underwhelming, it not only feels slow and loads slowly, but is difficult to use. The manual does a reasonable job of explaining the software and basic functions, but even vital information like the removal of the screen from the keyboard is not easy to find...]]> http://www.doeswhat.com/2008/08/01/elonex-one-un-boxed-first-look-review/feed/ 44 http://www.doeswhat.com/2008/06/08/uk-computing-students-are-disappearing/ http://www.doeswhat.com/2008/06/08/uk-computing-students-are-disappearing/#comments Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:25:26 +0000 Editor http://www.doeswhat.com/?p=53 UCAS Computing applications have fallen by 48.2% since 2001. Even at A-level the number of students has fallen by 48.6% between 2001-2007. Government investment between 1996 and 2001 almost doubled to meet industry needs, but since then funding has decreased by almost £100 million a year...]]> http://www.doeswhat.com/2008/06/08/uk-computing-students-are-disappearing/feed/ 0 http://www.doeswhat.com/2008/06/07/amazon-goes-offline-it-cannot-be/ http://www.doeswhat.com/2008/06/07/amazon-goes-offline-it-cannot-be/#comments Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:04:54 +0000 Editor http://www.doeswhat.com/?p=52 Amazon goes down, leaving a message of accusation, "we believe you violated the terms". I have not! 2 hours down time = $3.5 million loss (roughly), mere pocket change.]]> http://www.doeswhat.com/2008/06/07/amazon-goes-offline-it-cannot-be/feed/ 1 http://www.doeswhat.com/2008/05/28/paypal-coders-go-from-sloppy-to-sleepy/ http://www.doeswhat.com/2008/05/28/paypal-coders-go-from-sloppy-to-sleepy/#comments Wed, 28 May 2008 02:10:03 +0000 Editor http://www.doeswhat.com/?p=44 PayPal merchants lose money, caused directly due to PayPal coding issues. To make matters worse PayPal state an indecisive/non-existent time-frame for the fix by developers. Another in a long list of PayPal coding shenanigans.]]> http://www.doeswhat.com/2008/05/28/paypal-coders-go-from-sloppy-to-sleepy/feed/ 0 http://www.doeswhat.com/2008/05/16/identity-in-usb/ http://www.doeswhat.com/2008/05/16/identity-in-usb/#comments Fri, 16 May 2008 20:17:00 +0000 Editor http://www.doeswhat.com/?p=11 Lose as many USB drives as you want... when you have the piece of mind with a secure biometric USB flash drive.]]> http://www.doeswhat.com/2008/05/16/identity-in-usb/feed/ 1