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Useful Low-cost Digital Camera Hacks
‘The prime amateur photography lesson is that it’s just about composition and light. But the second most important lesson was taught to me by a professional photographer whom I hesitantly asked about...
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The Online Popularity Scam
‘How much do you like courgettes? According to one Facebook page devoted to them, hundreds of people find them delightful enough to click the “like” button – even with dozens of other pages about...
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When Not To Trust Web Of Trust
How Trustworthy is WoT? WOT is very useful in warning us about unsafe websites. But how about when it gives your own site false ratings? When I visit my site Plato on-line, the WOT icon has a blue...
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Last VW ‘Hippie Van’ to Be Built This Year
I bet this last van would fetch very high in an auction. An image of this van always brings me back to my childhood. Does anyone know why this van was called ‘convi’ in Manila? And everyone I know who...
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Internet Growth Slowing
infographic As Internet Growth Slows, Tablets And Mobile Data Are The Industry’s Best Hope ‘Growth in Internet usage on the whole is slowing, technology investor and analyst Mary Meeker warned in her...
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Will Spies Teleport Data to Steal It?
Scientists Report Finding Reliable Way to Teleport Data ‘Scientists in the Netherlands have moved a step closer to overriding one of Albert Einstein’s most famous objections to the implications of...
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Why do Cell Phone Calls Still Suck?
‘The IEEE’s Spectrum magazine just published a good article on the subject, “All smart, no phone: Cellular carriers are dragging their heels over technology to improve voice quality,” that identifies...
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5-Year-Old is a Microsoft Certified Professional
‘Ayan Qureshi of England is now a Microsoft Certified Professional after passing the tech giant’s exam when he was just five years old. ‘Ayan, now six, whose father is an IT consultant, has set up his...
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Common Chemicals That Reduce Your Baby’s IQ
Prenatal exposure to common household chemicals linked with substantial drop in child IQ ‘The study is the first to report a link between prenatal exposure to phthalates and IQ in school-age children....
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“The Internet Will Disappear”
And I think Google Chairman Eric Schmidt knows what he’s talking about ‘At the end of a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, where his comments were webcast, he was asked for his...
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