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I, for one, welcome our robotic communist jobless future

Comment Everything will be so cheap, you won't NEED a job
Tim Worstall, 19 Sep 05:00

How do you choose your vendors?

Sysadmin blog Trevor Pott has a little list. What has he missed?
Trevor Pott, 17 Sep 08:29

Massively leaked iFail 5S POUNDS pundits, EXCITES chavs

Something for the Weekend, Sir? Frantic ‘experts’ backtrack as new iPhone unexpectedly sucks
Alistair Dabbs, 13 Sep 09:43

Everybody Loves Rayman: Legends dethrones Mario

Game Theory Plus: Diablo III’s console conversion, and Lost Planet 3 goes icy, slicey
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Mike Plant, 12 Sep 08:02

Smartwatch craze is all just ONE OFF THE WRIST

Something for the Weekend, Sir? Digital watches were crap in the 70s so don’t expect any better now
Alistair Dabbs, 06 Sep 10:39

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Alistair Dabbs

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Alistair Dabbs is a freelance technology tart, juggling IT journalism, editorial training and digital publishing.

Congrats on MP3ing your music... but WHY bother? Time for my ripping yarn

Good news. A year on from the ICT debacle at my son’s school, he has ditched the joint and found another place where his skills are more appreciated. Faithful readers may remember - as for all you unfaithful readers, I understand the political parlance is to call you "sluts" - that a couple of days before he was due to embark …
Alistair Dabbs, 27 Sep 2013
Can't take pictures

WHY do phone cams turn me into a clumsy twat with dexterity of an elephant?

I was a little dismissive last week about the technical improvements Apple says it is introducing to the photographic capabilities of its blinged-up iChav smartphones. Just because mimicking street fashion smacks of corporate desperation at – is it cuz I iz gold, innit? – this should not mask the details of the much-improved …
Alistair Dabbs, 20 Sep 2013
Gold iPhone 5s, in'it?

Massively leaked iFail 5S POUNDS pundits, EXCITES chavs

If it was tedious putting up with the prelaunch hype, it was at least entertaining this week to watch so many commentators backtrack on the cobblers they’d been serving up just hours before the event. I’m talking about the iPhone 5S/iPhone 5C launch, of course. Everyone else has expressed an opinion these past couple of days, so …
Alistair Dabbs, 13 Sep 2013
Sinclair Digital Watch

Smartwatch craze is all just ONE OFF THE WRIST

Douglas Adams’ classic 1970s sci-fi satire described the Earth’s population as “so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea”. And here we are again, on the cusp - as in ‘hey, boys, check out my cusp’ or ‘ouch I fell on my cusp’ - of a new outbreak of idiocy that regards digital …
Alistair Dabbs, 06 Sep 2013
Candle in the dark

Behind the candelabra: Power cut sends Britain’s boxes back to the '70s

“Would you like to watch a film with me tonight?” Although the timing seems good – it has just gone 8pm – the offer is extraordinary. You see, in the busy Dabbs household, each member of the family works to his or her own barely compatible calendar and so it is mandatory to book in advance before any interaction can take place …
Alistair Dabbs, 30 Aug 2013

Holiday HELL: Pourquoi, monsieur, why is there no merdique Wi-Fi here?

DAY 1 I arise at 02:00am and clatter about the house noisily. This is my preferred method of waking up the family without the ignobility of knocking on bedroom doors or the inevitable upset that follows from vigorously shaking shoulders or throwing iced water into faces. I have booked a cheapskate pre-dawn flight and I do not …
Alistair Dabbs, 23 Aug 2013