December 2010

I may be a workaholic, but an intervention would send me broke…

Such is the way of the Freelance Journo. First up, at PC & Tech Authority, the closest I’m EVER likely to come to writing sports journalism: Opinion: Should you be worried by Facebook’s facial tagging? “Photos published of several St Kilda footballers this week has brought Facebook privacy back into the spotlight. So imagine this […]

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Useless USB drives, Terrifying Terabytes, Killer Couch Potatoes And… Lapdances?

It’s all in a day’s work for an in-demand technology journalist, really. You should see what it’s like around here when I get really busy.* First up, CNET.com.au has a review of a nice product that doesn’t seem to have a particular niche in mind. Hitachi LifeStudio Mobile Plus: “Hitachi’s Mobile LifeStudio has an interesting

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This Is Your Product. This Is Your Product Under The Reviews Hammer.

Musings on good and bad products permeate today’s offerings. First of all, there’s my contribution to a group article over at PC Authority on the worst products ever: The worst products we’ve ever reviewed… “You’ve probably never heard of the Fish PC. There’s good reason for that.” Then at Hydrapinion, the bad product matrix spins

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