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Bad news: This blog has pretty much run its course. Nothing very interesting (to me) has happened in this space for a long time. I won’t be updating twopointouch anytime soon. Good news: I’ve started a new blog, called gamethinks.com, which is about computer games. I know this won’t interest a lot of my regular readers, but I’ve been with BT broadband about five years. But my service has been getting slower for about six months or so. For the last couple of months, it’s been too slow to play any of the Web TV services or even a regular 360p YouTube video live. But I lived with it. I let light bulbs die Continue reading BT Broadband: in which I stomp my tiny feet It was with some surprise that I discovered that built-in RFID chips aren’t the preserve of high-end smartphones. They’re actually more likely to be found at the bottom-end. It’s a technology that needs to be available to millions, rather than thousands, for the likes of retailers and transport companies to want to support such devices. Continue reading Connecting things: how soon till near-field comms? We’re entering a world where the Web enters and interacts with everyday life. They talk about about RFID, near-field communications, online/inline and glanceable interfaces. There’s a great video down the bottom that explains it all in a lot of detail. What we’re talking about is things like: Nike + – personal information aggregation and sharing. I was asked to review the latest release of Xara’s graphic design software, Xara Designer Pro 6. Since I’ve been a fan of the application for a while, I was happy to oblige. I ought to disclose that Xara sent me a free key. You might not realise it, but Xara is one of the real A fifth of the adult UK population has never used a computer or been online, says the new government-funded body UKOnlineCentres. According to the press release I received, one-in-ten of over 55s would rather do a bungee jump than use the Internet. They’re launching an initiative to try to overcome this. I know about this, |             | |||
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