tech

Tech support for your parents

Digital Living As much as we like it, we do not recommend installing the fantastic Mozilla Firefox browser for non-tech-savvy users. However, trying to do tech support over the phone can be incredibly frustrating. You can't always be there when a parent runs into...

11 May 2005, 12:43

Format wars: The tech that should have won

Digital Living Our fantasy outcomeIn a fit of 80s Material Girl pique, Captain Tech would banish pre-recorded VHS tapes and ensure that every home records on Betamax and watches movies from Laserdisc. Not because we're afraid of good old-fashioned tech fisticuffs...

Tags: cd rom, next generation, tape, steve

23 July 2007, 10:49

CeBIT 2006

Digital Living It's the dark days of March -- which means it's time for the annual pilgrimage to Hanover in Germany for CeBIT, a massive trade at which the world's high-tech companies will be showing off the latest and great in tech gear

Tags: tech, companies, gear, trade

8 March 2006, 15:54

Daddy, what was it like to be clueless?

Digital Living The book tells the story of a group of techies working on a terrible game development project, and it features much that is familiar to Coupland's fans: obsessive triviality, the wit of clever, geeky tech types and a total immersion into the...

10 June 2006, 9:00

Smarter commuting, the cyborg way

Digital Living Armed with the latest high-tech weapons, these problems can be eliminated. The latest iPod tech means you can also look at slideshows of your pictures, and even watch videos. Whether it's London or New York, between security alerts, faulty...

19 October 2005, 13:06

End the gadget madness and put the iPod down

Digital Living Public space is no longer shared, it's annexed -- using state-of-the-art personal tech weapons. I've been seeing how much concealed tech heat I can pack on public transport. There's an increasingly ostentatious display of tech weapons on display in...

18 March 2006, 8:00

The 8-step technology detox

Digital Living After hours running around trying to pick up one of London's finest, I finally settled for one that wasn't quick enough to dodge my tech-coddled hands. Did I reach tech-free nirvana? I guess I'll just have to face the fact that I'm an incurable...

Tags: london, wars, cleaning, string

14 June 2007, 17:23

The digital won't let me go

Digital Living That's tech. The digital -- cameras, personal video recorders, mobile phones, laptops, games, the whole shiny silver mountain of personal tech -- has huge potential to change our lives for the better.

16 May 2005, 12:40

Which Vista version is for me?

Digital Living OEM versions of Vista don't come with full tech support. Normal Vista comes with 90 days of free tech support, but you'll need to pay for any subsequent help. My friend has been telling me how good the new Microsoft Vista operating system is, but I...

7 February 2007, 13:45

CES 2007

Digital Living CES is the world's biggest consumer electronics trade show and the number-one event in the tech year. Check out our show coverage to get a first look at the hot gadgets heading your way over the next 12 months.

Tags: consumer, tech, event, gadgets

28 December 2006, 16:10

CES: Drama in the desert, but what's the story?

Digital Living I have a sneaking suspicion that this year we're in for a bravura performance of the tech industry's favourite show tune, Bigger and smaller and faster and cheaper! The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada is a massive industry...

4 January 2006, 11:43

Sony PSP

Digital Living This year's must-have gadget, the PSP has the kind of tech smarts that makes even jaded gadget freaks sit up and take notice.

31 August 2005, 17:25

OLPC XO-1 (One Laptop Per Child)

Digital Living Is this a revolutionary piece of kit or just a high-tech toy? This ultraportable is both a digital lifeline for children in developing countries and a cyber hippy's dream.

Tags: olpc, kit, tech, children

25 January 2008, 11:01

Apple iPod Shuffle (2G)

Digital Living Is Apple's clip-on player your high-tech jewellery of choice, or will you send it shuffling off? It's the smallest MP3 player in the world, at least for now, and possibly the simplest -- but not the cheapest.

17 November 2006, 15:45

Living in a fantasy world

Digital Living He turns into an early Terminator, terrorising the residents of a high-tech entertainment resort called Delos, in which fat cats live out their fantasies in a theme park manned by beautiful (and sexually compliant) androids.

10 July 2006, 12:16