Saving books and other physical media in the age of iPad

Change is unstoppable, so people may as well get on board with it.  It’s easier to go with the flow than to try and swim upstream, as they say.  These cliches are particularly pertinent in the technology industry, where change is not... read more »

October 17, 2011 2:35 am / no comments

Amazon’s Kindle puts cracks into Great Firewall

I absolutely love my Kindle.  I got it a few weeks ago and have been completely addicted to it ever since.  I have the IHT delivered to it each morning and The Atlantic coming once a month, plus I’ve already loaded it up with about 10... read more »

October 31, 2010 5:57 pm / 2 comments

Mobile phones ‘more dangerous than smoking’

The Beijing municipal authorities may well be acting in the interests of public health (or rather the millions of visitors that will be coming to Beijing before, during and after the Olympic games) by implementing ‘smoking restrictions‘... read more »

April 1, 2008 2:03 am / no comments