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What’s in a name … and what isn’t? John Maynard Keynes
5 September 2011 – 18:20 | No Comment

David M. Brinley for The Washington Post
What does it mean to be Keynesian? It was the British economist John Maynard Keynes who declared that when, like today, economic growth grinds to a standstill and businesses …

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Ten catastrophes: All-time worst tech industry executive decisions
2 September 2011 – 21:15 | No Comment

Information Technology, software and computer companies are certainly not without their share of poor executive decisions and mismanagement. While dozens of notable examples could have made our list, these were by far the top …

32 reasons why PCs are better than Macs: are they still true in 2010?
25 September 2010 – 17:41 | No Comment
32 reasons why PCs are better than Macs: are they still true in 2010?

by Zara Baxter, Staff Writer, John Gillool.

Once upon a time, these were the reasons PC users could still hold their heads high. But do they still hold true?Background: In July 2007 we’d gotten a bit …

This Is Apple’s Next iPhone – iPhone 4
20 April 2010 – 13:57 | No Comment
This Is Apple’s Next iPhone – iPhone 4

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You are looking at Apple’s next iPhone. It was found lost in a bar in Redwood City, camouflaged to look …

Wireless speed freaks set to leave Wi-Fi standing
26 February 2010 – 17:36 | No Comment
Wireless speed freaks set to leave Wi-Fi standing

WI-FI as we know it is reaching the limits of its usefulness. It just can’t keep up with our appetite for services, such as new video formats, that gobble up bandwidth. So what’s …

Vi downloader bunker af ulovlige film
28 January 2010 – 14:52 | No Comment

Hver sjette dansker henter jævnligt film på nettet – ulovligt.
Af Jakob Sheikh.

Vi er tilsyneladende vilde med at downloade ulovlige film. Danskerne forbruger millioner af ulovlige film hvert eneste år. Faktisk downloader hver sjette dansker mellem …

Ten ways space travel isn’t like television or the movies
13 January 2010 – 15:08 | No Comment
Ten ways space travel isn’t like television or the movies

10. There is no sound in space (rumbling engines, electronic beeping, laser blasts, etc.)

You’ve probably heard this fact stated before by your high school science teacher or some killjoy walking out of a movie theater: …

Her er den nye børnecomputer
11 January 2010 – 16:19 | No Comment
Her er den nye børnecomputer

Helt nyt og lækkert design på den billige bærbare PC beregnet til børn i fattige lande.Blot fordi man ikke selv har råd til en bærbar computer, skal man ikke

snydes. Derfor kommer der nu en totalt …

Dark power: Grand designs for interstellar travel
26 November 2009 – 13:43 | No Comment
Dark power: Grand designs for interstellar travel

“Space is big,” wrote Douglas Adams in his book The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. “You just won’t believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is.”
He wasn’t exaggerating. Even our nearest star Proxima Centauri is …

The beginner’s guide to tricking out your WordPress blog
23 September 2009 – 23:25 | No Comment
The beginner’s guide to tricking out your WordPress blog

You took the leap and installed WordPress to host your own blog because you want complete control over how it looks and works. Now, it’s time to power it up, lock it down, and make …

iTunes-kunder kan spare en fjerdedel
16 September 2009 – 11:33 | No Comment
iTunes-kunder kan spare en fjerdedel

Af Thomas Vigild
iTunes-kunder kan spare en fjerdedel. Lovligt, let og meget billigere. Vi har testet hvordan man køber eller lejer film og tv-serier fra iTunes-butikken i USA. På få minutter kan man have adgang til …