The Plashing Vole

I've been reading over the last couple of years about massive global corporations playing the system to avoid paying any  tax. Vodafone,...

This morning I'm trying to use the new Mac OSx dictation software. Any errors are therefore the responsibility of Apple Macintosh and th...

One of the dreariest tasks I've undertaken in the past is teaching research methods for social sciences: not my forte at all. But clearl...

Steve Jobs, co-founder and until recently head of Apple died last night. As a long-time Apple user, one with all his previous Apples in stor...

An activist group in Italy has struck PR gold by launching an iPhone game which requires you to catch staff as they leap from phone factory ...

Decisively rejecting its reputation as not evil, Apple has launched its newspaper for the iPad, The Daily (great name, Poindexters). For...

As you may know, I've been a fan of Apple's computers for many years now. They don't (often) break, they're secure and they ...

I'm such an idiot. My office has windows and a door (obviously). When the wind's blowing, the unequal air pressure sends things flyi...

Adam sent me this: a taste of what new media can do to literature. This almost makes an iPad worth buying…

Apple has withdrawn a slew of iPhone Apps by small companies and individual focussing on sexual content - aggregators of pictures of naked ...

Afternoon all. I've spent two hours at the Apple Store in Birmingham, taking advantage of the assistants' kindliness. My lovely new ...

Just pressed 'buy' on the Apple Store. 2.53Ghz, 4Gb memory, 320Gb hard drive 13.3" MacBook Pro . Certainly the most expensive o...

Oh how I want the Apple iPad . I've resisted the iPhone on financial grounds. I've kept my iBook G4 for 7 years: I'm a sensible ...

Going home, despite its drawbacks, has its advantages: digital TV (reminds me that multichannel = lots more of nothing on), wood fires, a fa...

I know I'll lose most of you now, but yesterday was a glorious one for Apple Mac users: new iPhones (time to get one), a stunning new OS...

I haven't posted anything geeky for a while (hey, by my standards anyway), so here goes. I run Mac OS X 10.4 on an old iBook G4 which is...

A few weeks ago I visited London to see my old chum Adam (who as a financial software creator, essentially caused the credit crunch), but wh...