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Okay, so I have mentioned the Apple pricing disparity before, but this is the first time I've seen such an enormous mark-up that proportionately exceeds Apple's.

Adobe is due to release Creative Suite 4 at the end of October. CS4 has been widely anticipated for its innovative features added since CS3, including the use of the graphics card to render ( Read more... )

Okay, so I don't exactly keep my utter despise of Apple a secret. Just a few currently on my mind:

• The iMac is a glorified Fisher Price Activity Center, with plenty of style but little substance.
• The MacBook Air is hilariously underwhelming in functionality, has fewer USB ports than other high-end portables (with such a tight clearance that 3G modems ( Read more... )

So it seems that the government currently presiding over the former British colony of Virginia are planning to collect digitally-recorded fingerprints of all foreigners entering and departing the country after August 2009. The reason: to prevent people entering the country illegally by making all visitors traceable to the local police.

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So it's officially summer, English style:

• My eyes are tearing due to airborne tree pollen.
• My heating is switched off permanently in my apartment for the first time in ages; the windows are open most of the time while I'm home.
• Sunburn occurs without having to travel to the South coast, let alone leave the country.
• I eschew my usual British ales ( ( Read more... )

After seeing all the hype about the Macbook Air, I ventured into an Apple Store (in San José, don'tcha know) to see this thing ( Read more... )

Why do print ads for luxury cars boast their boot capacity in "cubic litres ( Read more... )

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No, Leslie Feist is not hip nor indie, just painfully annoying. And her microscopic-yet-highly-choreographed prance in tight Canadian spandex is not at all hot. Apple definitely got this one wrong, and the new Nano is a shit product anyway. Very ugly.

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Sure, cos hot girls really do go moist for cheap deodorant spray purchased at a 24-hour ( Read more... )

What ever happened to the advertising of yesteryear, with kitschy themes, an attempt at Yuletide spirit, and big names starring in them? Last year had an especially camp Boots ad directed by David LaChapelle, featuring glamorous models applying cosmetics while preparing Brussels sprouts with the strapline "'Tis the season to be gorgeous": all done ( Read more... )

So I'm waiting to cross London Road, on the way to the farmers' market, when I see this heroin chic American tourist plotzing at the Pelicon [sic] crossing. When the traffic stopped and the crossing signal sounded, she asked me, "What's that sound for?". I said to her, smooth like mango purée, "It's for the blind people". She kvelled at me with an ( Read more... )