This is a surprising drop in use of Windows XP ...
As per my last post, there seems to be some statistical fiddling going on here! Other analysis referenced in this article shows a slight increase in the use of Windows XP! Just who are you to believe? The truth is probably somewhere in between. It could also be that users are moving to their tablets and smartphones in preference to their slowing Windows XP machines.
Windows XP's user share nose-dives - Computerworld:
Hardly a major claim to fame for Windows 8 ...
Even then, this is somewhat optimistic. I am not sure how you can count Windows 8.1 when it has not yet been released! Other analytics company, StatCounter, thinks that Windows 8 is behind Vista!
Windows 8 surpasses Vista's uptake rate -- 10 months after launch - Computerworld:
Interesting Internet access option for travellers ...
Prices in this article and the linked review article don't seem to match up but it seems to get a reasonably good review all the same. The dates on the two articles are quite different which might explain the prices and the countries in which it gives Internet access.
Globalgig to sell wi-fi hotspots in Dick Smith stores:
The first Nexus 7 was so popular but this new generation Nexus 7 is even better in so many ways that it is a "must consider" if you are interested in an Android 7" tablet.
Always useful to run through these popular keyboard shortcuts every once in a while.
I totally agree with the views expressed in this article. Microsoft could have renamed Windows 7 as Windows Desktop 7 and, in parallel, launched Windows Touch 1. They could have left the desktop out of Windows Touch 1 which is what the rumours were suggesting was going to happen in future releases.
Well at least I know what to do if I am still not fully satisfied with the Windows 8.1 enhancements! Interesting that Pokki is Intel and Google Ventures.
Another good article to put the difference in the two plans into perspective. Personally, I think the difference in cost (~$1,000 per premise for 71%) and the difference in rollout timeframe (maybe 2 years) does not justify an inferior long term solution for the NBN.
Worth a read to better understand where we are going with the NBN. The next post is also a good reference.
As a one time keen advocate of iGoogle, I still think that it was a great system, however, I can see where Google is trying to go in the long term and hence the need to drop iGoogle. I will have a look at these alternatives (when I have time) because one or more of them may add some value along side the new Google Apps Page!