(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) The internet has become so much a part of everyday life so quickly that it’s probably hard for the average young-ish person to imagine a time when it wasn’t around.…
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A weekly tech column written for The Southland Times, a company that pays well enough to keep me in handbags and Drambuie
Everyone is out to get you on the web
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) They say that it’s not paranoia if they really are out to get you (they being those who are out to get you), and that’s never more true than on…
Vanished online friends
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) The web is great for making connections (being nothing more than a whole bunch of connections itself) but there are also disconnections to think about. Last week I mentioned that…
Looking forward to another year
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Well, here we are then, staring down the barrel of another year. I’ll get the cliche over and done with by trundling out that oft-quoted old chestnut here about time…
Trade Me: the gift that keeps giving
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) It’s that awkward time of the year where Christmas is wrapped up (no pun intended) and the New Year is looming on the horizon. There’s really not much to do…
Festive consideration
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) Is everyone feeling all festive and tinsel-riffic yet? It’s getting dangerously close to the big day and with all the shopping chaos and weirdly muggy weather it wouldn’t be any…
An iPad by any other name
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) It might be the new product with the stupidest name ever but there’s no denying just how excited all the tech geeks get about the iPad. Sure, it sounds more…
Sheltering from the leaks
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) I can’t begin to tell you how relieved I was when I realised the latest batch of leaked WikiLeaks documents didn’t give away any of my secrets. I might not…
Facebook email may struggle to grab users
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) It’s always good to see new, free web tools available for us consumers. However, I don’t know that I’ll be rushing to join the Facebook email/messaging revolution. The social networking…
Plugin sinks drunken tweets
(This is the Online column, written for The Southland Times) There’s some good news for those of you who drink and browse in the form of the Social Media Sobriety Test. A news report on Stuff this week says the…