Archive for 26th October 2008
In a New Age of Impatience, Cutting PC Start Time 26 Oct 2008
I’m getting fed-up of the ever-increasing start times too. Computers are getting quicker, they should be loading faster, not slower. If a PDA or phone can be up and running in seconds, why does a desktop or laptop take several minutes? Yes, I realise those devices have set hardware and custom software, but they also [...]
Daring $1m mid-day heist in Milan 26 Oct 2008
This is so simple as to make it seem fictional but the mention of the heist involving tunnelling into a jewellers (in Feb this year) sounds more like something out of Ocean’s Eleven.