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You may think the use of nanotechnology may lie somewhere in the future, but you are probably already putting the science to work when you use sunscreen, or any number of other consumer products on the market. No, nanotechnology does not have anythin...

After looking at the results of a recent survey I have to repeat this advice again: Beware of phishers. This describes an e-mail masquerading as a trusted Internet site, such as eBay, Amazon.com or a banking service. The e-mail details some fictitiou...

If you have a laptop with a Sony rechargeable battery better check if you need to get a refund or a replacement ? or you may find yourself with a fire hazard. Sony's attempt to deal with the faulty battery problem (detailed in a previous column here)...

I am writing this article using Writer, part of the slick new OpenOffice.org suite, which by the way is free and now rivals Microsoft Office in terms of features. Microsoft charges about $499 list for its product suite, which includes Word, Exel, Pow...

I guess those with an Apple "lifestyle" have much to cheer after last week's power announcements about all the new products it is launching or are in the pipeline. The most significant was the 75 movies from Walt Disney Pictures, Pixar, Touchstone Pi...

ix to seven years ago in Bermuda I began using the Internet to make phone calls, testing out the fledging technology. Even though the Internet service I signed up to was much cheaper than the regular per minute prices being offered on the Island, I o...

Google continues its groundbreaking path to deliver more content and services to your desktop. Google's book search feature now serves up free classic novels you can download and print. All such books in the feature are in the public domain. The comp...

Despite all of the efforts made by the island?s politicians, Bermuda remains one of the few developed places in the world to be without a broadband connection. And as one of the richest places to live in the world, Internet connection remains priced ...

Open source work is producing many good programmes for use by the Internet community. However such creations are held back when owners of commercial software refuse to make theirs interoperable, so files can be exchanged between formats. It was a vic...

If you are looking to get more sophisticated in manipulating and creating images, here are two free programs that can rival Adobe's Photoshop and Illustrator, but without the high costs. The open source community has put such powerful image editors i...