http://www.meanmachines.net Rated #1 in Home and Small Business Computers Sun, 07 Mar 2010 23:01:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Science writer Simon Singh and Tracey Brown from Sense About Science tell us about Libel Reform Week and the campaign to change Britain's libel laws and protect scientific freedom of expression. Simon is currently locked in a legal battle over a comment piece published in the Guardian . Matthew ... http://www.meanmachines.net/2010/03/science-weekly-podcast-libel-reform-week-and-the-importance-of-being-vague/ Google's prediction jumps on an obvious trend - but the implications betray the company's growing hubris It's likely that you don't know a lot about John Herlihy, the head of global advertising operations for Google. He's not a publicly-recognised figure in the same way as Eric Schmidt, Larry Page ... http://www.meanmachines.net/2010/03/google-executive-desktops-will-be-irrelevant-in-three-years/ Jon Godfrey likes internet radio stations, but he can hear music coming faintly from his PC speakers whether he is connected to the internet or not I have had a Dell Dimension 8250 for several years, and I have connected to it a set of speakers through which I ... http://www.meanmachines.net/2010/03/pc-speakers-also-pick-up-radio/ The CeBit in Hanover is the world's biggest high-tech fair. Some 4,157 companies from 68 countries are displaying their latest gadgets at the fair, which takes place from 2 March and runs through March 6 Originally posted here: CeBit 2010, the largest IT fair in the world http://www.meanmachines.net/2010/03/cebit-2010-the-largest-it-fair-in-the-world/ Ten years after the millennium bug scare, there's a new computer glitch hitting users of Sony's PlayStation games consoles Age: 10. Appearance: Surprisingly youthful. You do realise the millennium bug is old news? The clue's in the name. Yes, yes, but it's back! And this time it has come ... http://www.meanmachines.net/2010/03/pass-notes-no-2738-the-millennium-bug/ Why singer Imogen Heap wants to make electricity out of horse manure What's your favourite piece of technology, and how has it improved your life? I was going to say Macs, but everyone says that, so I'm going to go into geek mode. I have these wireless wrist microphones ... http://www.meanmachines.net/2010/02/imogen-heap-dont-blame-the-machines-its-not-their-fault/ The entrepreneur and innovator tells Simon Garfield about inspiration, determination and why he doesn't do email… Thirty years ago this month, Clive Sinclair launched a computer that he hoped would change the world. In the majority of cases it only changed the way people played primitive computer games, but ... http://www.meanmachines.net/2010/02/sir-clive-sinclair-i-dont-use-a-computer-at-all/ Forgotten your password? That'll be the 58th one you've not remembered this year, then In days of yore, we're told, people had less leisure time because ­everything – everything – was a protracted pain in the fundament. Want to clean that smock? Then you'll have to walk six miles ... http://www.meanmachines.net/2010/02/charlie-brooker-want-to-read-this-article-then-enter-your-password/ The ThinkPad X100e has both good and bad points, depending on whether you see it as an overpriced netbook or a cut-price ThinkPad business notebook The IBM ThinkPad became the industry's premier notebook brand after the launch of the 700T in 1992, and its distinctive black styling and red ... http://www.meanmachines.net/2010/02/lenovo-thinkpad-x100e-technophile/ Film director Christopher Smith devours new gadgets but he won't download films as he's a sucker for DVDs What's your favourite piece of technology, and how has it improved your life? The thing that changed my life, and improved my life, was originally my video [player]. That idea of ... http://www.meanmachines.net/2010/02/christopher-smith-macs-are-beautiful-pcs-are-vile-celebrity-squares/