Monthly Archives: March 2008

Climbing aboard the Photoshop Express

This week I have news of a very interesting development from Adobe who are the makers of Photoshop, the industry-standard digital image manipulation program. Photoshop is extremely expensive so they also produce a slimmed-down version of the product called Photoshop … Continue reading

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Photoshop Express test

By Allan Jackson A test of Photoshop Express’ ability to post pictures on blogs.

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Shopping up a storm

Shopping has never been one of my favourite occupations and it only takes a few minutes of it to have an effect on my usually sunny disposition. It was people like me they had in mind when they invented Internet … Continue reading

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It’s a real Lulu

Sometimes it seems to me as if everyone has an idea for a book that they would love to produce if only they could get down to write it and get it published. Writing is hard work, as I know … Continue reading

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Bus debacle

I more or less forgot about this blog after establishing it last year to publish news snippets about current goings-on in Durban. These include items that catch my eye but don’t belong in the main part of the Facts About … Continue reading

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Elonex One

A website, www.elonexone.co.uk, reveals that the Elonex One ultra-compact laptop will be available later this year in the UK at the incredible price of £99. It apparently weighs less than a kilo, has a 15cm screen, full networking capabilities, USB … Continue reading

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Kindling a passion for reading

Over the last couple weeks I’ve been talking about some great new products which I got to see. They were a compact non-Windows laptop and an electronic book reader, which particularly took my fancy. You can find the original articles … Continue reading

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