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  • Tech tools: Hammacher Schlemmer Solar-powered iPod Speaker

    May 21, 2010 @ 3:45 pm | by Ciara O'Brien

    Essential summer kit: sun cream, sandals and some sort of music. Or, in Ireland, unmbrella, sensible footwear and some sort of music. Either way, this solar powered iPod speaker could help you out.

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  • The iPhone and autism

    December 16, 2009 @ 9:42 am | by Ciara O'Brien

    There is more to the iPhone than simply another high-tech digital device or accessory. Last week in Business This Week, I wrote about an app that’s currently being developed for the iPhone that helps children with autism communicate. (more…)

  • Review: The INQ phone

    February 23, 2009 @ 1:38 pm | by Ciara O'Brien

    The INQ phone - with integrated Facebook, Skype and MSN Messenger

    The INQ phone is designed to appeal to those who can’t bear to be disconnected from Facebook or Bebo or longer than is necessary. Who need to be hooked into Skype or MSN Messengerfor large parts of the day because .. well, just because. In other words, it was designed to appeal to someone just like me.
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  • This week’s tech scribblings

    February 13, 2009 @ 1:30 pm | by Ciara O'Brien

    More “knowledge economy” than tech but it appeared in BTW technology pages.

  • Motorists get more than they bargained for

    February 12, 2009 @ 1:26 pm | by Ciara O'Brien

    It seems as though a fine isn’t the only thing people have to worry about when they get a parking ticket – there might be a computer virus on the way too.
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  • This week I’m blaming the internet for…

    February 5, 2009 @ 8:45 pm | by Ciara O'Brien

    Car envy. More accurately, for showing me exactly how much more I’ll pay for the car I want south of the border than if I took a trip up north.

    Becoming mildly obsessed with finding pictures of people who resemble thumbs.

    Spending hours on Twitter.

    Finding ways to increase last week’s credit card bill by looking at sites that will mail me packages from the UK. A sneaky was around those retailers who won’t deliver this side of the Irish Sea.

  • This week’s tech scribblings

    January 30, 2009 @ 7:20 am | by Ciara O'Brien

    This week, it’s all about PBX fraud.

  • Dell’s latest Inspiron

    @ 12:01 am | by Ciara O'Brien

    There are very few things that can get me excited about a laptop these days. Netbooks made them ultra-portable and affordable. Apple made them fashionable. Widescreen multimedia machines – seen it all before.

    So it’s a tough audience for Dell and its latest Inspiron 15 laptop.

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