2006 In Review

It is that time of the year when Bleeding Edge looks back on another 12 months of technology … which this year happens to be a particularly dangerous manoeuvre, what with the speed at which we’re heading in the opposite … Continued

Beautifully small solutions

We hope this isn’t going to put anyone out, but would it be too much trouble if those big IT companies stopped providing us with solutions? Just for, say, the next five years or so, could all those product managers … Continued

Keeping tabs on stuff

Here at the Bleeding Edge Centre for the Capture and Containment of Stuff, (BECCCS) we have been noticing of late a certain desperation abroad in the community over the mass break-out of information. Having escaped from detention and evaded captivity, … Continued

Learning to love your PC

For some of us, it seems, this year of technology begins much as 2005 ended – not with a sense of being empowered by the great advances in computers and communications, but with a profound feeling of helplessness and resentment. … Continued

The year in technology

We’d be interested in hearing your summary of the year in technology. Here’s ours: It’s the end of another year in technology and Bleeding Edge has just repacked the last box of gadgetry and sent it back to the last … Continued

Merciless progress

It was about five years ago now that your bloodied correspondent picked up a tiny little plastic stick at a PC show in Melbourne and immediately wrote out a cheque for (from memory) $350 or so. We had no way … Continued

Homeland (wireless) defence

It took only a couple of hours in the company of Neal Wise to cause considerable alarm here in the Bleeding Edge Homeland Defence Department. We have tightened up the strap on our tin helmet, and are preparing to launch … Continued

Making room at the inn

What with living the digital lifestyle that Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Apple’s Steve Jobs have been so keen for us to adopt, we at Bleeding Edge are constantly on the lookout for appropriate receptacles in which to store the podcasts … Continued

No room at the data hotel

What with living the digital lifestyle that Microsoft’s Bill Gates and Apple’s Steve Jobs have been so keen for us to adopt, we at Bleeding Edge are constantly on the lookout for appropriate receptacles in which to store the podcasts … Continued

Evicting software tenants

It has been a particularly busy time of late at Bleeding Edge Software Eviction Services, what with a number of readers and friends seeking help to remove unwanted applications or falling victim to programs that resist being ejected. This is … Continued