I found this article about the ‘gadgets of the year” in The Guardian. I’m not really a gadget freak, but I am interested in what is coming along and I normally wait until prices drop before I actually buy. Today I bought a webcam (mainly so that my son can use it to talk to…

An unsurprising development in the world of 3G mobile phones. Now, let me think – what persuaded people to pay a lot of money for laser disc players, video recorders, DVD players, satellite TV, Internet access (etc., etc.) when they were first available (and therefore expensive)? Some things never change!

I bought Tuesday’s SCMP not realizing that Jake van der Kamp is away again (possibly ashamed after Monday’s rather poor effort). The Technology section is now down to 6 pages, presumably because they can’t sell any advertising. It is filled out with syndicated stuff, including a column from Dan Gillmoor (the guy who attended the…