A burst of 11 links for you to chew over, as picked by the Technology team
No, Argentina isn’t blocking iPhone sales The Next Web
Conspiracy theorists lament.
5MB Hard Disk Drive, 1956 (Aircraft for transport not included) Retronaut
“In September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first ‘SUPER’ computer with a hard disk drive (HDD). The HDD weighed over a ton and stored 5 MB of data.”
It fitted fairly easily into an aircraft hold too.
A 7in tablet is not just a smaller 10.1in tablet Technovia
Ian Betteridge: “I’ve recently been using a Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9, one of the newest generation of Android tablets running Honeycomb (an Ice Cream Sandwich update is in the pipeline. Even though it’s not significantly cheaper than the 10.1in Tab, I got it because of the different form factor: it’s significantly lighter and easier to carry around than the iPad I already use, and makes a nice contrast to the bigger tablets.
“However, it also illustrates the issues with using an interface which is designed for larger screens on a smaller touch screen. Some of the applications which are designed specifically for Honeycomb have controls and buttons which are perfect for touching on a 10.1in screen, but which are just a shade too small to accurately hit on something a couple of inches smaller.”
This is why Apple is highly, highly unlikely to produce a 7in iPad.
Go Daddy Lost 21,054 Domains Yesterday
“According to TheDomains, 21,054 domains were transferred away from Go Daddy on
