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FireID OTP Startup in Stellenbosch

FireID OTP Startup in Stellenbosch

Posted 11 February 2010 | By aslam | Categories: Cape Town, Gadgets, South Africa | No Comments

On Tuesday I joined a group of bloggers on a tour of Fire ID and Mxit, who are both based in the Stellenbosch Techno Park. The Tour was arranged by Dave Duarte, known for amongst other  things the hugely popular 27 Dinners
FireID are a hugely successful and proudly South African Startup mentored by Justin Stanford [...]

The OpenMoko Neo FreeRunner

The OpenMoko Neo FreeRunner

Posted 04 January 2010 | By aslam | Categories: Gadgets | 3 Comments

The last year of steady Android growth has got me seriously thinking that we are finally seeing a veritable challenger to the monumental growth of the iphone.
My last post on the soon to be released “Nexus One” shows that this is a space that Google plans to aggressively target.
Rafiq Phillips your Cape Town Web AddiCT has also been [...]

Google Nexus One “Phone” on sale in 2010

Google Nexus One “Phone” on sale in 2010

Posted 14 December 2009 | By aslam | Categories: Gadgets | 1 Comment

Over the past weekend details have started to emerge on the purported “Google Phone” with Google officially admitting that they are “Dogfooding” the phone amongst Google staff.
The Name of the phone has been reported as the Nexus One
Some Key Features:
- Has a 1Ghz “Snap Dragon” Chip
- High-resolution OLED touchscreen
- No Physical Keyboard but possibly has [...]

USB 3.0 Vs Blu-ray

USB 3.0 Vs Blu-ray

Posted 26 August 2009 | By aslam | Categories: Gadgets | No Comments

Blu-ray has been available for about three years now. Despite being the replacement to DVD I’ve not seen a big shift toward this technology, which I expected with Stores such as Hi-Fi Corporation and Game offering more “affordable” Full-HD Ready TV’s
The format battle with HD-DVD seems to have stunted the growth of Blu-ray as [...]

Nokia Laptop, would you buy one?

Posted 24 August 2009 | By aslam | Categories: Gadgets | No Comments

From engadget
Nokia rocked the world this morning by introducing its spin on the laptop, called the Booklet 3G. If you’re the rude sort  you could call it a fancy netbook, what with its Atom processor and 10.1-inch display, but that screen is higher res than your average Eee, and it also sports integrated 3G wireless [...]