Citizen Godden

Why am I testing it now? When there have been betas of firefox 3 out for weeks now? Well I thought it would be a good opportunity to perhaps show some of the early features as they start to appear and (hopefully) the version a few weeks on should be a little less “buggy” and a bit easier to review.

Quite a quick post this one (which is testament to how easy it is) to show you how to share your iTunes library over the internet, without any complicated SSH tunnels, or port forwarding or anything – but still have it secure. Also, this method allows multiple connections with ease (as long as the computer hosting the iTunes library has enough upload bandwidth, of course.) How?

It appears that a meeting between the broadband industry and ministers is being held to discuss the reasons why and how the UK has found itself lagging behind in the high-speed network game. Whereas other countries in the US & Europe are seeing significant increases in bandwidth, the UK ISPs are having trouble just providing it’s current service to it’s customers.

In a much anticipated move, AMD has announced that the Phenom processor is available today for sale. Also, in another announcement, in partnership with the ATI section of the company, the new Spider motherboard platform has also been announced.

The conception of the transistor 60 years ago ear-marked the creation of the modern technology we see today. Without the transistor we wouldn’t have computers, aircraft, space shuttles or even toasters. This article by the BBC gives a slideshow view of the last 60 years of technology evolution – all thanks to the transistor. [SHOW [...]

Do you want to know the extent to the problems the human race is causing to Mother Earth? Well, you’re in luck – it seems poodwaddle have created the solution to our inquisitive nature, with EarthClock.. [SHOW ME]

As reported by the BBC, the Freeplay Foundation – the organisation responsible for distributing the wind-up radio throughout Africa – is currently producing prototypes to light African homes with wind-up power.

A lot of people have asked me – why does my 40Gb hard drive, when formatted only show 38Gb? And I normally explain that hardware manufacturers don’t use the same Gigabyte that the rest of the world uses. They make certain assumptions about a Megabyte or a Gigabyte that aren’t true. But to say Seagate [...]

During a pretty normal day I was taken down a path on the web and wasn’t quite sure how I got where I did. I found myself at a company called "Qinetiq" who seem to be a bit of an innovator in the defense market and more besides. After flicking through a few products I [...]