http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/ from www.independent.co.uk en-GB Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:52:17 +0100 http://www.typepad.com/ http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/cyberclinic-computer-says-sorry-didnt-catch-that.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/cyberclinic-computer-says-sorry-didnt-catch-that.html By Rhodri Marsden In the past few days, British iPhone users have been bellowing into their phones in a range of timbres and accents that make them sound like they're auditioning for a place at Jon Culshaw's Elementary School of... Cyberclinic Rhodri Marsden Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:55:45 +0000 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/cyberclinic-fla.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/cyberclinic-fla.html By Rhodri Marsden According to Adobe, the company who have been behind it for the last three years, some 99.3% of desktop computers have Flash installed. We're all pretty familiar with the process; you visit a website, it tells you... Cyberclinic Rhodri Marsden Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:53:59 +0000 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/cyberclinic-spa.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/cyberclinic-spa.html By Rhodri Marsden You might wonder why your email is clogged up with hundreds of messages informing you that your sexual potency is to be found wanting. Well, the answer has emerged from a study at the University of California:... Cyberclinic Rhodri Marsden Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:45:30 +0000 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/cyberclinic-flu.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/cyberclinic-flu.html By Rhodri Marsden We're often told how valuable our personal data is, and how we ought to keep it all as close to our chest as possible in order to maintain our privacy, thus stopping people from stealing our identity,... Cyberclinic Rhodri Marsden Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:51:25 +0000 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/cyberclinic-the.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/cyberclinic-the.html By Rhodri Marsden The popularity of Apple's iPod range has led to the similar dominance of the software it depends on to function: iTunes. From its beginnings as a humble, Mac-only music player back in 2001, it now sits on... Cyberclinic Rhodri Marsden Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:17:55 +0000 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/cyberclinic-tet.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/cyberclinic-tet.html By Rhodri Marsden The moment when mobile phones were first able to connect to computers – either via Bluetooth or USB – there theoretically opened up a cunning route onto the internet from your computer via the mobile phone's data... Cyberclinic Rhodri Marsden Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:50:29 +0000 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/cyberclinic-is.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/cyberclinic-is.html By Rhodri Marsden It's been about a year and a half since I wrote a column for The Independent about twitter.com. At the time, the general response from readers was that it felt like an lowpoint of irrelevant social networking,... Cyberclinic Rhodri Marsden Mon, 03 Nov 2008 12:35:57 +0000 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/cyberclinic-poi.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/cyberclinic-poi.html By Rhodri Marsden News reaches us of a move by Vodafone to offer its customers the ability to change the system font on their mobile phones in exchange for £1.99 of hard-earned cash. As a scheme for getting people to... Cyberclinic Rhodri Marsden Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:21:09 +0000 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/cyberclinic-wha.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/cyberclinic-wha.html By Rhodri Marsden If you're told that you have "unlimited" access to something, you'd be forgiven for assuming that you won't get a slapped wrist if you help yourself to as much as you fancy. "Eat as much as you... Cyberclinic Rhodri Marsden Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:44:25 +0000 http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/cyberclinic-cop.html http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/10/cyberclinic-cop.html By Rhodri Marsden Ever since the launch of the iPhone, its users have been whining vociferously about the fact that there's no built-in copy and paste function. When we all started using PCs or Macs, the simple act of getting... Cyberclinic Rhodri Marsden Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:36:11 +0000