(Insert Witticism here)

This is the Tablet PC I want

I’ve always been a fan of Tablet PCs. Mainly because I’m completely and utterly in love with Microsoft OneNote –– it’s the killer app for Tablet PCs and for everyone in general who needs to keep their random stuff together on a PC. Goodness knows why it’s not pushed harder than it is.

Free the postcode!

Postcodes are an essential part of location services in the UK. However, they’re not free –– they are owned by the Post Office, who will charge you a hefty sum in order to get access to the database.

Fix it - great idea!

UAC Flaw - MS listens, promises to fix.

Good news on the User Access Control flaw I wrote about a few days ago - the Windows 7 engineers have promised to fix it in the release candidate, and have gone even further in the fix than was asked.

Google earth defaulting to old imagery?

I’m having a weird problem with the new version of Google Earth. Looking near me in Manchester, it’s defaulting to an old image set –– around 2004 or so –– when they have later images available.