HP Gets It Wrong Again

Our favourite PC manufacturer, HP, has once again dipped its toes into the tablet market. Their latest offering, named Slate 7 is as its name suggests, a 7 incher. Now for a bit of history if you please.

Lincoln De Jure

Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, starring Daniel Day Lewis as the titular character (if I may use the word character) has been critically acclaimed. It has received several nominations and won several awards in several categories. But is the movie that good?

Is MMS Still Needed?

MMS, short for Multimedia Messaging Service, can be thought of as enhanced SMS i.e. multimedia SMS. In other words, SMS with pictures, audio and video. 

MMS as a messaging medium has been very useful in previous years; it allowed mostly users of budget phones to send and receive multimedia content. But I feel the relevance and utility of MMS in today’s mobile landscape should be questioned.

Why Skyfall Is Not the Best Bond Movie

It is imperative for me to begin this piece by declaring that I have watched every Bond movie; official, unofficial and spoofs. That is my bona fides that allows me to ponder the question of whether Skyfall is indeed the best James Bond movie ever made.

The 3000 New Parts of the 2013 Lexus LS

Much like the update from the iPhone 4 to the 4S, the 2013 LS, Lexus’s flagship sedan, is not an all-new model. Generally, when a manufacturer says a model has 3000 new parts, you should know you are getting more of the same. So much so that the model names of the previous generation, (LS460, LS 460 L and LS 600 hl) have been retained. This is not to say there haven’t been some changes. There are quite many of them.

A Quick Look at the Fringe Finale

Fringe, everyone’s favourite sci-fi show has ended. So how was the finale? In one word, functional. However, looking at the whole season makes it obvious that the show’s writers and creator didn’t really have anywhere to go at the end of the fourth season. All season 5 was about was avoiding the observers and trying to defeat them. All the weekly fringe cases and events that were the mainstay of the series were absent from the final season.

Analysing the Rolls-Royce Phantom Series 2

The Rolls Royce Phantom Series 2 is out. And after watching the official release video, it’s hard to see the changes.. Rolls Royce did not even bother to address any of the design flaws of the original renaissance. It has the same V12 engine and the same suspension and I imagine it will offer the same supple and impeccable ride to its passengers. Up front, the changes are single strip LED fog lights replacing the previous circular design. The grille also has supposedly been changed to a single piece unit as opposed to the previous three-piece unit. I say supposedly because I have compared it with that of the previous car and I can’t see any difference. At the rear end, there is a restyled bumper. The cars bold and sharp lines have also been slightly smoothed to given the car a sleeker appearance. Those are the major changes.