Barker Bites Back
A look at some newsy stuff and interesting bits as well as those hopefully amusing byways of technology.
Friday 17 November 2006, 12:53 PM
Apple designer honoured by the Queen
The British born designer of both the iMac and the iPod picked up a CBE from the Queen on Friday.
Jonathan Ive, who was born in the UK in February 1967 and studied industrial design at Newcastle Polytechnic, became a Commander of the British Empire in the Queen's New Year Honours.
He started his career with Apple in 1992 and rose to fame in 1998 when Steve Jobs decided to adopt his bubble-shaped design for the iMac. His success continued and while he has undertaken many designs for Apple but his best known will undoubtedly be the iPod.
Just last month he was named as the senior vice president of Industrial Design at Apple, reporting directly to Jobs. In 2003 he was named Designer of the Year by the Design Museum London and has also been awarded the title Royal Designer for Industry by The Royal Society of Arts.
Tuesday 31 October 2006, 12:49 PM
One gig good, two gigs better, says Dell boss
If you thought 1GB of memory was ample for the average personal computer, you can forget it. Now 2GB is the minimum that users should be aiming at. At least according to Dell chief executive, Kevin Rollins, who told delegates at a conference in Shanghai on Friday: "I think they tell you maybe 1 gig [gigabyte] of memory is okay. No. Two gigs of memory would be great." At least that is accordinf to iTnews in Australia.
