Technology

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  • Office for windows RT: Is it really office.

    Office for windows RT: Is it really office.

    Windows RT is Microsoft’s stab at gaining market share from Apple’s Ipad but as with Microsoft always they miss a chance. The real power of Microsoft is with office, and once again they screw it up. See a tablet that can run a full version of office could rule all other tablets. And Microsoft say…

  • Getting Tp-Link MR3020 to work with Etisalat USB modem e173 in Egypt

    Getting Tp-Link MR3020 to work with Etisalat USB modem e173 in Egypt

    The TP-Link is a very handy and small portable wireless N router/Access point that can be used to add wireless to your existing network or act as a router when a USB 3G/4G stick is attached to it. Alas making it work with Etisalat current USB stick which is the e173 from Huwawie is not…

  • Iphone 5 next to the older Iphone

    Iphone 5 – My Mini Review

    Do not get me wrong, I would not be caught dead owning an Iphone, but I do setup things like these for my family and here is my impression of the Iphone 5 hardware. First of all IOS is not my cup of coffee, it over simplifies things to the point of making it more…

  • Part 2: Samsung Galaxy Note 2 review

    Part 2: Samsung Galaxy Note 2 review

    If you missed it read the first part of this review. Now that I have had more time with the Galaxy Note 2 I can give more in-depth impressions. Battery First of all the battery is amazing, this is the longest running Android phone I have had, well no, this is the longest running phone…

  • Hosting in the cloud without all the hype part 1: Intro for beginners.

    Hosting in the cloud without all the hype part 1: Intro for beginners.

    The IT industry is one that is built on hype, the IT industry is always pushing people to the latest and greatest technology and gadgets. The assumption is that the new is always better. This is generally true, but not accurate, yes it is better but for what and at what? Cloud hosting is touted…

  • My choice of best 3G offer in Egypt now

    My choice of best 3G offer in Egypt now

    Let me start by this, I am not your typical Internet user, to me the Internet is my work. Ever since I started masrawy.com which was the first Egyptian general interest portal, I have been an Internet addict so I had to follow it with mashy.com on the day that my non-compete agreement that I…

  • Geek

    Clinically diagonosed as a geek!

    You know that you can be clinically diagnosed as a geek when you look at nature and wonder “Wow this thing has amazing resolution!”.   Another one dedicated to the women who endure us geeks   Do you know why men marry women, because Sun-tzu the writer of the famous book the Art of war…

  • Barriers to Open Source in Egypt.

    Barriers to Open Source in Egypt.

    Open source is one of the most active movements in IT today. Linux and Apache power more Web Sites than does Windows and IIS. Linux is most probably more secure than Windows and many other operating systems. As an added benefit linux is FREE. If Linux and open source is growing rapidly worldwide why is…

  • Samsung Galaxy Note 2 – My review.

    Samsung Galaxy Note 2 – My review.

    First of all I have had the first Galaxy note before it was released in Egypt, when I heard of the Note 2 I was interested but hesitant to spend money again not because the Samsung Galaxy note was bad but because it was so good that I did not feel that I needed more.…