http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Emily+Sims Computers and Technology Emily Sims Sun, 12 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=33848&ca=Computers+and+Technology “Individuality: advanced features, precision engineering and couture style in a choice of elegant colors -- as individual as you are”. This is the blurb for the new Motorola Razr, one of the new breeds of mobile phone flying off the shelves. Where mobile were once marketed as an high-tech device, a... Computers and Technology Emily Sims Tue, 03 Jan 2006 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=25966&ca=Computers+and+Technology There is nothing worse than being duped. Not only do you feel like an idiot, you are left to pay for an item or service you don’t want. The latest scam is the ringtone subscription service. Companies advertising free ringtone downloads, targeted at teenagers, have caught many users in expensive subs... Society Emily Sims Fri, 30 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=25967&ca=Society I’m waiting for a friend to pick me up. There are nine people coming for dinner and I’m cooking. Our whole evening depends on my hasty retrieval from the train station, and I’ve forgotten my mobile phone. I was standing on the platform, fumbling for it in my bag, when I realised my phone was absent.... Etiquette Emily Sims Fri, 30 Dec 2005 00:00:00 -0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=25968&ca=Etiquette There are very few people in this world who posses the kind of social graces intrinsic to the characters in an Austen novel. Some would argue the children of the “information revolution” lack social propriety altogether. Despite the rumours that etiquette is dead, many of us do manage to exercise a...