Bagged an Apple bargain

As you know, we love technology here at Adodo, but perhaps not as much as Marco Boglione, an Italian Businessman who has just bought one of the first batch of Apple personal computers for £133,250 ($210,000).


The Apple I was bought over the phone at a Christies Auction by Mr. Boglione.  It came with its original packaging and a signed sales letter from Apple co-founder and current chief executive Steve Jobs. However, it was missing its keyboard, display and power supply.  One of only 200 ever made, the computer originally sold for $666.66 when it was introduced in 1976.


Marco’s brother, Francesco Boglione, was at the auction house on Tuesday, and said his brother had bid for the piece of technology history "because he loves computers". He added; that it was likely that the computer would be restored to working order before joining the collection.


The Apple I's processor works 1,000 times slower than today's Apple iPad and costs £132,821 more!! Mad or passionate, we are undecided about Mr. Boglione, but we take our hats off to you…

iPads only for the rich

A Nielsen study suggests that Tablet computers are only owned by a high-earning minority.

The study found that only 4% of the 5,000 quizzed own iPads, compared to 6% for e-book readers and 25% for smartphones.



Interestingly it also found that users were not inclined to download any extra programmes onto the device, with only 9% of the iPad owners quizzed admitting to doing it. Of those that had bought apps, games, books and music were the most popular extras.


The research also revealed that iPad owners tend to be younger, with 63% of them under 35 years old, and nearly two-thirds being male.

A warning for laptop users

It seems that whilst they are called laptops, we should not actually use them on our laps for prolonged periods of time.

The heat generated by the underside of the machine is enough to cause a nasty rash, especially if used against bare skin for hours at a time.


The full name for the condition is erythema ab igne, now nicknamed "toasted skin syndrome", and used to be common in people exposed to heat as part of their work, such as bakers and silversmiths. However, it is now being seen in some laptop users.


Where possible, laptops should be placed on a table or hard surface, and should not be placed on naked skin as machine temperatures can reach 50 degrees Celsius and above.