My nine wishes for tech gadgets

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  • A USB plug that goes in the socket the right way up first time

    A USB plug that goes in the socket the right way up first time

    You plug in your USB and it does not fit into the socket. You take it out and try to put it in again upside down. Then you turn it back the other way — and it fits.

    Photo by: Via Arena

    Caption by: Eileen Brown

  • An iPhone battery that lasts all day without a charge

    An iPhone battery that lasts all day without a charge

    I turn the phone on and off, turning off cellular data, notifications and AirDrop. Sometimes, no matter what steps we take to conserve data usage and improve the iPhone's battery life , sometimes the battery only lasts for a couple of hours.

    Photo by: Lolzbook

    Caption by: Eileen Brown

  • A manageable email inbox

    A manageable email inbox

    I try to manage the Spam, Bacn, reply alls and round robin emails from my friends at work. It is difficult to keep our email inbox at a manageable level and try to drive towards inbox zero?

    Photo by: Exkalibur

    Caption by: Eileen Brown

  • A week without a patch or update from Microsoft

    A week without a patch or update from Microsoft

    There are updates galore - out-of band updates and errors in Microsoft updates . Patch Tuesday only happens once per month so these critical, urgent updates are an extra annoyance to those of us who hate rebooting.

    Photo by: Beta Download

    Caption by: Eileen Brown

  • A Wi-Fi connection that stays connected when you’re working

    A Wi-Fi connection that stays connected when you’re working

    Shared Wi-Fi hotspots are often unreliable. They seem to be especially unreliable when I am working on a deadline and there are other people around using the service.

    Photo by: Betanews

    Caption by: Eileen Brown

  • A product that launches on time

    A product that launches on time

    Product dates slip, schedules change and technology issues hold up delivery. But waiting to get on the coolest beta program ever is just hellish...

    Photo by: Webzpot

    Caption by: Eileen Brown

  • A Windows PC that never blue screens

    A Windows PC that never blue screens

    It is now a friendly emoticon in Windows 8 instead of instruction set codes and kernel addresses. But I really would prefer the device not to lock up because of a poorly written piece of third party device driver code.

    It's about time Microsoft kicked the worst offenders into shape.

    Photo by: Mascobz

    Caption by: Eileen Brown

  • A cloud service provider that manages 100 percent uptime

    A cloud service provider that manages 100 percent uptime

    There are a few cloud vendors that have managed 100 percent uptime recently including GoGrid, EC2, Linode, Storm on Demand and OpSource Cloud.

    Perhaps it is time for me to change providers.

    Photo by: Designzzz

    Caption by: Eileen Brown

  • A cheap Apple device

    A cheap Apple device

    Prices for Apple devices have stayed high — as has its stock price.

    Photo by: MSN

    Caption by: Eileen Brown

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A USB plug that goes in the socket the right way up first time

You plug in your USB and it does not fit into the socket. You take it out and try to put it in again upside down. Then you turn it back the other way — and it fits.

Caption by: Eileen Brown

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