So, I’ve had this latest Google Phone, the Nexus One, for a couple of weeks now, and I thought I’d write down some of my experiences. I’ve had smart-phones & PDAs in the past, all of them Windows Mobile variants, but I must say, this Android phone really blows my mind… Of course, being an [...]
This is my first post from my nexus 1. I haven’t been blogging much but hopefully this new application will change that, so keep an eye out! The best thing about the nexus 1 is that you can dictate what you want to write. Of course this isn’t perfect, since the application still makes quite [...]
We all know our good friends at Microsoft are not shy for a stunt here and there, but now they really hit the jackpot… Brian Krebs from The Washington Post has been advising the average Windows user on various things. A while ago, people started asking him if they could trust a Service Pack for [...]
With positive reports from beta-testers worldwide about the new and improved Windows version coming out late this year, early next year, one would think that the tides for Microsoft are turning. To some extent that probably is true, for home users and early adopters at least… But what is happening in the corporate environment? Well, [...]
Whether you like it or not, the final release of Microsoft’s newest browser, Internet Explorer 8, is coming closer and closer. While this latest version of IE has been giving quite some attention around the Web, with both the lovers and the haters elaborately venting their opinions, I thought it was time for me to [...]
I’ve stumbled upon an interesting article lining out the 2009 roadmap for CodeWeavers. CodeWeavers is the commercial implementation of the Wine project, allowing Windows applications to run on Linux & Mac platforms. The CodeWeavers people have already put in great support for DirectX 9 in their latest version for gaming, and it seems they are [...]
Over at Computerworld, there’s a very interesting article about the new version of Samba. For the first time, there is a real alternative for Microsoft Active Directory on Linux. While the FOSS world already has a certain amount of Directory Servers like Apache Directory Server, Fedora Directory Server, OpenDS and others, none of them have [...]
A lot of browser news today . Lunascape, a Japanese company, has released an alpha version of their browser, called Genesis. I can already hear you thinking: What do we need another browser for? Well, the unique thing about this one is that it contains all three popular render engines. Where Internet Explorer uses Trident, [...]
Over at ExtremeTech they have posted a nice article about which browser is the fastest. The post is pretty lengthy (multiple pages), but it really explains well what they did and how the technology relates. The competing browsers are Firefox 3, Safari, Google Chrome, Opera and Internet Explorer 7. Tests performed include the new V8 [...]
Microsoft announced on Tuesday that they will stop providing the Live OneCare and started working on free consumer security software. They will continue to provide support for Onecare, but will no longer develop the platform anymore. The new software, codenamed ‘Morro’ is supposed to be a light version of OneCare. The program will be used [...]
