EddieC in a Nutshell
My first computer was an Atari 800, with which I played Zork and other adventure/fantasy games and dabbled with BASIC programs; circa 1980. After 1984, I moved on to PCs, clones and NetWare, and then to Apple IIs and Macs until 1990. In July of that year I got my first job at a publishing company, supporting about 25 Mac users (including the MacWeek staff).
Now I'm editor of ST&P, a software testing trade pub. I also write a twice-monthly software Test & QA newsletter, and am chairman of the Software Test & Performance and FutureTest conferences.
Now I'm editor of ST&P, a software testing trade pub. I also write a twice-monthly software Test & QA newsletter, and am chairman of the Software Test & Performance and FutureTest conferences.
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Microsoft continues to reach out and touch mobile device makers and their carriers. The company today announced a deal with Research in Motion that will enhance integration between Microsoft’s Windows Live services and Blackberry 7000 and 8000 series devices as well as the BlackBerry Bold, a... (Read More)
Featured May 13th, 2008
Research in Motion has thrown its BlackBerry hat into the iPhone ring with BlackBerry Bold, the latest version of the company’s line of sleek, multimedia savvy smartphones.
According to a RIM press release, the new unit is “crafted from premium materials inside and out, that radiate elegance... (Read More)
Featured May 13th, 2008
If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em. According to Web reports over the weekend, Google today is expected to launch Friend Connect, a set of APIs for pulling personal data from social networks that comply with the OpenSocial common interface specifications it published in October.
The move would... (Read More)
Featured May 12th, 2008
ORLANDO, Florida—Thousands of software developers and testers converged here this week for the Software Testing Analysis and Review conference, better known as STAREAST. It’s one of just a few must-attend learning events for people in our field, and if you haven’t been to one of these events,... (Read More)
Featured May 10th, 2008
It was the belle of the ball stumbling as she made her grand entrance. Sun Microsystems on Tuesday, hoping to make a big splash at JavaOne with the launch of its shiny new platform for rich internet application development, saw demos of JavaFX repeatedly crash.
Like blaming it on the red carpet,... (Read More)
Featured May 7th, 2008
Sun Microsystems on Monday was giving away packaged copies of OpenSolaris in an effort to seed the development community with a Linux alternative and boost the number of available applications for the platform.
The news came at CommunityOne, Sun’s free developer conference collocated with... (Read More)
Featured May 6th, 2008
There’s a better-than-even chance that you’re using Microsoft Outlook for e-mail. And if you’re like me, you’re not too happy about it. But there’s a free plug-in available today that brings some much needed relief from some of what ails the world’s most popular e-mail client. I tried... (Read More)
Featured May 5th, 2008
I’ve never liked Steve Ballmer very much as president of Microsoft. I don’t know the man personally, of course, and I could never quite put my finger on my reasons for disliking him. Until today, that is, when I read an Associated Press story that included allegations that the Microsoft CEO... (Read More)
Featured May 4th, 2008
Watch out Java; Adobe wants a bigger bite of your mobile-device market share pie. The company yesterday said it will drop its licensing fee for including its Flash Player on handhelds and unveiled alliances with some of world’s largest telecom carriers, content providers and chip and handset... (Read More)
Featured May 2nd, 2008
Microsoft has put the brakes on Windows XP Service Pack 3, which was supposed to be available yesterday through the Windows Update Website. A Tuesday post on its TechNet site said a “compatibility issue” between Microsoft’s Dynamics Retail Management System point-of-sale application and SP3... (Read More)
Featured Apr 30th, 2008
A federal court today ruled in favor of people using file-sharing applications such as Napster and Kazaa, notorious for illegal distribution of music files.
The ruling was a blow to the Recording Industry Association of America, which has been combating users and developers of this software... (Read More)
Featured Apr 30th, 2008
I was unable to access this Web site last night. Instead I was directed to a skull and crossbones compliments of g00ns.net. The site appears to be run by hackers who take pride in their ability to “f—ing own you.” My page—indeed Dani’s entire site—had apparently been hijacked.... (Read More)
Apr 29th, 2008
High performance computing has long been a part of Intel’s dossier. But a deal announced on Monday with supercomputer maker Cray Inc. could paint Xeon in neon on Intel’s resume.
The multi-year pact puts Intel’s dual-core Xeon processors—found in most of the world’s most powerful... (Read More)
Featured Apr 29th, 2008
I don’t know about you, but I’m glad the Microsoft bid to acquire Yahoo was a bust—and I hope it stays that way. I shudder to think of the consequences of a company like Microsoft acquiring Google-like power. Microsoft already has too much power and control over my life. I don’t want to be... (Read More)
Featured Apr 27th, 2008
Yahoo Inc., the apple of Microsoft’s eye in recent weeks, has unveiled improvements to the Yahoo Development Network, Web-service capabilities and advertiser opportunities. The moves could be seen as an attempt to show Yahoo’s value is greater than the US$40 billion acquisition bid of the... (Read More)
Featured Apr 27th, 2008
Having all your data wherever you go is useful beyond measure. A Web-based service and series of open APIs unveiled this week by Microsoft is intended to offer a solution to keeping all our devices in sync.
If I had a dollar for every time I accessed an Outlook contact, set a reminder with my... (Read More)
Featured Apr 25th, 2008
The Fedora project team on Tuesday posted a preview edition of Fedora 9, its final stage of development during which users and contributors can provide feedback about bugs missed during beta testing. The latest Fedora distro is based on kernel 2.6.25; more on that later. General release is set for... (Read More)
Featured Apr 24th, 2008
If you’re developing applications for MySpace or just thinking about it, the social networking company has made it easier to get the word out about and popularize your apps. An update to the fledgling MySpace Developer Platform released last week lets app builders add messaging and posting... (Read More)
Featured Apr 23rd, 2008
With the lackluster adoption of Vista, perhaps Microsoft plans to migrate XP users by attrition—one service pack at a time. The company today released Windows XP SP3, which enables in XP a slew of features, many native to Vista.
Available now as a stand-alone installer pack, the update brings... (Read More)
Featured Apr 21st, 2008
I could have sworn that only Apple was making Apple-compatible computers. I remember well the era in which Apple famously granted—then revoked—licenses to Motorola and others to manufacture hardware that would run Mac OS.
As I read today that a company called Psystar Corp. (www.psystar.com)... (Read More)
Featured Apr 21st, 2008
Asustek Computer on Saturday unveiled the Eee PC 900, a beefier version of the ultra-mobile PC it introduced late last year. The new unit is available with Xandros Linux or Windows XP, and is scheduled to begin shipping on May 12 with a sticker price of US$549.
Last year’s model 701—which at... (Read More)
Featured Apr 20th, 2008