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I’ve found myself using online apps more and more lately. Whether it’s Google Reader, the Daniweb blogging tool, my online calendar or Facebook, I’m spending more time in my browser and less time using desktop applications. This got me thinking if more and more of our work is moving online,...
Read More | 3 Days Ago | Comments: 5 | Last Comment: 2 Days Ago
I have been using ubuntu for quite some time in a dual boot with windows and I have a few questions I would like to ask people with the valid knowledge and opinion.
Will Ubuntu ever take over windows?
Can windows make the drivers for devices such as wireless cards more standard i.e plug and...
Read More | 16 Days Ago
I'm no Microsoft basher, but I've never hidden my personal loathing for Vista. Yet even I was surprised to learn this week just how cynical Microsoft appears to be regarding Vista.
It started the other day when a Steve Ballmer speech to the Microsoft MVPs leaked out. According to several news...
Read More | 27 Days Ago | Comments: 5 | Last Comment: 24 Days Ago
According to reports it looks possible that the next big upgrade to the Windows OS, the fabled Windows 7, could arrive much earlier than expected. Within the next 12 months even. And who is responsible for making this prediction? None other than Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates himself,...
Read More | Apr 7th, 2008 | Comments: 4 | Last Comment: Apr 7th, 2008
If you are a user of Windows Vista, as millions of PC owners are, you have the newest and most advanced version of Windows available. Over five years of development went into this software, which translates into millions of hours of effort by software professionals.
Has anyone ever thought if...
Read More | Nov 9th, 2007
Simon Willcocks is a man on a mission, albeit an unusual one that no doubt many developers will recognise as being something of a geek driven dream. The mission in question to deliver native RISC OS desktop applications under Linux. This dream is fast becoming a reality, however, with the news that...
Read More | Sep 9th, 2007
So many people are weighing in with opinions on their personal 'Vista Experience,' that I thought I'd give it a try. I've been working with Vista since beta 2, and have recently recieved my very own copy of Vista Business... And I couldn't be happier.
Vista is not capable of something insanely...
Read More | Jan 25th, 2007
Recently I have decided to switch from Ubuntu linux to Freebsd and here I am going to outline why.
1. The Ubuntification of linux: Lately I have noticed a trend on social bookmarking sites, mainly digg, which have people posting articles with titles like "Ubuntu Tutorials" or something similar. In...
Read More | Dec 6th, 2006 | Comments: 13 | Last Comment: Dec 8th, 2006
Ordinarily this headline would no longer come as any surprise, after all everyone is pretty much used to Microsoft keeping the competition at bay using whatever methods it can. However, this is no ordinary headline because what IO left out is the name of that competitor: Windows XP.
In an...
Read More | Oct 27th, 2006
I know a few days ago, I wrote a glowing review of Leopard. But after a few days, I changed my opinion:
Commercial operating systems cost way too much for the features you get. Let's take a look at Leopard, Apple's next-gen OS:
Leopard
Time Machine
I don't have much to criticize here, other than...
Read More | Aug 24th, 2006 | Comments: 2 | Last Comment: Aug 26th, 2006
