Jan 26th, 2007 - When asked if Vista is going to be a success, most people answer "yes" for various reasons: good interface, XP is getting old, it's going to be sold with new PCs anyway. Wait... really? Dell's new Dimension n-Series might be aiming to change that a little bit. The website even talks about Linux... (Read More)

Jan 21st, 2007 - The big moment is set. Microsoft has announced the release date of Vista to consumers, which happens to be January 30. So now, all Microsoft has to do is convince users that XP is dead and that Vista is the "new" OS now. Is Vista next-gen? I would say definitely yes. Although the equivalent of... (Read More)

Dec 26th, 2006 - Endless beta testing does still not guarantee a bug-free program, as Microsoft found out a few weeks ago. Recently, a major flaw was discovered by a Russian programmer, in Windows Vista that was released to businesses earlier this month. This particular flaw allows a user with standard user... (Read More)

Dec 19th, 2006 - Microsoft's new Internet Explorer 7 has a special bar that turns green when visiting "safe" sites, which it determines if it recieves a special strict security certificate from Microsoft. But, small business owners and corporations are worried that users will leave their sites feeling unsafe, as... (Read More)

Dec 3rd, 2006 - Microsoft has finally launched the long-awaited Windows Vista. Will it sell well? It's already pretty obvious that Windows Vista will have a hard time competing against Microsoft's previous operating system, Windows XP. Many businesses are happy with it, and see no reason to switch. Still others... (Read More)

Nov 28th, 2006 - The French parliament is now going to dump Windows in favour of open-source. More specifically, Linux. The planned switch date is June 2007, with over 1000 parliament workers switching. No word yet on what Linux distribution they're going to use, or what email client -- one thing is for sure:... (Read More)

Jan 25th, 2007 - Google looks like the next thing it's going to do is take over the world. Or at least, Microsoft. I'm sure you've all heard the rumors about Google creating an operating system, but is it really happening? I just found this screenshot of a supposedly-leaked upcoming version of GooOS. Kind of... (Read More)

Jan 7th, 2007 - Google Earth gives users the ability to fly around the earth - so why not allow people to fly through space? That's exactly what Google's trying to do now, and they've joined the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope project to make it happen. The telescope is a "proposed ground-based 8.4-meter, 10... (Read More)

Jan 24th, 2007 - Many people complain that Java is far too slow to use in most applications that are traditionally written with C/C++. Well, this is probably never going to change unless Java allows itself to be completely compiled instead of bytecode, but IBM is trying to make the state that Java's in better. Now,... (Read More)

Jan 22nd, 2007 - Microsoft's now planning to make Windows Vista and Office downloadable via their website - a good choice, likely spurred on by the vast number of other software distributable via the internet. It's a good idea, but I think that it's quite probably piracy will become even worse if it's... (Read More)

Jan 10th, 2007 - Codeweavers has released a final version of CrossOver Office 6 - the software that provides Windows-application compatilibity - to both Linux and Mac OS X, marking the first-ever release of CrossOver Office for Mac. CrossOver Office is built upon the open source Wine framework, but provides... (Read More)

Jan 5th, 2007 - According to Engadget, the second version of the Xbox 360, code-named "Zephyr" has had a photo leaked from a Xbox insider. It looks quite interesting; the only picture provided was a backside of the console. It's still white, but has some extra ports on the back. It seems like Microsoft really... (Read More)

Jan 18th, 2007 - With the release of the Apple iPhone, threatening to shake up the cell phone industry, it's inevitable that companies will try to use ideas similar to Apple's. The latest "cause of concern" is LG's Prada KE850 cell phone, which uses a touchscreen interface, and similar features such as web browser,... (Read More)

Jan 15th, 2007 - Some people have been writing about the iPhone, and there are complaints as expected with any new device (or old for that matter). So I decided to write about them, and show what's really behind all this. Price is the thing that hits you first when getting a new tech toy (unless, of course, you... (Read More)

Jan 9th, 2007 - With the Macworld Keynote, it was inevitable that Apple would release some fancy new product. Among other things, the iPhone turned out the be the most significant, turning the iPod into a device which can make phone calls, and much, much more. All for only $499. The idea of merging the very... (Read More)

Jan 2nd, 2007 - While Apple has displayed a new banner on its website declaring Happy New Years, "The first 30 years were just the beginning. Welcome to 2007," the Month of Apple Bugs has been launched, as if to scorn Apple's website banner. The Month of Apple bugs aims to reveal a new bug everyday related to... (Read More)

Dec 25th, 2006 - If you always thought that OpenStep, Cocoa's base, was limited to Mac OS X, you're wrong. A project called GNUstep is dedicated to creating an open-source implementation of the reusable objects that Cocoa uses. Cocoa, which is the framework that the vast majority of Mac OS X software developers... (Read More)

Dec 1st, 2006 - Microsoft just released their iPod killer -- except that it isn't killing the iPod. Although it looks promising, it has had a number of negative Zune reviews. It may seem like the Zune is a total flop, after all, "it's from MS". But no, I don't think that is the problem. The problem is testing.... (Read More)

Jan 11th, 2007 - TorrentFreak has reported that the anti-piracy watchdog group MPAA has been uploading false torrents in the hopes of logging IP addresses of pirates to bring them to court. They do claim to have methods of detecting the fake torrents, but don't give away all the hints, saying, "we wont reveal all... (Read More)

Dec 17th, 2006 - Who needs the Wiimote? ...when there's laptops. But, you say, you can't wave laptops around to control your videogame! Actually you can. Many laptops manufactured now come with motion sensors to suddenly freeze the hard disk when it gets bumped around. These sensors can be read by software,... (Read More)

Jan 6th, 2007 - Hitachi has now announced a 1-terabyte internal hard drive, claiming they're the first to unveil a 1 terabyte hard drive in the industry. It doesn't sound terribly impressive, given the fact that storage mediums are increasing faster than you can blink an eye. However, they have done quite a... (Read More)

Jan 4th, 2007 - In response to this article, claiming that the DVD format war may soon be over, I highly doubt it. In the article: They go on further to state that hybrid players coming from Warner Brothers and LG will bridge the gap between Blu-Ray and HD DVD. Well, it's just not going to happen. There's... (Read More)

Dec 23rd, 2006 - According to Linux.com, A few librarians working at the The Georgia Public Library have now created a new Linux-based system for content management and organization for large-scale library operations. Evergreen, the name of the system was written in a mixture of languages, including C, Perl, and... (Read More)

Dec 22nd, 2006 - VMWare has finally jumped on the Intel Mac virtualization bandwagon by releasing VMWare Fusion, a program that competes with Parallels' previously released Parallels Workstation for Mac. VMWare has previously had virtulization products available for Linux and Windows, but this is the first time... (Read More)

Dec 21st, 2006 - Spam continues to rise. In November alone, people saw a 35% increase of spam in their online mailboxes, and not only do that but also use new ways to fool spam filters to somehow get into peope's email. 31 billion spam was the average amount sent in October, but that amount has jumped to 85... (Read More)

Dec 17th, 2006 - Google has now introduced its "Google Apps for Your Domain" service. Google Apps is a free collection of tools targeted at small businesses, including online web applications such as a GMail, Google Page Creator, customized start page, among others. This has already been around for a while, but now... (Read More)

Dec 10th, 2006 - Everyone is up-in-the-arms about Nintendo's new console beating Sony's. The sales of the Wii in November (roughly 467,000) are more than double the PS3 sales (147,000), according to NPD. But what most articles about this don't talk about: the PS2 is still winning, and easily. It managed to sell... (Read More)

Dec 2nd, 2006 - All 3 major game consoles have been released -- Microsoft's Xbox 360, Nintendo's Wii, and Sony's Playstation 3. Out of all of these, the PlayStation 3 appears to be losing. Why? The previous generation console, the PS2, dominated consoles created by Microsoft and Nintendo. The answer lies in the... (Read More)

Nov 30th, 2006 - When computer systems get "owned", you may think it takes a master-geek with an extensive amount of knowledge to hack into tightly-secured systems. After all, security bugs are quickly found out, and patches can be released within a few days. But when securing a computer system or network,... (Read More)

Nov 30th, 2006 - http://answers.google.com/answers/ That URL will soon lose its usefulness for answering your questions. Google is now going to abandon its Google Answers service at the end of this week, which it launched 4 years ago. Google is not entirely clear on why they are quitting it, other than "... (Read More)