Chrome OS is a hotly anticipated product by Google, many believe it is a Windows killer. Today’s initial presentations gave me the impression of a glorified browser which is all that runs on a certain piece of hardware. I fact, Chrome OS could hardly be classified as a computer OS…
There is hardly any accessory support, [...]
With Vista and all the relative negative publicity I played it real safe and only got a new laptop when Vista SP1 was around. But after having successfully tried Windows 7 RC, I have to admit that I never looked back and went ahead with a new desktop PC purchase.
I cannot argue that I know [...]
There is rumours that in the UK, with the release of Windows 7, there will be bundles of Windows 7 and Windows Mobile 7 that will be ready at the same time. Is that something we should believe or hope for? Hardly, for many reasons.
Firstly Windows Mobile cannot be installed on any mobile phone like [...]
The initial contact with Windows 7 has been very positive indeed. Everybody has been happy to see improvements in many fronts. But nobody has been enthusiastic, a fact well understood after all the ongoing discussions and complaints about Windows Vista. Product perception is a key feeling. It doesn’t matter much what Microsoft does with Vista’s [...]
While back in January we were wondering if SP1 would help Windows Vista sales, the real deal for Microsoft was to not only iron out bugs, but to mainly improve a not-so-great public image. Pressure on Vista is unprecedented and comes from everywhere:
Apple which has taken the predictable direct comparison route.
Businesses and professionals that work [...]
According to Forrester Research, Europe’s France and Germany are the world’s most extensive open-source adopters with 24% and 21% of enterprises using open-source software respectively. Another 15% and 13% respectively have firm plans for use within 12 months, while interest runs high, at this time with no firm plans. Third, fourth and fifth places are [...]
So Dell has decided to pull the plug right? Well not really, because although the mothership has decided to stop XP sales at the end of this month, you can still play the back-door man and wait it out with XP till the arrival of Windows 7. Here is some options:
Buy a new computer with [...]
Have you ever wondered whether maybe -just hypothetically asking!- your Canon compact can do a lot more than you can currently access? If you have, you are not far from the truth. Like all modern electronics, it is all down to the processing unit in the camera’s heart. And if it is a Digic II or III [...]
Source: ars technica
Poor Microsoft. You have been hammered by almost everyone about the instability of Windows Vista. But what can you do when the largest GPU supplier writes low quality driver software that causes the whole OS to crash?
NVIDIA’s G80 architecture caused many problems throughout 2007 and the pie chart above -based on Microsoft data- [...]
Adobe’s Photoshop Express is now available online and free for everybody to use. Like its Premiere Express cousin, it uses Flash and all you have to do to get started is to register online. You get 2 GB of storage space and there are presentation choices. You can sync with Facebook, MySpace or Picasa and [...]
Silverlight is Microsoft’s competitor to Adobe’s firmly entrenched Flash player. It currently runs on Windows and Mac OS X, but as mobile devices become a new major battleground, Nokia is the best door to knock on as it currently commands 40% of the world market.
According to Crave, the two companies are expected to announce a [...]
Since the appearance of Windows 3 and the proliferation of Microsoft’s operating system, the comparison with Apple’s Macs and operating systems is a popular and never-ending issue of discussion. A lot of ink -and now web pages- are devoted to a topic with no clear answers in sight. The equation became even more complicated when [...]
I was reading last week how Apple fans feel an air of superiority against Microsoft users. Well it seems that Linus Torvalds, the famous Linux boy, is not eating any of this. When in Melbourne for Linux Conference Australia that finished on February the 2nd, he was asked to compare Microsoft Windows to Apple OS [...]
Web surfing on mobile devices is a so far perenial problem and all kinds of indirect solutions are being used. Skyfire is a californian company that wants to make smartphone web surfing identical to that on a PC. Its software is free, currently in beta stage and supports embedded content like Flash 9, Quicktime and [...]
Some Windows Vista users have already installed the beta version of Service Pack 1. Now Microsoft publicly releases SP1 RC Refresh, to be used as the final test before the final release. Unlike initial XP safety vulnerabilities, Vista has fared much better in this sector, but not well enough in others, as for example in [...]
