Technology

Wow, Windows without restart
Microsoft Vista will introduce another long time feature of Mac OS
More phones with Apple technology
Apple may be just a minor player in the computer and consumer electronics industries in terms of revenue ($14 billion in fiscal 2005) and market share (less than 5% worldwide), but it is now undeniably setting the pace for both of those industries in terms of hardware, software, and industrial design.
Painful upgrade to Movabletype 3.2
32gear_blue_sml.gifDespite Six Apart’s warm promises of the easiest upgrade ever, upgrading to Movabletype to version 3.2 is everything but painless.
MSN Messenger for Mac OS adds common features
About a week ago I saw screenshots of the upcoming Internet Explorer for Windows Longhorn, now dubbed Vista (if their lawyers can settle current law suits). It featured tabbed browsing and a couple of other enhancements known from open source browsers such as Firefox.
Macromedia Freehand is the first to go
The question I have is: Which one will they keep, GoLive or Dreamweaver?
It’s true.
apple_intel_01.jpgIt was Monday morning and the conference room of the Moscone Center in San Francisco was filled with over 3,800 people, most of them developers. Keynotes of Apples Steve Jobs are always highly anticipated.
Cézanne is alive!
The innovative font foundry P22 has announced Cézanne Pro, an improved version of its popular Cézanne font. Cézanne Pro makes use of powerful OpenType features: Letter shapes change randomly, making the font look less homogenous. A text written in Cézanne…
iPhone or SkypePod?
Engadget picked it up from The Wireless Weblog. Apparently Skype had enough of dealing with reluctant phone companies and hesitant network vendors: Skype CEO Niklas Zennstrom announced the company plans to put out a VoWLAN phone, which will allow customers…
Big Google is watching you
Seattle Times Columnist Charles Bermant tells you about Gmail, Google’s new email service. It’s known that Google scans your email. There are a lot of reasons some people will hate this, on principle. It is an invasion of privacy, a…
As We May Think
A very interesting and deep historic overview of the GUI (graphical user interface). A must read for everyone who’s interested in the foundation of Information Architecture and Usability.
Third party developer bridges gap between Sidekick and Mac OS
The HipTop Sidekick, available with a T-Mobile plan, can now be synchronized with Macs. The software comes from Marc Space, who is also author of software that lets you sync Pocket PCs with Macs. On his website Space describes the…
Find your iPod to find your keys
Speaking of innovations, here is another one. You’re gonna love this. It’s something that makes your iPod even more useful. Griffin Technology came out with a plugin flashlight for your iPod. Yes, you can find your keys with it now….
Skip or Skype
Every now and then, in between inventions like wars for presidency and frappucino light, somebody comes up with an idea that actually will change things. Just most people wouldn’t think it would. In most cases it’s not even a real…
How Microsoft does it
Internet News reported today: Microsoft Wins ‘Tabbed Browsing’ Patent This is a perfect example of Microsofts policy: Step 1, let the Open Source community find and develop a technology solution. Step 2, take it and file a patent, permitting its…
OP - What?
In his blog Fishbowl, Charles Miller describes what he sees as flaws of the current version of OPML. My experience with OPML is limited. I have been looking for a notebook application that would run on OS X and allow…
OP - What?
In his blog Fishbowl, Charles Miller describes what he sees as flaws of the current version of OPML. My experience with OPML is limited. I have been looking for a notebook application that would run on OS X and allow…