Thoughts on computers, the internet, and web design
Another detailed, but succinct (if that’s not an oxymoron), post by John Gruber. This time about apple’s decision to release ‘Boot Camp’ (which lets you run Windows on a new Intel mac), well worth reading if you are into technology: Daring Fireball: Windows: The New Classic
Posted on Friday 7th April 2006 in Blog, Computers tagged internet, mac OS X, technology, Windows, with no comments.
One big problem with the current trend of device convergence is that if that one device fails, then so do all of your devices! This means that device failure has a bigger impact, and this impact will increase with the number of functions the device replaces.
Two examples of this. Firstly, I use my phone [...]
Posted on Saturday 18th March 2006 in Blog, Computers tagged internet, mac OS X, Music, technology, TV, with one comment.
I have had an Orange m1000 Pocket PC based PDA for the last year. Like all windows based devices, this one seemed to have reached the end of its useful life, and needed re-installing. A firmware upgrade has been released for the phone, that might fix some bugs and provide some increased functionality. I don’t [...]
Posted on Sunday 27th November 2005 in Computers tagged Computers, internet, technology, with no comments.
One of my reasons for switching to a mac was the rumours of the Digital Rights Management (DRM) to be included in the next version of Windows (Longhorn Vista).
A article on CNET News.com appears to confirm this fear, at least for high end high definition video: Hollywood, Microsoft align on new Windows.
I am certainly not [...]
Posted on Tuesday 30th August 2005 in Computers tagged Computers, DRM, Windows, with no comments.
Is this the future of computing? The TactaPad apparently lets you control the cursor on screen by just using your hands on the special pad. It even shows a shadow of your fingers on screen, so that you can see where they are pointing.
Either this is an elaborate hoax, or it is a real product, [...]
Posted on Tuesday 30th August 2005 in Blog, Computers tagged Computers, future, Science, software, with no comments.
