ADBE: Nearly there
The recent news that Adobe Creative Suite 4 will not be 64-bit for the Mac is taken as a blow to the Mac. It will be 64-bit for Windows on 64-bit machines running a 64-bit Windows OS (which is a...
View ArticleMicrosoft extending XP to 2010
Beleaguered software vendor Microsoft is adding a couple of years to their spurned child, Windows XP:: ‘Michael Dix, head of Windows client product management, tells the story, “One thing we’ve heard...
View ArticleTom Raftery tries out WWT
Darth Vader said: “Give yourself to the Dark Side. It is the only way you can save your friends. Yes, your thoughts betray you. Your feelings for them are strong.” Tom Raftery, on the other hand,...
View ArticleHyperconnected
A stunning piece of advertorial from InfoWorld via Nortel’s sponsored IDC survey. a considerable number of what it calls “hyperconnected” users … those using at least seven devices and nine...
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Microsoft re-invents the past. Again.
Back a hundred years ago when I was studying Human-Computer-Interaction, there was much discussion about touchscreens. They mostly discussed the difference between a mouse, a touchscreen and a light...
View ArticleBill Gates steps down.
The BBC has a thought provoking review of Microsoft, with today being Bill Gates’ last day as the Bog Man on Compus. In early 2004, …Mr Gates predicted that within two years the problem of spam – junk...
View ArticleMicrosoft outlines Vista strategy
InformationWeek has some choice quotes from Microsoft executives: “We’ve got a pretty noisy competitor out there,” Brooks said of Apple whose “I’m a Mac… and I’m a PC,” commercials criticize Windows...
View Article1984
I’m a little early with this but that’s no bad thing. It’s time to think – to reminisce – and maybe even to plan. Next Monday night, NiMUG will be holding another meeting but this Saturday is much more...
View ArticleePubs and iBooks and whether we care about the EULA.
I took a couple of days to digest the iBooks Author news – to see what the fuss was about and form my own opinions in a timely fashion. I even took time to hoover in all of the opinion on the industry...
View ArticleAnother Life (persistence in games)
Peter Molyneux at Eurogamer: What I love about cloud computing – and this hasn’t been explored yet – is that it allows for something that we as gamers haven’t had since the start of gaming, and that is...
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