Windows

Remember when the note went out from Javamancy mini about the passing of the end of October without the critical update to Borderlands anywhere in sight?

Wow… you heard the plans from Microsoft [MSFT] that they were going to launch a retail store, a la Apple [AAPL], going as far as to woo Apple Retail Store employees, especially managers, from Apple. And with the launch of Windows 7, Microsoft has executed their plan with their first outlet in Scottsdale, Arizona. Management [...]

Windows 7: Another Mojave?

October 17, 2008 at 1:00 AM

in Software

A lot of upset Vista users are already quite perturbed about the Mojave “experiment” debacle. Now, several weeks after those commercials were launched onto an unsuspecting TV-viewing public, Microsoft’s [MSFT] Mike Nash has announced that Windows 7 is going to be the next major Windows release, on the Windows team blog. This happened back on [...]

Dell Inspiron Mini 9

September 4, 2008 at 10:50 PM · 4 comments

in Convergence,Gadgetry

As Dell [DELL] continues its endeavor to radically change (and hopefully, improve) its image with the public, they’ve come through with a new competitor line to the HP 2133 Mini-Note line, which in turn is a formidable response to the ASUStek’s Eec PC. I’ve discussed the recent issues with the mini-/sub-notebook arena that Apple used [...]

Chrome for Windows (Beta) Now Available

September 2, 2008 at 9:01 PM

in Software

Update to Missing Chrome Download Frustrates Internet Users: It appears that a few minutes after our post about “regular” downloaders’ inability to get the compiled Windows binary of the announced Chrome Web browser (as a beta product), as well as our announcement of the source code availability to interested developers, the Chrome (beta) homepage started offering [...]

Hey developers! Get your copies of the Windows beta version of Chrome now!

“Shhh! It’s a secret! Don’t tell anybody that you can get Chrome now!”

If you’re not interested in source code, please go back to our article about Chrome availability.

But: if you ARE a developer, you’re definitely going to want to read about this:

A lot of folks across the blogosphere have been griping since the announcement earlier today of Google’s [GOOG] Chrome Web browser that they have not been able to download the Windows beta version of the product that was promised to be released into the wild. At this time, while there is now a bit of [...]

Later today, around 11:00 AM PT (that equates to 2:00 PM ET), Google will be announcing the availability of their Google Chrome beta product.

Is this something brand-new and innovative? No.

Is this something of interest to Web and enterprise developers? Yes… and here’s why:

The Story So Far In the first part of this three-part story, I discussed the circumstances for the search for my new smartphone. But it was not an easy search, and quite a few different devices were investigated before making the difficult decision. The Investigation As I mentioned before, I had considered some different options [...]

Mac Cost Effectiveness

July 8, 2008 at 8:54 PM

in Gadgetry

Preface Folks, this is one of those historical tales of wonder (or, alternatively, extreme boredom) that I bring out whenever somebody has one of those funny ah-ha stories they bring to my attention. In the Beginning Way back in the primordial days of modern computing, I programmed on an Apple. Not a Mac, but an [...]