The last few weeks have proven very interesting in the tablet and ultra portable laptop arenas, specifically speaking the announcement of the HP Slate 500 tablet and the release of the new Macbook Air. It definitely seems as though the tablet market and the ultra portable laptop market (I hesitate to use the term netbook here) are moving towards a head on collision as the gap between...
It’s hard to believe it’s already been a year since the release of Windows 7, and I don’t think it’s a coincidence Apple announced their new operating system OSX Lion around the time of the Birthday party. Being in the IT industry these two events really got me thinking about the adoption rate, or lack thereof, of new operating systems after their public release (not counting the Beta...
Even though Windows 7 is still rolling out to customers who get their first taste of the latest operating system from Microsoft when purchasing a new computer, a lot of people are already wondering what Windows 8 will hold for us when it appears a few years from now. Never let it be said that technology enthusiasts aren’t a curious lot. While some sources vary on when we will see...
As February’s Mobile World Congress approaches, Microsoft’s already hogging the spotlight and for good reason. Windows Mobile 7 is set to be officially announced and demoed as a preview of what’s expected to hit the market later this year. As most rumors suggest the OS to follow closely with many elements of last year’s Zune HD, there are a few things Microsoft can improve upon....
There’s a lot of work going into the upcoming major release of Firefox 4.0. Originally planned for version 3.7, many of the polished visuals and UI tweaks have been pushed on to 4.0. The new design features tweaks to the interface that makes it have characteristics of Microsoft Office. Read on to see what Mozilla’s got planned. 1) App Button One of the biggest visual changes in...
Nobody can argue against Twitter’s exploding popularity. We’ve seen developers create applications, both mobile and desktop, that create a more powerful user experience than the web’s offerings. Facebook has hundreds of millions of users, so where are all the Facebook applications? Sadly, there aren’t many specifically developed to expand the Facebook experience. We see integration...
When I first learned about Risen I had hopes it might prove to be a stellar role playing game that could match the outstanding gameplay and immersive world of Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. When the game was finally released I ran out to snatch up a copy for myself. My hopes were dashed shortly after playing through the first level. Your character is the marooned survivor from a deadly...
Gone are the days of opening the browser to tweet (if they were ever there to begin with). Whether it’s texting, mobile applications, or desktop clients, users are looking for the fastest way to tweet without sacrificing depth. We’ll run a comparison between three popular twitter clients. TweetDeck – Mac/PC/Linux Probably the most popular out of all Twitter desktop clients,...
I am a bona fide news hound. Every day I pour over hundreds of RSS feeds in NetNewsWire for Mac, synced to Google Reader. Alternatively I choose to go straight to the browser form of Google Reader, pure and simple. When I’m in Windowsville however, I rely on a different desktop aggregator to feed my hunger for news. I’ve rounded up five free news clients for Windows, for those of you...
This coming November marks another arrival of Microsoft’s annual Professional Developers Conference, or PDC to the acronym-challenged. The event is a who’s who gathering among Windows developers – to preview all the latest and greatest in Microsoft software and listen to keynotes from the company’s lead engineers as they lay out the platform’s roadmap: A dog and pony show, more or less...