Category: Why I still prefer Internet Explorer

I wrote a blog post last week where I discussed some of the good lessons from the success of Firefox. I truly believe Firefox is a great browser, and I am glad that competition has forced Microsoft to pull its IE developers out of suspended animation to update its ability to handle CSS properly. Let’s […]

No one person, inside or outside Sun, should be plotting its open source strategy. You can guide it, you can concentrate your own energies at key points, but there is no I in team. Open source requires team-building.

What sounds like a cross between a Ferengi mating practice and an  OREO cookie clone, but is actually the latest and greatest in Open Source turnkey virtualization servers? It’s the ProxMox Virtual Environment,  a new open source project that has been flying under the hypervisor radar, but may pose a serious challenge to the established […]

There’s some very interesting applications of science and astronomy to history and literature reported by the Associated Press here. Researchers have determined some very cool historical ties to Homer’s Odyssey. I think I’ll play it safe, though, and just point you to the article: it will be a nice opening day piece when you come […]

Google Android will be delayed until a fourth quarter launch with T-Mobile, and a 2009 arrival with other carriers. Now that it’s in the software business, Google is facing the same kind of product delay pressures that dog Microsoft, Apple, and other tech vendors.
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Guest Editorial by Dino Dai Zovi As reported by Intego and Matasano Security, a new local privilege escalation vulnerability has been found that gives local root access on Mac OS X Tiger and Leopard. While Intego calls this a critical vulnerability, I’m mostly with Matasano’s Thomas Ptacek on this one where I am saying this vulnerability […]

Video geeks will love the new D-Link DSM-330 DivX Connected HD Media Player, a media receiver that enables you-to stream high-res videos, photos, and music from PC to TV. I’ve been playing around with this $299 device for a few days now, and even though I’m not an expert with digital video, the DSM-330 is […]

Remember the Manila Mac AirMail sleeve that was announced just after the MacBook Air in January? It’s the one that looks like the manila envelope featured in the MacBook Air television commercial. I wasn’t too fond of the AirMail when I reviewed it on 21 March 2008. A better alternative has arrived: the iSobre sleeve […]

There is still a soft spot in my heart for Palm OS devices since they were what I started out with back in 1997 (actually the OS looks just about the same as it was then) and this latest news has me considering a new Palm device. Palm announced that you can now purchase a […]

PC World columnist Scott Nichols summarizes the MPAA’s arguments in Capitol Records v. Thomas as saying that proof is not required in a trial. The issue, you will recall, is whether mere proof that someone “made available” content is as good as proving that they actually distributed. Says the MPAA: Mandating such proof could thus […]