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1. Chrome OS: Lame Copy or Amazing new OS?

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 18 November 2009

   ... make some sense.   But what’s the fun of being competent?  Aren’t US executives expected to act stupid?  Maybe Google simply doesn’t want to disappoint people because idiot executives are the only way ...

2. How TG Daily is put together

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Thursday, 12 November 2009

   ... have the Lino operating system in my bathroom [10:03:44] Evil Spinola: Doesn't it have Windows? [10:03:56] Good Spinola: it has two Windows but the blinds are down [10:04:29] Evil Spinola: If you upgraded ...

3. My 10 favorite Windows apps

   (Software/Software Features)

   Tuesday, 27 October 2009

   ... really old version of Microsoft Word for Windows. So old that it doesn't do fancy things like access the Internet, so you don't need to worry about all that malware stuff. 5. And talking about malware. ...

4. TG Daily: A readers' Guide

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

   Monday, 26 October 2009

   ... no other site does this. Here's why. You may wish to have a dictionary to hand for some of the more challenging words. Opinion: A few months back, we took the brave - some might say daft - decision to ...

5. Leaving the iPhone behind

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

   Monday, 26 October 2009

   ...  The iPhone's only carrier, AT&T, does not have the best coverage along the edge of the Pacific. So, I stopped in Grants Pass, Oregon, where the coverage was great. It's also where I grabbed a late ...

6. Tilera challenges X86 architecture with 100 core-processor

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Sunday, 25 October 2009

   ... frequency. Although higher clock frequency does lead to higher speeds, the power draw goes up exponentially as a result. Our belief is that the performance should be raised via parallelism -  or many ...

7. Red Hat attacks ‘patent trolls’

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Monday, 05 October 2009

   ... Red Hat veep Rob Tiller. "Our patent system is supposed to foster innovation but, for open source and software in general, it does the opposite." “Software patents form a minefield that slows and ...

8. Microsoft reckons Win7 beats Linux as the Best Buy

   (Software/Software Features)

   Tuesday, 08 September 2009

   ... are naturally billing it as the most evil thing in the history of evil ever. Critics point to 'facts' such as the claim that World of Warcraft doesn't run under Linux as being false, because it can ...

9. SCO: 'Linux is a knock-off of our Unix'

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Tuesday, 25 August 2009

   ...  Trial dates for SCO's new lawsuits against Novell and IBM have not been set, but will take place in the US District Court in Salt Lake City. Is it just me, or does it sometimes seem that the principal ...

10. Firefox security problem affects OS X, Windows, Linux

    (Security/Security Features)

    Friday, 14 August 2009

    ... system. Linux and Windows operating systems are affected too. Paul Sture says that if you run as a non-admin user on OS X, Firefox grays out the check for updates menu item and doesn't automatically ...

11. Will Windows Mobile become extinct?

    (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

    Wednesday, 29 July 2009

    ... does have a good shot at remaining relevant and competing with Linux. The “iPhone phenomenon” is gaining significant strength in most companies, and fewer organizations now forbid user- selected devices ...

12. 3G netbook market growing at rapid pace, iSuppli says

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 13 July 2009

    ... will also have to establish OEM deals that place its Chrome OS name on the netbooks as they ship from OEMs’ factories. “If this does not happen with sufficient critical mass, then the OS will be left ...

13. Google Chrome OS: Is Google finally jumping the shark?

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 09 July 2009

    ... change from its traditional product development cycle. Normally, Google doesn’t pre-announce anything. It develops services under its typically opaque veil of secrecy, then releases them online. To maximize ...

14. Google's a threat to you, not Microsoft

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Wednesday, 08 July 2009

    ... bolting on a bunch of device drivers doesn't magically turn it into an OS. You can put as much lipstick as you want on Sarah Palin, but… My first reaction to the ChromeOS news was to wonder exactly what ...

15. Meet your new boss: Google

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Wednesday, 08 July 2009

    ... it is based on an old, increasingly bulky software base that may not fit in our time anymore. Apple has been exploiting the shortcomings of Windows for some time now and it does not take much to see that ...

16. Moblin and netbook make an interesting pair

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 09 June 2009

    ... be faster when it’s out of beta. On the Moblin developer website at moblin.org, one of the projects is to develop a version that doesn’t take more than five seconds to boot. There’s a You Tube video of ...

17. Acer to produce Android based netbook

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 02 June 2009

    ... in the third quarter of this year that uses the Google Android operating system, rather than Microsoft Windows. According to the Wall Street Journal, that doesn't mean Acer won't produce netbooks using ...

18. Garmin Nuvifone delayed, again

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 11 May 2009

    ... earlier, some later.” Some devices? Is it just us or does that sound like a not so definite launch? Looks to us like a 2010 launch for the Nuvifone.  ...

19. Windows 7 RC1 – first impressions

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 05 May 2009

    ... the kind of low-pain install they want. As the release candidate doesn't time expire for more than a year, it is surely worth even the most timorous user giving it a try. And although Microsoft hasn’t ...

20. Why Apple needs Microsoft to survive the coming OS battle

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Tuesday, 28 April 2009

    ... winning this fight, yet their current marketing, which disparages Windows, is effectively plowing the field for Google. Windows 7Windows 7 is a strong improvement over Windows Vista. But it doesn't restore ...

21. Microsoft is hoist by its Windows petard

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Sunday, 19 April 2009

    ... offered Windows XP for netbooks. The OS was supposed to be redundant but there was just no way that Vista would perform well on these dinky little machines. And Microsoft doesn’t make anything like the ...

22. Palm Pre to kill the iPhone?

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 03 April 2009

    ... a phone packing as much punch as the claims? Could it really give the iPhone a run for its money, affording Palm the chance to mount a comeback? Palm Pre, Palm Pre, oh what does the future see? Chicago ...

23. HP and Asustek testing Google's Android OS for sub-$500 netbooks

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 31 March 2009

    ... the x86 ISA does not, such as predication on nearly every instruction and a fixed length opcode (ARM uses 32-bit on most instructions with a Thumb subset which includes both 16-bit and 32-bit instructions; ...

24. Fennec Beta 1 review: The future of mobile browsing is here

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 27 March 2009

    ... in desktop Safari and Firefox ignited speed race on your desktop. Oh, the excitement!Nevertheless, don't expect TraceMonkey in Fennec to automagically run complex sites the way desktop Firefox does. ...

25. NEC achieves world record in x86-based JVM performance

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 18 March 2009

    ... respectively). NEC is a remarkably pervasive company. In looking at their product lines, there are very few areas of modern IT that NEC does not have a hand in, though they often tend to be not at the ...

26. Nvidia eyes x86 CPU market, may produce its own chip

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 05 March 2009

    ... analyst, Ian Lao, "As long as Nvidia doesn't have an x86 processor, it remains at a disadvantage to Intel and VIA." An x86-based CPU from Nvidia would round out Nvidia's offerings, allowing them to ...

27. CherryPal launches the Bing, an Atom-based notebook

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 02 March 2009

    ... now launching a mini-laptop called the CherryPal Bing laptop. How does it stack up? Chicago (IL) - If you've read my reviews or opinions in the past you know that I am not impressed by any product brought ...

28. Intel wins TSMC support to gear up for historic battle with ARM

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 02 March 2009

    ... adds the ability to merge the work TSMC is doing on WiMax enabled devices and couple it with Atom processors.”Gold added that custom designs is something Intel “does not generally do all that ...

29. The coming ARM vs. Intel PC battle

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 26 February 2009

    ... that reside on the web that make these devices work. The more software that doesn't run locally there is, the more problems represented by ARM are mitigated and the more important connectivity is. You ...

30. Marvell's Plug Computer: A tiny, discrete, fully functional 5 watt Linux server

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Tuesday, 24 February 2009

    ... for development while the SheevaPlug does the final work of the application in its low-power, always-on form factor. Its JTAG debugger also allows relatively easy debugging of the live device without remote ...

31. Freescale promises $200 netbook

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Wednesday, 18 February 2009

    ... x86-based, it does promote energy efficiency using a RISC-like design. Additionally, Freescale has added support for other operating systems which include Phoenix's Hyperspace pre-boot shell and Xandros ...

32. UPDATED: Intel still decisive on Moorestown and WiMAX

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Tuesday, 17 February 2009

    ... in both technologies at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain.In addition, LG's Moblin 2.0 Linux-based Moorestown MID announcement, which does not currently support WiMAX and is limited to ...

33. Palm OS: Dead, forever

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 12 February 2009

    ... and Palm doesn't plan on licensing it at this point. When Pre launches, it will be the first in a series of webOS based products for which Palm appears to have no exact plan in place. The market will ...

34. Torvalds: Linux will remain a many splendid affair

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 04 February 2009

    ... equipment that Windows doesn't even know exists. And I urge everybody out there to dump their current flavor of Windows and embrace this revolution taking place - even if it's only done in a secondary ...

35. Palm vs. Apple: Old play, new roles

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Wednesday, 28 January 2009

    ... doesn't mean Palm will win; but it does mean they should be vastly better prepared than any firm Apple has likely ever gone up against, because Palm knows Apple's playbook and they have been in the PDA ...

36. Big News Around CES That Got Little Coverage

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Wednesday, 14 January 2009

    ... how huge this is and it may point to a kinder, gentler, less controlling Apple.  Or someone may have missed a meeting.   Either way this was, well, huge! Microsoft Does Blogging and Free ...

37. Palm hoping to strike it rich with Nova

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Monday, 15 December 2008

    ... its handsets. The aging Palm OS has still its advantages such as ease of use and speed, but has a limited feature set. It doesn’t have support for high-speed networks and 3G technology. It was once believed ...

38. Unboxing the CherryPal: It’s alive!

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 11 December 2008

    ... does exist, well sorta. In fact I’m writing this article about my first impressions from the cloud computer. But I still wonder if this device is really shipping in volume. First Look - After much skepticism ...

39. Opera 10 alpha unveiled: Fully web compliant, 30% faster

    (Software/Software Features)

    Friday, 05 December 2008

    ... such as in-line spell check in web forms, auto-update mechanism that reminds users of new browser versions or bug fixes. Opera noted that the alpha version does not include the full feature set of the ...

40. IBM’s idea to save more than $1276 on a corporate PC

    (Software/Software Features)

    Thursday, 04 December 2008

    ... It’s cheaper than Microsoft and, well, it is anti-Microsoft. IBM does not make a big secret out of its strategy to pitch the platform as a Microsoft alternative in the hope to capture the interest of ...

41. Nokia to complete Symbian acquisition and may change the mobile landscape

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 02 December 2008

    ... sure it does not exert any undue control over Symbian but lets the community take over its natural development, he said, adding that the company is now free to concentrate on services and products that ...

42. Microsoft's PR blunder: MacBook Pro and PS3 promote Vista

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 19 November 2008

    ... Pro and kids holding Playstation controllers.     It does not really matter how many millions of dollars you sink into marketing campaigns and promotional materials, subtle errors can sneak ...

43. Convey Computer launches x86-based hybrid-core computer at SC08

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 17 November 2008

    ... does not require programmers to instrument their code but, instead, provides an open-standard programming model that does not use proprietary mechanisms that have historically limited adoption of heterogeneous ...

44. U.S. gets the Dell Inspirion Mini 12

    (Mobility/Mobility Brief)

    Friday, 14 November 2008

    Today, the Inspiron Mini 12 was officially launched in the United States after it had its initial test run in Japan. The 12” notebook is a combination of a netbook and an ultraportable notebook. It does ...

45. Why you will love Mozilla’s Fennec browser: Extensions

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 12 November 2008

    ... uses a Mozilla-based plug-in architecture, that tweaking does not require significant code changes. Instead, programmers will have to mostly focus on screen size differences and UI changes, with most of ...

46. The Windows 7 GUI from a Linux user's perspective

    (Software/Software Features)

    Tuesday, 28 October 2008

    ... Linux doesn't already include natively in its many free versions is multi-touch. But will these nifty new Windows 7 features be enough to keep Microsoft's user base happy? Or is it finally time for a change? ...

47. Windows 7: Will it be good enough?

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Sunday, 26 October 2008

    ... from what it was promised to be. It is probably the first Windows that does not seem to be ahead of its time, but behind. At the same time, Apple is bursting with confidence about its operating system ...

48. Microsoft announces massive global anti-piracy initiative

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 22 October 2008

    ... if we try and focus our attentions on helping everybody, which is what Microsoft is doing with their closed source, managed code and anti-pirate initiatives, then doesn't that just pull down the guy who ...

49. Hands-on: Firefox for mobile devices is impressive

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 20 October 2008

    ... to access browser options. Bookmarking works the same as it does in the desktop version of Firefox: The first click bookmarks a site, the second opens a panel to name or remove a bookmark. There is also ...

50. VMware: Potentially the world's most powerful low-level debugging tool

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Wednesday, 15 October 2008

    ... software development. And to accomodate the fact that VMware does not provide a virtual monochrome graphics card, I posted a few questions to the VMware community asking for help. I was looking to ...