WolframAlpha is now live!
May 16, 2009
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The launch of WolframAlpha has been brought forward and the service is now live ahead of its predicted launch date of Monday 18th May
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Chrome gives Microsoft the hebejebies.
May 16, 2009
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Microsoft has been having a whinge at the EC regarding the decision it should bundle a competing browser with it’s operating systems. The Google Chrome browser, that currently holds about 1% of the pie, would, Microsoft claim, give Google a monopoly. Black, call, black, kettle, and pot, I hear you say, and I agree. Though not entirely.
Britain spends more time on Facebook than any other site
May 13, 2009
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A report has just been published online revealing, surprise, surprise, that Britain spends more time on the social networking site Facebook, than any other page
A tour of XP Mode
May 13, 2009
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In an article I wrote about XP Mode, I said at the bottom that as soon as I could get my hands on the various bits of software, I would post. Slightly later than anticipated here we go. For the people out there who have yet to hear of the miracle that is XP Mode, you can think of it as an extension of Microsofts Virtual PC. As well as being an update to Virtual PC, it also has the added benefit of publishing apps installed on the virtual machine to the host. This means that if you have an application that is incompatible with Windows 7, you can still run it as if it were native. Still confused? Lets go through it.
iPlayer at 7 petabyte/month peak
May 9, 2009
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When BBC’s iPlayer was announced in 2004, it was expected that trials of the software would completed by December 2005. By July 2007, Windows-only users were able to use the complicated iPlayer from a download.
Mozilla Firefox throws its toys out of the pram over Windows 7
May 8, 2009
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Reports are surfacing online that Mozilla, amongst others, is complaining that the upcoming Windows 7 OS is anti-competitive - Hmm, haven’t we been here before?
Google Mail goes down again - time to find an alternative?
May 8, 2009
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It’s not the biggest shock in the world but it is becoming a bit of a regular annoyance; Google Mail has gone down again
New Mac worm more a damp squib
May 7, 2009
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Do you know a Mac fan? I’m sure you do, and if you don’t they are easy to spot. They tend to be the ones who extol the virtues of their OS rather thanempathize with you when you think your PC is a conduit for nob pill emails, and DDoS attacks.