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The Internet: A Woman’s Guide To Bitching
May 30th
We all know that the internet was created by Al Gore as the world’s repository of porn and cute animal pictures, but I don’t think anybody saw the internet evolving into what it is today – a tech-wonderland where you can find anything, everything, and everyone. The applications of the internet seem to be endless as new technology continues to find new uses for it to be applied in everyday life, and yet I fear that many of the most applicable and powerful uses of the internet have yet to be fully exploited.
Desktop Twitter Clients Suck Unless They Are Named Tweetie
May 28th
A few months back I wrote about how desktop Twitter clients are pointless, especially when they offer no benefit to the user. For the most part I still today hold the same contempt for desktop twitter clients I had back in early March 2009 with one exception: Tweetie for Mac by atebits. This is the one and only desktop Twitter client I have found worth using on a regular basis, and the one client offering many advantages unlike its competition. I continue to find the focused reliance on using a desktop client to access Twitter quite fascinating, but at the same time understandable, especially after having used Tweetie for Mac since its debut.
Apple Pulls Head Out of Its Ass, Allows Eucalyptus in App Store
May 26th
Another day, another App Store brouhaha. Late last week the internet erupted in flames after finding out about yet another shining example Apple’s sheer incompetence. The obvious incapable souls managing one of Apple’s greatest assets once again rejected an App Store submission on grounds any normal human would find completely unfathomable. This time eBook reader Eucalyptus was rejected on the grounds that it can search for and download the Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana, an ancient Indian text about human sexual intercourse.
AOL CEO, Tim Armstrong – Ripping Doors Out And Breaking Down The Walls
May 25th
The term was ‘nesting’. In response to a planned move of office furniture to facilitate better staff communication, one staffer complained, ‘I’ll have nowhere to nest.’
Rachel Metz, AP Technology Writer, reports that at AOL’s New York headquarters, executive nesting is over. Tim Armstrong, AOL’s newly installed CEO, dropped the hammer on a legacy floor-plan that may well have been rooted in AOL’s days of old as a dial-up ISP.
Microsoft Drops 3-App Limit, Publishes Strict Windows 7 Netbook Limits
May 25th
If perpetual Windows apologist Paul Thurrott’s sources are reliable, and there is no reason to doubt the ultimate Microsoft supporter, it appears the company has finally done something right by opting to drop the much-despised 3-app limit from Windows 7 Starter Edition. But just when you thought Microsoft was being generous they turn around and cause even more ill will. This time the company has published very restrictive limitations on what types of machines will be allowed to run this stripped-down version of Windows. Why is it so hard for the company to do good without pissing off [potential] customers?
Oh My God, There’s a Girl in Here!
May 25th
When Scott first tweeted that he was looking for a writer for TechMiso, it took me a few days to tell him that I was interested simply because I wasn’t sure if I was. Could I get myself back into the writing game? Did I have enough time between a full-time job and studying for a professional paper? Then I smacked myself in the face and told myself to stop whining. From then on, it took over a week of mulling over what I wanted to write about. It didn’t help that he basically gave me carte blanche to write about whatever I wanted. I bugged people on Twitter, on mIRC, over wine, and basically anywhere and everywhere IRL and online.
Apple Fumbles With 10.5.7 Software Update
May 23rd
In what’s turned into a fairly peculiar rollout, Apple committed a Microsoft-like faux pas and ignited an uproar with their latest patch release for OS X. Just over the last two weeks since Software Update prompted users to install a critical rollup – Apple’s online forums are on fire and it is quite apparent that 10.5.7 is wreaking havoc on basic 10.5.x functionality.
White House Launches Data.gov, Fails To Impress
May 22nd
One of the cornerstones of President Obama’s campaign bid for the White House was more government transparency. After being inaugurated, Obama issued an executive order directing government officials to determine ways to make government information more accessible to the public. Data.gov is one of the fruits of this labor, having just launched today. The intent of the site is to be an information clearinghouse for all publicly available government data. Unfortunately, while the efforts are to be lauded, the site fails to impress.
iPhone Sorely Needs Better App Management
May 21st
The upcoming release of iPhone OS 3.0 and all the talk of potential new hardware seemingly dominates Apple news these days. Everyone seems pretty stoked about the improved operating system, especially the long awaited push notification system and the potential inclusion of background tasks. New hardware, better battery life and an improved operating system is all fine and dandy but overlooks an important outstanding issue Apple has not acknowledged. One thing missing from the conversations is improved app management, a nightmare in dire need of elegant solution.
Fusion – VMware Virtualization For The Mac
May 19th
Loaded with max usability, VMware’s Fusion brings its polished OS X integration coupled with a super sexy feature called – Unity. Offering the ability to launch and run applications like they were native to your Mac, then switch quickly between those apps and dock them like any others, Unity easily blurs the dividing lines between Windows and Mac OS X interoperability.
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