Waiting for Xgl
David Reveman of Novell, recently posted this video online. Ah, another six months I guess until this becomes commonplace. If only it were accompanied by the necessary usability and aesthetics revamp..
Category Computing
Internet ramblings, revisited.
I have written about my opinion on the role of internet service providers and their network providers. With everyone having a blog in Europe concerned with the Jyllands-Posten crisis, I’ll beg to differ, refrain from providing a fragmented opinion piece (covering this issue in one weblog entry, or five for that matter, is not really […]
WordPress 2.0.1 and contrast of cultures.
Just noticed in the WordPress dashboard that 2.0.1 is out. You may want to get it, if you use WordPress. According to their page, they have closed 114 bugs since version 2.0.While in the UK these past two days, I spent some time watching the BBC while working at the computer. With the window in […]
Hybrid TV interfaces for the Mac?
The hellenic government-owned TV broadcaster, ERT, recently announced their pilot DTT (Digital Terrestial Television) programme starting this spring. Having no TV interface on the Mac, I have started looking around for a Mac compatible hybrid analogue+DTT USB 2.0 interface. For Windows there’s Terratec’s Cinergy Hybrid T USB XS. For the Mac there’s nothing. Funny. Elgato […]
Ελληνική ΒικιΠαιδεία.
Το Downfall κέρδισε το βραβείο παγκοσμίου κινηματογράφου του BBC 4 και η Ελληνική ΒικιΠαιδεία χρειάζεται επειγόντως εμπλουτισμό και διορθώσεις...
Pyxis.
I’ve been meaning to release Pyxis for a long time now. It’s a small GPS application for the Mac, ‘dripping with Aqua beauty’, [other apple-like marketing crap here], fully functioning and quite polished, but there are several things that keep me from releasing it.
Some thoughts on the role of ISPs and network carriers
A friend mentioned in his blog an article published on Businessweek regarding the possibility of ISPs charging 'tolls' to their subscribers before allowing them access to competitors' services.
The EU Patents review process restarts…
Well, go there and read this. Apparently : Brussels, 2 February 2005 – The Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament (JURI) has decided with a large majority to ask the Commission for a renewed referral of the software patents directive. With only two or three votes against and one abstention, the resolution had overwhelming […]
IBM to open 500 of their patents to the public.
IBM may not be any different to any other corporation --- ironically it used to be the ‘bad guy’ 20 years ago --- they announced that they will be opening 500 of their patents to the open source community, ensuring that open source developers will be free to use their technologies without paying any royalties.
Creative considering support for Linux.
About a month ago I wrote to Creative Labs, whose products I’ve been using for more than a decade regarding their arguable support for OSS and more specifically linux. Their response to my comments, although lukewarm, assured me that Creative is serious about supporting OSS, and is contemplating ways in which is can step up […]