Routebuddy

Commendable Idea. Bad Implementation. Last week the first, Mac-only vector-based GPS application was released to the public; Routebuddy. The Carbon/OpenGL application fits in with OS X’s look and feel although it failed to impress me with its bog-standard aqua interface and mediocre icons/layout (see Usability). The developers advertise its support for TeleAtlas vector maps, one […]

Cloning Biometrics.

It's not just Big Brother you should be worried about. It's those that create the security features (and holes) of the digital era. Some problems of the up and coming ePassports. Biometric chip-containing passports started being issued on the 1st of August 2006 in Hellas.

¡Felicitaciones Amigos!

The Spanish region of Extramadura, follows along the steps of many other European authorities (Paris, München among others) and switches to Linux and Open Document formats, saving many millions of Euros, promoting freedom both economic and practical terms. Compare and contrast with the blissfully ignorant Hellenic authorities that keep spending taxpayers' money on overpriced, buggy Windows software.

Inflaming the Middle East

The Israeli-Palæstinian conflict is now more than sixty years old. It’s clear to all, but the most extreme nationalists (of both involved nations) or naïve idealists (globally) that the only viable solution, at least for the coming decades, would be a two-state division of what is currently Israel and its occupied territories. That is the […]

Powermac G5 Reliability Study

from Macintouch. Ouch, Apple, that hurts. 'Premium prices, low quality'? I guess I'm one of the lucky ones. For the moment that is...