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Ceasefire ... 5 May 2013 | 08:36 pm
I'm working on some new things. And I've started to feel the need for a new online identity. And to try to find some collaborators with similar interests to join me in this next project. That's someth...
Yahoo and Alibaba 28 Apr 2013 | 07:11 am
Business Insider : So now you know the truth: The reason Yahoo is valuable to its investors has nothing to do with it being a consumer Internet company or its display advertising business. It's a tr...
Google Forks WebKit 4 Apr 2013 | 10:43 pm
This is disturbing. Sure, there are probably good technical reasons. But forking WebKit means that the capabilities of Apple and Google's browsers are almost certainly going to diverge. Is this a sub...
Facebook's Newsfeed 5 Mar 2013 | 02:11 am
Good analysis by Josh Constine.
Microsoft Office on iPad 5 Mar 2013 | 12:29 am
ZDNet asks how it will work.
The Windows Crapware Ecosystem 4 Mar 2013 | 10:25 pm
An interesting analysis from a MicroISV throws light on one of the problems that Windows suffers from not controlling its ecosystem. THIS is why Apple has done so well with its app-stores.
Java on Raspberry Pi 16 Feb 2013 | 08:15 pm
Java for RaspPi
Dan Bricklin on Surface Pro 15 Feb 2013 | 10:39 pm
Dan Brickin comments that Microsoft Surface Pro is really an Excel machine. I think that's a good way of thinking. In fact, I'd go so far as to suggest that Microsoft ought to be releasing an "Excel...
Windows Phone 8 8 Feb 2013 | 08:08 pm
Another non-event. To keep banging on with a very tiresome and repetitive theme, "Windows" as a brand stands for "we wish we were back in the glory days when we just owned stuff by default". That's ...
How Facebook Can Totally Undermine Apple and Google in the Platform Games 7 Feb 2013 | 12:08 am
How Facebook Can Totally Undermine Apple and Google in the Platform Games | Wired Opinion tl;dr : Japanese gaming network GREE commoditizes underlying mobile operating systems. Facebook may do the sa...
