Author Archives: Shane Perris
m.theWeekThatWas – the mobile edition
The Commentariat can’t decide if Google’s Android mobile phone operating system is gathering steam or lagging behind. Warfare is declared between a mobile browser that doesn’t even have an alpha and a much loved but cut down version of a … Continue reading
Local Development: Installing XAMPP
There will come a time when the beginner blogger wants to take more control and choose to host their own blog. When it comes to development, testing design tweaks, different templates, plug-in compatibility and overall usability, nothing beats having a … Continue reading
Microsoft and Yahoo: did anyone actually see it coming?
It’s interesting that for years there have been rumours that Microsoft and Yahoo were destined for some sort of arrangement, whether it be a formal partnership, merger or good ol’ fashioned buy out. The first link goes back to 2006 … Continue reading
The month that was: let’s go shopping!
The post-Christmas sales are always an excellent place to pick up a bargain to two. A sneak peak into the Backpack pages of some of tech’s leading lights yielded some surprising results… http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/01/wow-microsoft-offers-446-billion-to-acquire-yahoo/ http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1102509 http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2008/01/sun_acquires_mysql.html
Local Development
“Local development” – the practice of hosting a copy of your blog on your local machine (desktop or laptop) for the purposes of testing changes to your blog. Having a blog can be an exciting experience. Blogging virgins often choose … Continue reading
4 Reasons why Windows Vista is better than XP
Windows Vista has attracted a lot of heat since its launch in January 2007. It’s been called out for nagging users with the User Account Control (UAC), being a resource hog, being slow, having an unfamiliar interface, incompatible with legacy … Continue reading
The Week that Was – DRM (in verse!)
Yahoo! is rumoured to soon set the DRM shackles free. last.fm successfully did, but you can only hear tracks by three. The media was so pumped up it ignored imeem who a month ago convinced the Big 4 to stream. … Continue reading
Fixing Hibernate Problems in Windows Vista
One of the most regularly reported problems with Windows Vista is that the hibernate function – one of the power-saving modes – does not work. I have been using Vista daily since February 2007 and although the experience has been … Continue reading
Where to find Facebook Etiquette Tips
I am happy to concede that I was slow to jump on the Facebook bandwagon. After all, there is only so much adopting that one can do in a fast paced, 2.0 "must be the first, oh please, I just … Continue reading
Steve Jobs causes global market panic
No 3G iPhone. No sub-notebook/tablet/12" Powerbook. No Blu-Ray drives. Randy Newman. Markets plummet in US, Europe and Asia/Pacific (red lines denote approximate local time when Steve Jobs delivered the Macworld 08 Keynote). Coincidence? You decide. … Continue reading
