Google Music preview and screenshots
So a few weeks ago I signed up for the Google Music beta, and finally got an invite. I have put up some screen shots for all to see! So it all started with an email… I am using a Mac, so I got a .dmg installer. After a very quick and easy install step, [...]
Why Skype is worth $8.5bn to Microsoft
As you may have heard, today Microsoft purchased Skype for an astonishing $8.5bn. The company was only with around $2.5bn not more than 2 years ago. We all were hoping that Google or Facebook would get the bid, as they seem to be more trendy and innovative than this old giant, but clearly the two [...]
Getting the MSI Wind and Fedora Core 10 to work
I had recently purchased one of this MSI Wind netbooks to take with me to university instead of lugging around my huge HP notebook. I was suddenly confronted with the dilema that it comes with Windows XP, something which I was not too pleased about really. Being a Linux system admin I felt it was [...]
Essential Firefox Add-ons for the System Admin
Let’s face it being a good system administrator is no simple task, you firstly need the correct mindset, skills and knowledge to provide the best support you can to your customers within rapid time frames. The calls will not stop coming, that is guaranteed. However the way which you deal with them and the speed [...]
Government stalls economy by monopolizing technology
What is it like to have an internet connection in the 3rd world? With a corrupt money-hungry government monopolizing internet pipes with rediculous prices, a country with so much potential staggers behind in the world technology industry. Corporations to end consumers suffer from lack of speeds and overpriced (and unreliable) internet services. This is what [...]
Pandora.com now only for the US
A couple of years ago I discovered Pandora.com, an excellent internet radio site that let’s you choose what kind of music you want to listen to, and better still, it lets you vote on the songs it choses for you, it takes this information and tries to find songs that are closer to your taste [...]
The ultimate IE web design hacks
We all have Microsoft to thank for bringing the PC to the mainstream world and putting one in just about every home, however we also have Microsoft to blame for a blunder of a browser they continue to make the internet suffer with, Internet Explorer. It is common knowledge among web designers that IE sucks, [...]
Mac vs. PC vs. Linux
Every time I see those damn adds about how Mac is better than PC, it just makes me think of how many more adds Microsoft could make about why they are better than Macs, I mean everything is designed to run in Windows anyway! Microsoft keeps their pitch more professional and furthermore, they are true, [...]
Where is the information age headed?
This video is really inspiring, take a couple of minutes to watch and really think about what it all means. As more and more information is available globally and technology continues to push us ahead into new frontiers, what will we possibly do with all this information? How are we going to keep up? This [...]