For years there was really only one website I used to get information and reviews for movie releases – IMDB. Lately however the site has been feeling a bit dated, and comprehensive as it is, a bit lacking when you want to go beyond movie data, and instead find new movies based on your existing [...]
FeedDemon 2.8 Beta 2
There are a whole lot of web-based feed readers which compete fiercely, but few desktop based applications. In fact FeedDemon and perhaps a couple others like RSS Bandit and RSS Owl represent the majority of desktop applications. FeedDemon is the most popular program due to the whole set of services Newsgator has created for connecting [...]
The Best Gift You Could Give
Alright I’m sorry guys but this isn’t technology related at all, it’s just so funny I had to share it. Granted, someone will need to die before you can purchase this gift, however if you’re willing to wait than you too could brighten someone’s day with this pencil box full of pencils made out of [...]
Hacking Horror Story…
Joe’s post today was about the importance of backing up your blog, and it’s something which I now realize can never be taken too seriously – only this week another website I write for, Make Use Of, was hacked and the editors blackmailed. You may read Make Use Of, if you don’t then it’s one [...]
An Interesting Read from StarDock
StarDock is a software company which I would be willing to bet just about all of you have heard of or personally use some of their products. I haven’t actually purchased any of their product although I have tried the free version of ObjectDock and played Sins of a Solar Empire. Why I found this [...]
The Times are a-Changin’
As WordPress emerged the dominant self-hosted blogging platform of perhaps 2 years ago a growing ecosystem of sites and services sprung up around WordPress.org including resources websites, premium WordPress themes and other associated services (and yes, that was a plug for Daniel who used to also write for gHacks). Although no official objections where ever [...]
New Microsoft Design Direction
Operating Systems and web design took a turn for the better around the beginning of this century, Apple introduced OSX 10, Microsoft brought out Windows XP and CSS began to be increasingly adopted. It would be fair to say that Google and Apple have provided the most unique design directions over the last 10 years, [...]
Nokia Ovi Suite
2009 should be an interesting year for mobile phones, with the iPhone growing rapidly in popularity, the much talked about Windows Mobile, Google Android making it’s way onto more devices and the push from the major phone companies to bring more applications and services to their phones. The Nokia PC Suite is the standard set [...]
Intrepid Ibex, or Hardy Heron SP1?
Ubuntu is now the most prominent Linux distribution perhaps due to its philosophy of creating ‘”Linux for humans” and targeting the consumer first and foremost. With a regular 6 monthly release Ubuntu has been making leaps and bounds and the last release, Hardy Heron, began to make Linux actually look like a real alternative to [...]