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Windows 7 : 90 million copies sold
Mar 3rd
Microsoft just announced via @microsoft twitter account that the latest version of Windows, Windows 7 is a success (but that’s well known by now, related to the Vista problems and downgrading users in the first year) and that they sold 90 million copies to date.
Merit well earned, the public reception was great for Windows 7 and will continue to do so in my opinion.
How to disable Google Buzz
Feb 18th
Since Google introduced it’s new twitter-like platform of sharing ideas and links and soon enough a new marketing opportunity, some users started to worry about the privacy of this Buzz thing.
Well for all those who are worried, Google has a new option to disable the whole Buzz, delete posts, delete personal profile and all the people you were following via Google Buzz.
I personally find Buzz kind of useless, i mean if Google wanted so bad a twitter like platform, they could have bought Twitter, and yes…if someone had the money and capability to develop the service in the future, it’s Google.
The Buzz “Kills switch” is located in the Gmail settings panel, the last tab of it. More >
Opera Mini for iPhone
Feb 10th
One of the world’s most controversial browser is Opera, the browser that all blamed for the request they made to Microsoft last year to pull Internet Explorer from the default Windows 7 installation; sure this was madness and never approved in the end.
The latest Opera 10.50 Alpha is kind of impressive as speed and features and I must admit the minimalistic default looks always attracted me in computer software.
Now to get back on the subject, Opera just announced that they are working on the iPhone version of the worlds most used browser on Nokia phones (Opera Mini). What does this mean ? This means another Apple-Opera-User fight for the intended use of the device and so on. I am curious about this ever coming to the iPhone that easy, I mean Apple knows how to make users stay with Safari, just like they knew how to reject the Google Voice app from the app store not long ago last year because it “mimics something the phone does already”.
Maybe opera stands a chance but I just can’t imagine Apple allowing users to use another browser then Safari. I sure hope all the best and I want to see this Opera Mini for iPhone out.
Google Buzz, iPhone captures
Feb 10th
Google just lunched a new product, or better call it a service for the users. Google buzz is a way you can communicate your ideas, share what you find interesting or just say hi!. Overall it’s just another twitter micro-blogging platform.
The service is available for desktop users as well as mobile users (i tried it on my iPhone). Up to this moment, not everyone has the buzz feature in gmail. But Google announced they are pushing the feature to all users as soon as possible.
I like the idea but can’t seam to understand why someone would go to this platform when twitter is there for long time and has all this apps and ecosystem around it that got to a point where people use the world “tweet” as part of the daily talk.
But moving right along, i find the idea interesting and it asks for a try, so if you did not tried it yet, go to http://www.google.com/buzz and give it a try now…maybe you are one of the lucky users that got it sooner then others. More >
Apple iPad’s 3 minutes of fame [Video]
Feb 2nd
If you watched Apple’s keynote presented by Steve Jobs, i think you sense a little what I’m making fun of here, if not, it’s still damn funny to hear Steve Jobs and the developers at apple talk so nice and beautiful about a device that’s not even in the market, but hey, i already said i’ll get one of these iPad things. Enjoy the video… More >
Going from 2009 to 2010
Jan 2nd
So as days rolled by, another year passed, some of the important things we saw last year; software and hardware improvements and updates, will continue to grow and grow this year and the next and so on.
So, 2009 was the year of the Windows 7 OS release, also Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard was released this year. Apple’s iPhone 3GS and new line of iPods.
We saw the projects Google is working on, Google Chrome and Chrome OS, Google Wave, new google.com search page, and many more.
Also mobile phones and mobile computers got to the point where the speed is far more superior then what was possible in 2008.
Intel’s new Nehalem architecture is now affordable, and notebooks started using the mobile i7 cpu.
Nokia also introduced new mobile phones like Nokia 6700 and the high end N-series releases.
The cigarets got more expensive, from 1,7 euro to 2,59 euro (good time to quit smoking in romania), and I got a new computer and new widescreen flat-panel.
Hope for a better year in 2010.
Intel Core i5 CPU’s , what about ?
Sep 21st
New CPU’s, new socket, new Core i5, and soon (Celeron replacement) core i3 and high end 6-core, core i9.
The i7 series when introduced was a big upgrade even to the high end quad-core cpu’s. The core i7 is still one of the best things money can buy and technology can produce.
The Core i5 is the medium performance in a good-better-best style of products.
On September 8, 2009, Intel released the first Core i5 processor named “Core i5 750″ clocked at 2.66 GHz in a quad-core. More >
Apple and tablet computing ? closer then you think
Jul 28th
Apple’s next big thing in the world of inovation and breakthrough devices may be the tablet computer.
The company, until now, never had any experience with tablet computing, the first (and successful) device to come out from apple and integrate a touch interface was the iPhone. But don’t hold your breath. The rumor is that someday in September this year, Apple will release a new “wow” device, the tablet computer. More >
NASA and the “lost apollo films”
Jul 18th
Not long ago, NASA announced that they will release the so called “lost Apollo transmission” of the first man on the moon. Well, it looks like it was true this time and the movies were released, and found over night. I don’t know about you but this smells fishy, I mean, the thing was in 1969 and now it’s 2009; 40 years ago and they found it now, probably modified to some extend so we know nothing more, just some big resolution films that look close to the original 1969 TV transmission. It’s better then nothing. More >
iPhone 3GS , the path to Romania
Jul 17th
Like every product, Romania seams to be the last country or between the last countries to get the new iPhone. From what i heard, the single official iPhone vendor, Orange Romania, will bring the hard to get, 4300 RON device to their subscribers and/or pre-pay services after July 31 . It’s sad to think about it like this but this device goes right now in Romania for over 1400 US $ for the 32GB iPhone 3GS. Not cool, not cool at all.