Lately I’ve been following (not too closely) the Pirate Bay trial, and I think it’s a really interesting case because it is raising some questions about the place that “dated” copyright laws have with digital media. Being a digital artist and musician, I find this particularly interesting. Read the rest…
My boss got a call today from a local news caster. He wanted to come by and interview us about the 11% drop in Microsoft’s quarterly income, which is leading to the lay-offs of more than 5,000 Microsoft employees. I guess that they wanted to interview us because we are Microsoft Certified Developers, and they were probably thinking that this would have some sort of impact on us. They canceled on us, last minute. It doesn’t directly effect us, but I can give you my opinion anyway. Read the rest…
As much as Windows aggravates me, and I wish that more people would switch to Linux or Mac, I am hoping that Windows 7 will be successful. I’ll tell you why. Read the rest…
I was following the “Live Blogs” of multiple tech mags today, covering the MacWorld Expo. I was really annoyed by the fact that the new MacBook Pros are NOT going to be quad-core this time around. I have to say that my current MacBook Pro has quite a bit of power already though. Read the rest…
I bought an external hard drive today in order to backup my Macs with Time Machine today. Yes, I know that it’s a Friday night; yes, I know that it’s Halloween; and yes, I know how nerdy and sad this is. That’s not the point here. Read the rest…
I went to Best Buy on Friday to buy an external hard drive. I always find it amusing when I shop for computer stuff at best buy, because the sales people rarely know what their talking about. I can’t really fault them because that’s why they’re woring at best buy rather than actually doing something in the computer industry. Read the rest…
I’ve been reading articles on and off today having to do with the pending release of Winows 7 (though it’s still over a year away). They are coming up with ways to make the OS more touch-screen responsive, mimicking the gestures found on the iPhone and the iPod Touch. The question I have to ask is, why is everyone obsessed with touch-screen computing? Read the rest…