Google Wave, What’s That?
Lately there’s been a lot of talk in the tech world about the failure of Google Wave. Well, I think I know of at least one reason for this, I didn’t even know it existed. I read tech news everyday, I was an early adopter of just about everything and I’ve usually already got tired of [...]
Skype files for $100 million IPO
Don’t get in on this deal. I’m almost certain that the reason this is happening now is because of Apple’s recent introduction of Facetime video calling. Skype realized that the big boys are getting involved and they better get their money now or never. Think about it, Apple has the devices and the ability to create [...]
HandBrake Encoding all of Star Trek: The Next Generation
I was running out of space to store movies and songs on my rather old iMac, so I bought a new 750GB USB powered drive to use for my iTunes library. I also have temporary access to a really fast Mac Pro, so I'm using it to encode all of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Nerd alert.
Intel’s New App Store: “AppUp”
Quick Facts Featured Story CES: Intel takes wraps off netbook app store, dubbed ‘AppUp’ Excerpt Intel this week unveiled a beta version of its application storefront for netbooks, designed to make downloading and purchasing applications similar to the experience on App Store for the iPhone and iPod touch. Called the [...]
The Future of Programming Languages
Lately I’ve been a bit concerned. One of the things I love about the internet is that it allows anyone to invent something like a programming language or a blogging system. That’s really good. But what’s bad is that it seems like there are a lot of lessons we should have learned from the past that [...]
Garbage Collection Gets a Bad Rap
Today I was searching for information why the iPhone doesn’t implement garbage collection. Programs using Cocoa for the Mac do have garbage collection available. Everywhere I looked I saw people stating their opinion that garbage collection was not implemented because it was a performance hog and would reduce battery life. Now, this may be the case, [...]