Archive for the 'Computers' Category
Chrome OS to have Remote Desktop Capabilities? 11 Jun 2010
In the email, Kačmarčík says that Chromoting is ‘something like’ Remote Desktop Connection, the Microsoft Windows service that gives you real-time access to distant PCs. Presumably, this means that Chrome OS will let you access applications running on your existing Windows, Linux, or Mac desktop. But in his email, Kačmarčík declined to elaborate. What was [...]
The Return to Thin and Dumb 6 Jun 2010
I recently did a review of the Acer Aspire Revo. It’s a small, cheap desktop the sports an Atom processor. What’s impressive is it caters for probably 95+% of my usual PC usage. That’s quite a feat for a machine that cost less than £200 (although I added Windows later) and supposedly draws only 25W. [...]
Google Jumps Out of Windows 1 Jun 2010
So, allegedly, Google has told it’s employees to get off of Windows due to vulnerabilities in the operating system. That leaves then with a choice of Apple’s Mac OS X or a variant of Linux (there are other but…). It’s an interesting statement to make if it’s true. Then I stumbled across Jason Perlow’s article [...]
Apple Stifling Innovation? 18 May 2010
In the middle of this BBC piece about teenage app tycoons there’s an interesting quote from one of the tycoons: Greg admits that he never really expected the wi-fi sync app to be approved because, in effect, he was messing with Apple’s own technology. … The young developer decided last week to place his app [...]
Is Microsoft the Ambassador of Choice? 3 Apr 2010
In case you’ve missed the wave of hype over the launch of the iPad today (in the US anyway) it has set the internet alight with reviews and opinions. Some of the talk has been about the closed architecture of the iPad, both the hardware and the software are controlled by Apple (you can’t even [...]
Will Natal Change the Game? 23 Feb 2010
The ever-excitable Jason Bradbury has posted a written and video review of his experience playing with an early prototype of Microsoft’s much anticipated Project Natal gaming interface (check out the videos on the Natal YouTube channel here). I’m not much of a gamer, though Natal does hold some interest in the same way the Wii [...]
I’ve installed an SSD as my boot drive 6 Jul 2009
So I’ve had my Mac Pro for quite a while now and it more than meets my needs, but the one thing that bothered me was how long it took to get to a usable desktop, I timed it as: Time to logon screen: 2:01 Time to usable desktop: 2:58 As you can see, nearly [...]
Power Consumption 6 Jun 2009
I borrowed an energy monitor plug this week to check what my home entertainment devices were pulling down. Some surprising numbers: Wii (Standby) 1w Wii (On) 16w Wii (Max) 18w TV (Standby) 0w TV (On) 118w TV (Max) 119w Laptop (Charging) 24w Laptop (Boot) 58w Laptop (Idle) 46w Mac Pro (Standby) 5w Mac Pro (Idle, [...]
Taskbar Shuffling 5 Mar 2009
A while back I mentioned my love of Taskbar Shuffle. Unfortunately, while it has Vista support, it only supports 32-bit, and I run 64. So I hunted around and found an alternative which does work on 64-bit: Taskix. It’s one of those programs that runs quietly in the background and you only realise how much [...]
Easier Ways to Surf 12 Apr 2008
A friend of mine has an iPod Touch, not so much to listen to music, but so he can check his mail and surf the web quickly and easily sat on his sofa. He’s been finding it great for those times when you want to quickly look something up or check your email without the [...]