Archive for the ‘Computers’ Category
Wednesday, January 17th, 2007
The original power supply for my October 2004 12" PowerBook caught on fire last night. It was pretty interesting. First I smelled a bit of smoke and wondered where the hell that could be coming from. Then I saw the crackling where the cable joined the power converter unit. Apparently ...
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Sunday, September 3rd, 2006
In software engineering textbook I'm currently reading, there's a part in the first chapter about ethics, in that the software engineer must act with a certain sense of responsibility so that the users build trust in the software you're using. How would you feel if, say, a programmer made it ...
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Saturday, August 26th, 2006
It does not seem odd at all to me that Microsoft would offer a helping hand to Firefox development to get it running on Vista. It makes perfect sense that Microsoft would want to actively engage with this project, for two reasons I can see:
For one, let's look at the ...
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Sunday, July 2nd, 2006
CrossOver Mac was just announced, and this software should allow Mac OS X users on Intel machines to be able to run most Windows applications on a Mac without having to bother with installing a Windows operating system on your machine.
This is interesting if you don't need ubiquitous compatability and ...
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Tuesday, May 16th, 2006
The new Apple MacBooks support extended desktop video:
Extended desktop and video mirroring: Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to 1920 x 1200 pixels on an external display, both at millions of colors
That's a nice bonus. So finally, the low-end Mac units basically support two monitors, ...
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