but Intel only. Same for Picasa for Mac I now find. I'm more obsolete than I thought (sigh).
- David Nash
I soldiered on with a Power PC iMac for 5 years as the world changed around me, before knuckling under this year at the prospect of Snow Leopard incompatibility. Picasa and Chrome are a bonus...
- Tim Ostler
"Windows Mobile and the Zune teams have already been duplicating each others’ work as the projects have been kept segregated; now it’s transpired that the Pink team have been doing the same, and not only that but potentially cannibalizing elements of both (but particularly the Windows Phone platform). It makes for an interesting read – Apple Insider also chart the development of the various mobile platforms, including Android and iPhone – together with a worrying diagnosis for Microsoft’s mobile outlook."
- Tim Ostler
"The private end user copying a copyright work for personal use is not a criminal; he or she is not a thief; their wrongful act is not theft... The right term is copyright infringement."
- Tim Ostler
Today is my Silver Macniversary - it was 25 years ago today that I bought my first Mac.
A comparison of growth curves for Myspace, Facebook and Twitter. I'm always glad to see any enterprise belonging to Rupert Murdoch being eclipsed - too bad it has to be Zuckerberg who's the beneficiary. Twitter meanwhuile shows signs of topping out...
- Tim Ostler
A comparison of growth curves for Myspace, Facebook and Twitter. I'm always glad to see any enterprise belonging to Rupert Murdoch being eclipsed - too bad it has to be Zuckerberg who's the beneficiary. Twitter meanwhuile shows signs of topping out...
- Tim Ostler
"some of the interesting, interactive and beautiful designs that are optimized for the iPhone. You will also learn about some handy tools that will help you optimize your website for the iPhone."
- Tim Ostler
Not quite up there with dicovering life on Mars perhaps, but although we are apparently ony talking about small quantities in molecular rather than liquid form, this is surely big news.
- Tim Ostler
Ludicrous concept by Citroën purporting to revive the 2CV spirit. Like the Mini (sorry, MINI), it seems to be an exercise in applying a spurious glamour and muscularity that was never part of the original concept.
- Tim Ostler
BBC explorers find a new species of giant rat deep in the jungle of Papua New Guinea. The rat, which appears to be rather amiable, measures 82cm long, placing it among the largest species of rat known anywhere in the world. It's also interesting to reflect on how it is now TV stations that are sponsoring expeditions that make such discoveries.
- Tim Ostler