Monday, November 8, 2010 at 7:42PM Android, Microsoft, Smartphone, iPad, iPhone in Apple, Microsoft, Technology Friday, May 14, 2010 at 10:59AM 
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I'm one of those people who like to sit back and look at interesting tech industry drama's from a distance, preferably from a comfy chair with a cold drink, and look at the bigger picture. Normally due to the speed of the tech industry, I don't really get much of a chance, but over the last couple of months the rise of the Flash v HTML5 question has given me plenty of comfy chair time.
With a rare moment of scripted openness, Apple's Steve Jobs posts his "Thoughts on Flash" wherein he steps out the reasons for Apple's move away from the format. Worth a read regardless of which side of the fence you're on. I wonder if, when the decision not to support Flash was made, if Apple thought it would cause such a stir? Well, to add to Adobe's woes, Microsoft have uncharacteristically drawn an early line in the sand announcing HTML5 as the future of the web and support for HTML5 video steaming in IE9.
I have already posted about my thoughts regarding the demise of Flash, but I would like to step back a bit to ask the questions - was Flash on its way out before Apple made its stand? Does Apple have the power to force these decisions upon the industry with just a couple of devices/services? Or was Apple just ballsy enough to say and do what the industry was thinking, but couldn't work up the courage to do?
Thursday, September 3, 2009 at 8:54PM 
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Like many of the Geek persuasion, I have a built-in dislike for Microsoft's web browser offering, Internet Explorer. Maybe this was born of being from the Netscape era, and all the baggage associated with the early browser wars. Maybe it was born from the fact that IE has spent most of its life as a security hole, and displayed no ambition in improving the browser space in which it has ruled for so long.
I have been mainly using Firefox over the last couple of years, like everyone else, with Chrome as a backup and Safari on the Mac. This has been working well for me, although I have been looking at moving away from Firefox. My main gripe with Firefox is that once I get all the extensions and settings right, I only get a months use before it slows down. I'm not talking about the browsing, I'm talking about the computer.
Unfortunately I'm the kind of guy that wants his browser and would like to use it to. And it is not like I'm running a lot of extensions, in fact at the moment I only have four, but after being open for a few hours/days it becomes unusable.
Chrome, IE8, Internet Explorer, Microsoft, firefox in Firefox, IE8, Microsoft, Technology Friday, March 13, 2009 at 6:41AM As you would expect this is a follow on from Part 1, which went into the install and hardware details. But now for the thoughts on user the Windows 7 Beta.
The shiny bits
You may have noticed how much I haven't been writing about the new features of Win 7, like Bitlocker, Internet Explorer 8 and Windows Powershell V2. Well, that is because I don't really use them for day to day. And I guess I don't think you will either, because when this baby drops toward the end of the year, you, like me, are going to be more concerned about whether it will run OK on your existing hardware, or if it will integrate with your exciting online lifestyle.
Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at 11:42PM 
Microsoft's Vista OS has had a rocky existence in the computing world. There is a hate/hate relationship with the media and the industry, and a long suffering "run from the room screaming" relationship from consumers.
I have always tried to discuss Vista in a less passionate way, mainly because I haven't really played with it. I use a old Powerbook as my main desktop, and have XP and Ubuntu on other computers at home and work. I don't see myself as an Apple fanboy, it is just that OSX just works, and after trouble shooting Windows boxes all day, it is nice to come home to something that works.
As mentioned, my exposure to Vista had been minimal until last night when I was asked to sort out a couple of problems on a friend's laptop. The problems ranged from: the laptop not working on the home wireless point - to email not working - to "Vista isn't compatible with my work email so how do I downgrade to XP?"
