chrome!

Chrome it is!
I just downloaded it and tried to run it with this disappointing message:
The application failed to initialize properly (0xc0000005). Click on OK to terminate the application.
Some googling around brought me to this blog that had all links neatly ordered.
Seems the problem exists for users of Symantec Endpoint Protection (aptly abbreviated SEP).
Even without this [...]

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microsoft still deemed monopoly

Yesterday judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly extended with two more years to oversight of Microsoft due to its non-compliance to the 2002 settlement on anti-trust charges.
While the filing states originally asked for oversight untill 2012, the judge leaves open the option to extend it beyond 2009.
(via The Register)

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Boing Boing TV

As of today you can also enjoy Boing Boing in online TV format. They promise us small TV chunks every workday. First one can be found here.

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no, not your windows!

Since about a few hours Microsoft’s WGA (Windows Genuine Advantage) Servers are down. As a result any XP or Vista install that tries to connect to this server doesn’t get a valid response and hence assumes the install is illegal.
Even if you previously did validate as a genuine Windows install, it will now claim your [...]

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game, set, match

Finally there is a breakthrough in the whole SCO debacle.
On friday the judge slashed all SCO’s hope on any further wins.
According to the judge they do not own the copyright to Unix.
So from now on they will see an avalanche pf problems coming their way:

SCO vs. IBM : they have no leg to stand on [...]

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webthreedotzero

First coined at the end of 2005, when even web 2.0 was still a strange sounding name for the new web to come, web 3.0 now really starts to appear in real life and in more manifest forms.
Although I agree we now only see the power of web 2.0 unleashing it’s full potential, web 3.0 [...]

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peeling the onion

Once in the store we notice the mysteries and locks of the iPhone are peeled off bit by bit.
First of all there’s the usability aspect. Having no keyboard would kill blind typing, well it doesn’t if you read the reports.
Second, the applications on the iPhone wouldn’t be sufficient and awkward to use. Apparently they are [...]

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oh no!

Gun, bullet, foot.
Cock, aim, fire.

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wowsey browsey

Ok the title is really lame.
But the Shiira Project launched their new browser Shiira 2.0
The browser features a slick and rather practical interface and is based on the KHTML engine. All of the elements like bookmarks are presented in nice widgets on top of or next to your browser.
Tabbed browsing is also present, but [...]

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and another one

Today the EU released a FAQ covering the most common questions (hence a FAQ) and next steps with regards to the investigation of Microsofts 1500 pages describing it’s interoperability issues.
Conclusions of the EU :

there’s no real value to the paper for those who seek interoperability
described interoperability issues do not give proof of significant [...]

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patent wars !

As I mentioned earlier Alcatel-Lucent had a bit of a squabble with Microsoft over MP3 patents. As it goes, Alcatel-Lucent is the parent company of the famous Bell Labs which in its turn started a lot of the MP3 ideas upon which later on the German Frauenhofer Institute and French Thomson SA joined to [...]

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peddling and meddling granny vista

You know the difference between a nice and caring granny and a peddling and meddling irritating old bat, that seems not to keep here nose out of your affairs and whose infuriating questions in time turn into a kind of white noise. Each of her questions draws a blank and muttered “mmm-yes” from your [...]

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.NOT !!!1!11!!

On a security mailinglist a discussion started whether or not it would be possible to use Vista’s voice recognition for a remote exploit.
The premisse being that you could host a recorded voice command (e.g. on an mp3) which would trigger actions on the users computer.
George OU, decided not to leave it at that and recorded [...]

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launchy

Last year Gina pointed to launchy as a spotlight/quicksilver alike tools for windows.
Now launchy has reached version1.0.3 with even more feature.
So gentlemen/woman start your engines and download this one.

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patent wars ?

Following a series of lawsuits launched by former Lucent (the Bell Labs guys), former Alcatel and now also the newly formed Alcatel-Lucent, now we have in a San Diego court one woman and eight men to decide on the fate of mp3.
The technology behind mp3 (MPEG1 layer 3), although originating from the German based Frauenhoffer [...]

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