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2008 April 28

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High Hopes and Praise

 

 
That is what is being given the latest (and hopefully, last) beta of Opera 9.50, otherwise known as Kestrel. It has been a long and rocky road for this revision of the browser, and Opera has taken a few knocks for the time taken, the seemingly unending backtracking of code, and the lack of […]

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Broadband ‘Need for Speed’

After reading a very interesting article on Wired about ‘Broadband 2.0′, it becomes apparent that what we have seen in the last few years is not going to stop anytime soon. Speeds of broadband are escalating, with the average speed reported in the article at 4.8 Mb/s!
A couple of things are amazing about this. […]

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How Microsoft Can Recover

 
perhaps Ballmer can retire to the Galapagos, where he can be amongst his own kind
Nearly every column I read lately speaks of how poorly the Microsoft stock is performing, how Vista just can’t catch a break from consumers (by way of reviewers), and why the sales performance is down.
First, all references other than the […]

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Yahoo! Thumbs Nose At Microsoft

The deadline imposed by Microsoft has gone the way of the covered wagon, and Yahoo did not reach for cover, as it continues to resist the takeover by Microsoft. Now it remains to be seen if a hostile (get that!) attempt will be made for the company Jerry Yang, Yahoo’s CEO, wishes to keep out […]