Archive for the 'Geek' Category

PatHATIC Bulldust

Friday, March 9th, 2007

In a recent blog enty on phatic.org the author claimed that adhering to the W3C standards is good for SEO. This is complete nonsense as many top sites do not validate to the W3C standards. This is discussed within the following thread at iServ in greater detail. I will not discuss that again. However, I […]

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Sony Ericsson PC Suite and Microsoft Windows Vista

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

Users of Sony Ericsson PC Suite beware that there is no Microsoft Windows Vista version, at least not yet. The installer comes up and tells you that Windows 2000 or Windows XP is required and exits. I have asked Sony Ericsson if it will be made compatible.

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Windows Vista Security Model Lame

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

I have been asked quite a few times about what I think of Windows Vista. I must say it is not too shabby, although one of the most annoying “features” is the approach to security. The approach is comically highlighted in the attached advertisement for Macintosh here. The approach is counter productive, and for anyone […]

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Flagship Product Site for Microsoft Windows Vista (Australia) has a Broken Link!

Wednesday, February 21st, 2007

The new Microsoft Vista product has several regional Microsoft websites talking up the “WOW” factor. The Australian site (http://windowsvista.com.au) website has its own “WOW” factor with a broken link that relates directly to Microsoft Vista licensing. It is a disgrace that the flagship product releases website has a broken link, even more so that it […]

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Parallels at Work

Saturday, February 17th, 2007

Parallels Desktop continues to amaze me and I thought I would show it at work in the picture above. This is one cool virtualisation tool that is performing beyond my dreams. I have had up to 4 virtual machines running simultaneously and have noticed no performance hit, and with the new coherence mode I am […]

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