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630 days ago
Microsoft released IE8 Beta 1 about an half hour ago; I'm installing it right now, but since it's gonna probably take some time to upload my system (the installer requires some mysterious update in order to install the program) I'll write the first impressions tomorrow. Meanwhile, this is the link to download it.
642 days ago
Recently Apple released a new ultra-portable computer called MacBook Air, which is supposed to become the new object of desire of billions of apple enthusiast all around the world. MBA's killing feature is its 0.16-0.76 inch (0.4-1.94 cm) height, which made it look more like a sheet of paper than a laptop computer. Unfortunately, to achieve this thinness, the optical drive and ports have needed to be sacrificed; MBA has, in fact, just one USB port, a mini-DVI video exit and a audio jack plug. No ethernet, not more than a USB port, nothing more than this, which is honestly a bit depressing. All of the network connectivity is supposed to pass trought the 802.11 a/b/g/n wi-fi adapter; doesn't mattere here I personally think cables are still the better way to transmit datas, the point is that not everybody has always got a wi-fi connection available (i.e. at home) all the time; what if, while you're connected to the internet trought the USB ethernet adapter given in bundle with your ...
643 days ago
In these days Microsoft announced that they are working on a set of fairly broad changes in their technology and business practices, "designed to further increase the openness of our products, and to drive greater interoperability and choice for developers, for partners, and for competitors" in Steve Ballmer's words. " We will document all of the APIs and communication protocols that are used by other Microsoft products [...] developers will not need to take a license, or pay a royalty, or other fee to access any of that information. As an immediate first [...] we're publishing to the Web over 30,000 pages of documentation for Windows client and server protocols that were previously available only under a 4D trade secret license. In addition, protocol documents for additional products like Office 2007 will be published in the upcoming months. [...] we recognize that different users definitely support different file formats for different reasons. [...] we're ...
