January 2009
Consumers Union Buys Consumerist From Gawker →
Consumers Union, the non-profit group that publishes Consumer Reports, has acquired ‘The Consumerist’ from the Gawker Media blog network. The hugely popular blog will remain free, open and…
Android Paid Apps Coming In Early Q1, 2009 →
The lack of a payment system in Android’s marketplace has kept at least one major player from participating in Google’s whimsical cellphone adventure, but the company says paid apps are coming soon,…
December 2008
finally upgraded to wordpress 2.7. New admin screen (dashboard) is beautiful
Krugman really lays it down to Wall St. Right or wrong, the next 5 years will redefine economics “truths” http://tr.im/2iqu
the Norwegian site for Jim Carrey’s new movie is http://yesman.no.com This makes me laugh by myself
The Pirate Bay Launches Free Mobile Video... →
The Pirate Bay has established itself as the largest BitTorrent tracker, and helps to distribute millions of files a day. Today, the Pirate Bay team adds yet another service to its arsenal, a free…
Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 on Linux uses less memory →
I mentioned a couple of months ago that there was room to improve Firefox’s memory use for font handling on Linux. With Firefox 3.1 Beta 2, you can now enjoy these improvements.
Rotten Tomatoes Now Plays Netflix Movies →
RT and Netflix have teamed up to make movie rentals even easier than before! Now, if you spot a film on RT that you’d like to watch, you can simply add it to your Netflix queue or, provided that it’s…
Firefox on film! →
We’ve launched a new video section on mozilla.com to help bring some of the many great features of Firefox alive.
Google pushing users away from IE? →
Google has taken the aggressive step of advising some of the people using its Gmail webmail to use Chrome or Firefox rather than Internet Explorer.
Simple iPhone sync just went to hell. Phone is now locked and very pissed about not being activated.
Analyst: A post-Jobs era is looming →
On the heels of the Apple’s announcement that Steve Jobs will not be giving the keynote at this year’s Macworld Expo, Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster is predicting a “shift in leadership roles” at…
I would be so rich if I had to fill out expense reports for my personal life. But it would be a sad little rich life
Wow, dark Oslo brings me down. But snowed-in Vegas? http://tr.im/2f76 now that’s depressing
Has Internet Explorer ever been safe? →
Back in the day when Internet Explorer was more of an experiment than a viable browser, the iexplore.exe application was heavily tied into Windows, the explorer.exe application. If one faltered, more…
Firefox Issues Eight Patches for Web Browser →
Mozilla has issued eight patches for its Firefox Web browser, three of which fix problems classified as critical. The patches come after security experts have recommended using a browser other than…
Exclusive: First look at Microsoft Internet... →
Microsoft quietly released the first update to its IE8 beta 2 to its closest partners last week. “Release Candidate 1”, which is believed to be the first feature-complete version of the browser, will…
http://www.operachina.com/
holy toledo: This is going to be the last Macworld Expo with Apple! and Jobs isn’t even keynoting http://tr.im/2cBt End of an era
Mozilla reverse-engineers OSX to enhance Firefox... →
The recently released Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 added more gestures to its gesture support for the multi-touch trackpad Macbook, i.e a twist gesture that lets users move through open tabs. However, Mozilla…
http://www.mahalo.com/answers seems like a well thought twist of an old idea. I never go to QA websites, but always end there thru search
Opera and Firefox tie for top password security. Safari and Chrome tie for last … behind IE7. http://tr.im/29pd ouch
Jolicloud, the New Netbook OS →
Tariq Krim, the former CEO of Netvibe, is set to release a Linux-based OS next year known as Jolicloud.
Sequential 2 - Main →
Sequential is an image viewer for Mac OS X. It was originally designed for opening a folder of images and displaying them in order. It works well for viewing comics and manga.Sequential can display…
Great walkthrough of the different logo designs developed for Obama’08 http://tr.im/29oi
Long and tiring day in Sandvika mall. But got 80% of my Christmas shopping done. Ho ho ho
Google anticipates a bright and shiny future for... →
Google Chrome is heading for a full release next month and the company aims to build relationships with OEMs in an effort to bring the browser to a mainstream audience. In order to beat the big blue…
Must be the happiest day in Lynn’s life http://tr.im/270n (we’re both BU MBA alumni, she’s a huge Red Sox’s fan)
Most incoherent - yet entertaining - electronics store commercial I’ve seen (NSFW) http://tr.im/270G
Google Chrome 1.0 released http://tr.im/25ys First Google product to get out of beta?
To Do Widget (for Mac OS X) →
To Do is a lightweight and fast widget to manage tasks. Thanks to Mac OS X Leopard it integrates with iCal and Mail. The big advantage: to manage your tasks you don’t have to leave these applications…
A microsoft site with a BSOD screensaver? That takes personality: http://tinyurl.com/37msgy
Firefox adds multitouch gestures for Macs →
Although Mozilla’s Eddie Lee had successfully proven the concept in a beta back in October, the latest beta of Firefox 3.2 brings multitouch gestures to the MacBook line… even on previous…
iWorkCommunity: Template Exchange →
iWork is Apple’s productivity software suite, consisting of Pages (a word processor), Keynote (presentation software), and now Numbers (a spreadsheet app). These applications are phenomenally…
Damn it’s cold: -6°C. Looks like snow tomorrow http://www.yr.no/place/Norway/Oslo/Oslo/
Safer than ActiveX: a look at Google's Native... →
Google has released an early technical demo of an experimental new browser plugin called Native Client that allows web applications to leverage portable native x86 code. Ars takes a close look at the…
José Abreu is one of three 2009 TED award winners http://www.tedprize.org/2009-winners/ Wow. So proud. (context: http://tr.im/22fs)
Google Introduces Mobile Ads For Android And The... →
Google is now formatting AdWords text and image ads for Android and iPhone mobile browsers. The ads can include mobile-only calls to action, and can be created from standard Google ads run on the…
Gmail Finally Adds a To-Do list →
It is called “Tasks” and is now available in Gmail Labs (click on the beaker icon next to “Settings” on the upper right hand corner of Gmail). When you enable Tasks, it appears as a link in the…
Hands-on: building rich Internet apps with JavaFX... →
Sun has released version 1.0 of JavaFX, a Java-based framework for building rich Internet applications. Ars gives you an in-depth look at JavaFX and shows you how to use it to build a Twitter search…
Oslo, Dec 8th. Sunrise: 9:05am. Sunset: 3:13pm. Times my stomach thinks it’s dinner: 5pm, 7pm, 9pm, 9:30pm and sugar craving at 11pm
Viral video in the making http://tr.im/2000 Stand by me, played by musicians all over the world.
Hit the snooze button two hours ago. Now 1 hour late for work. I hate Mondays.
http://twitpic.com/qxkj - Ay carajo, seriously considering buying winter undies soon.
Nice, you can now events to iCal with natural language with LB5 : ‘movie tomorrow @ 2pm’
W00t! LaunchBar 5 beta is out! http://www.obdev.at/products/launchbar/beta.html Downloading now
Opera 10 Aces Acid3 Browser Test,Boosts... →
Opera Software yesterday launched a preview of its next browser, Opera 10, that aces the Acid3 Web standards test, a mark that most browser makers have pursued without success.Opera 10 also contains…
Opera 10 alpha 1 released, brings Acid3 victory →
The first alpha release of Opera 10 has arrived with significant improvements to the browser’s Presto rendering engine. This alpha release also has greatly enhanced compatibility with web standards…
“You could buy all the common shares of stock in GM for less than $3 billion. Why should we give GM $18 billion” http://tr.im/1vpa
Opera 10 alpha with the new Presto 2.2 engine is out: http://www.opera.com/browser/next/ being using it as my default browser for past week