Posts Tagged ‘technology’

Excalibur Almaz in the Isle of Man

Today I got the opportunity to check out a space vehicle, which is probably the closest I’ve ever been to something that could make it’s way out of the hold of Earth’s gravity. It was the Almaz capsule being deployed by Excalibur Almaz as part of their foray into space...

Google Chrome 2.0 Pre-Beta

There’s a new release of Google’s browser, Chrome that is doing the rounds; which has a set of new features including support for Greasemonkey (Yeay!). There’s still some way to go before it has all the features I’d need to make it my mainstream browser (I’m just too comfortable in...

10 reasons why GMail rocks

I found an excellent post on LifeHacker talking about 10 great things that GMail does. This is putting aside the mundane email handling, massive storage space, spam filtering etc; but instead looks at features that makes GMail exception. Here’s a summary: Themes: You can completely change the way GMail looks...

Isn’t technology great

I was thinking about technology on my way back from work this afternoon (I have a 15 minute walk which is a great time to think). I was thinking about the first PC I ever got which was an 8086 (with a Turbo button to boost the speed from 4.77...

YouTube launches full-length episodes

Interesting news this morning that YouTube has announced that they are going to start featuring full-length movies and episodes which will include in-steam video ads to keep the broadcasters happy. This seems to be a move directed to counter the threat that Hulu affords them, particularly as they have launched...

Failed opening required ‘XML/RSS.php’ – Solved

Sometimes, it takes a small problem to make one realise how little he actually knows. I personally know a fair bit about all sorts of technology, ranging from networks, to development to integration; however I haven’t really had much experience with Linux. It’s partly because most of the services I...

Android-based, HTC-made, T-mobile powered G1 hits the streets

Unless you were hiding under a rock yesterday, you’d have heard the news that Android, Google‘s new mobile operating system finally has a home. The first device to sport this is the G1, and HTC device that T-mobile will be making available to punters on a choice of two tarrifs....

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