Alex Payne on the iPad
"The iPad leaves me with the feeling that Apple’s interests and values going forward are deeply divergent from my own. The future of personal computing that the iPad shows us is both seductive and...
View ArticleFlash’s Decline on Lifehacker, from 2006 to 2010
Just like it isn't on the iPhone and iPod touch, Adobe's Flash browser plug-in will not be on the iPad , and there are a whole lot of opinions about that decision. Predictably, Steve's apostles are...
View ArticleCelebrate Ada Lovelace Day by Coding Something Meaningful
It's Ada Lovelace Day and I haven't had time to write up something profound about women in tech, because, well, I've been too busy coding. Appropriate, no? I've been jamming on ThinkTank , a new...
View ArticleLatest Videos: Productive Procrastination and Eating Your Frog
My two latest videos over at Fast Company deal with how to get things done even when your lizard brain is completely against you. First, a bit on how to procrastinate productively; second, how to get...
View ArticleNew in Better Gmail 2: Hide Buzz Count and Audio Notification
Mozilla just approved my latest update to the Better Gmail 2 Firefox extension , which now includes the ability to hide your unread Buzz count, and enable an audio notification when you receive new...
View ArticleToday Only: Signing The Complete Guide to Google Wave
Update: The signing offer's over and done with--thanks for buying the book! What, you haven't bought your copy of The Complete Guide to Google Wave yet? And you've been meaning to? My friend, today is...
View ArticleI’m Not Buying an iPad This Weekend
Even though I'm desperately curious how one looks and feels and works, I'm not buying an iPad--just yet, anyway. I'll head down to the Apple store and fondle one on Saturday, just before TWiG, so that...
View ArticleWhat Android Apps I’ve Got Installed–And You?
New and aspiring Android users often ask me what apps I have installed on my Nexus One. The list changes pretty often--especially when Leo and Jeff recommend something good on TWiG--but for the most...
View ArticleLessons from Apple on Advertising and Aesthetics
Steve Jobs announced the iPhone 4 yesterday in his WWDC keynote, and it's a gorgeous device with software upgrades that include multitasking, a video chat app called FaceTime, and more. I'm still a...
View ArticleGoogle Voice Open in the U.S.
Previously invitation-only Google Voice just opened to everyone in the U.S., offering free text messaging, multi-phone management, and voicemail features which, after more than a year of exclusive...
View ArticleCUPP Hybrid PC: due computer in uno
La possibilità di avere, su un unico PC, due architetture differenti per poter eseguire sistemi operativi ovviamente incompatibili tra loro è una pratica le cui origini si perdono nella notte dei...
View ArticleView websites offline with WebHTTrack
There are reasons why you would want to view a web site off line. Say, for example, you know you are on the go and do not always have access to a network connection, yet you want to be up to date on...
View ArticleSee what images are being viewed on your network with driftnet
I want to preface this article by saying I am not, in any way advocating spying on your users. With that said, there are times (and reasons) why you might need to see what images are being viewed on...
View ArticleGet back CTRL-ALT-Backspace in Fedora and Ubuntu
Being an old-school Linux user, one of the things that bothers me is that in some of the new distributions the CTRL-ALT-Backspace key combination (the combination that would usually kill and restart...
View ArticleTurn a Pogoplug into a Fully-Featured Linux Web Server [Video]
Pogoplugs are great little storage devices, but they can do more than they let on. Let's take a look at how you can hack a Pogoplug into a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) web server. More »
View ArticleA walk around the GNOME desktop
Recently I had a reader request a bit of a “how to” on the GNOME desktop. After giving it some thought, and at first wondering why anyone would need a walk around for the GNOME desktop, I realized...
View ArticleGlobalScale Dream Plug, il PC grande come una presa multipla
I mini o microPC non sono certo una novità ; già in un passato nemmeno troppo recente sono più volte apparsi prodotti, talvolta semi-artigianali, in altre occasioni industrializzati a tutti gli...
View Article4chan Downloader Saves All Thread Images Automatically
4chan regulars, who like the site because of its vast pool of images that get uploaded to the website every minute, often utilize software or extensions to download images automatically, or at least...
View ArticleEvo 2, la console Android che sfida PlayStation, Xbox360 e Wii
Evo 2, la console Android che sfida PlayStation, Xbox360 e Wii Progetto ambizioso, quello della console EVO che, basata su sistema operativo Linux, prometteva, secondo le affermazioni del suo...
View ArticleASUS rilancia la sfida a Windows con Ubuntu
ASUS rilancia la sfida a Windows con Ubuntu Windows è sicuramente il sistema operativo più diffuso sui personal computer, mentre quello che normalmente viene descritto come il suo più diretto...
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