What Microsoft Can Learn From Mac OS X Lion

Amazingly enough, Paul Thurrott\’s supersite for Windows, actually has a positive piece about Apple… I\’ve harped on this a lot in the past, but in a bid to maximize profits, Microsoft has littered the market with far too many Windows product versions, or what the company calls SKUs (for \”stock keeping unit,\” retailing term). And […]

Changing the Default On level for Insteon devices

Certain Insteon lamp modules, allow you to set the Default \”On\” level.  This way, when you turn on the device, it turns on to the brightness (eg 50%) that you have set. The most obvious benefit, is that you could set a task at 10 pm, to set the Bathroom & bedroom lights to turn […]

Apple iPad 2 Coming With iOS 5 Features

We are almost a day away from the Apple iPad 2 Announcement. A reports claim that Apple may release iOS 4.3 on March 2nd, Engadget claims that Apple will unveil iOS 5 alongside a new dual-core A5 iPad 2 with 512MB of RAM at the upcoming iPad 2 launch event…. via Apple iPad 2 Coming […]

OS X Lion Walkthrough: Versions and Auto Save

Two new features that have found their way in the first Lion developer preview but might seem too complicated or \”hidden\” as only Apple applications support them right now are Versions and Auto Save. With auto-saving capabilities for documents and a proper versioning system in place, Apple is aiming at… via OS X Lion Walkthrough: […]

The Top Internet Scams for 2010

It goes without saying that just as in real life our time spent on the Web will involve dealing with some pretty scummy people who will try to con you out of your information or personal information whIch they then will use for all kinds of things – none of… via The Top Internet Scams […]

What Size is your bed?

Mattress Sizes Twin–39 x 75 inches (or 99 x 190 cm) X-Long Twin–39 x 80 inches (99 x 203 cm) Full–54 x 75 inches (137 x 190 cm) Queen–60 x 80 inches (or 153 x 203 cm) King–76 x 80 inches (or 198 x 203 cm) California King–72 x 84 inches (or 182 x 213 […]

The wrong way to start a developer\’s program….

You win. I concede defeat. I no longer want to attempt developing an app for the Playbook. Are you happy now? Surely you must be. Considering how terribly designed the entire process is, from the registration right through to loading an app into the simulator, I can only assume that you are trying to drive […]

The difference between Plurality & Majority voting…

Recently a motion came up to the Apple Shareholders & the Apple Board on changing the way the Board Members were elected. Feb. 23 (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc. investors, gathered today at the company\’s annual shareholder meeting, passed a measure that would elect board members with a majority vote, rather than a plurality. So previously […]