Cross Over – using Windows apps on a Mac
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008 Posted in Mac, Windows | No Comments »I have found that the easiest way to run many apps on a Mac is CrossOver for Mac. It’s built on the Wine codebase, but is a much easier and friendly way of installing Windows apps in virtual “bottles” on ...
Google Gears: Browser up, OS down!
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007 Posted in Technology, Web, Windows | 2 Comments »We all knew this was coming and it has finally come. The final problem of offline access to web-based services has been addressed by Google Gears which was released last week. Today, I saw the first instance of it being ...
Closure
Thursday, September 7th, 2006 Posted in General, Gumption, Technical, Windows | No Comments »So you quit your job in a good software company, move to a new country, start school again but it just doesn't feel complete until you do that one thing: Format+Clean+Reinstall Windows on your laptop.I finally got around to doing ...
Windows Live Local Outlook Add-in Beta
Tuesday, June 20th, 2006 Posted in General, Windows | No Comments »Windows Live Local for Outlook (Beta) It's less than 3 MB. Give it a spin.
Windows Media Player 11 Bete released
Friday, May 19th, 2006 Posted in Windows | 1 Comment »Taking a big cue from Google, Microsoft too has entered the "Beta" frenzy. Well, I don't care. I am all charged up and excited about the latest update to Windows Media Player. Windows Mobile Pocket PC & Smartphone owners, don't ...
GWT - First nail in Windows’ Coffin
Friday, May 19th, 2006 Posted in Web, Windows | No Comments »Microsoft so far was confident about Windows since they provide a very easy to use development tools - the Visual Studio. Using those, a developer can create binaries for any variant of the target device without any incompatibilities. On the other ...
Google Shut Up!
Sunday, May 14th, 2006 Posted in Privacy, Technical, Windows | No Comments »It's quite sad that even before Microsoft can release it's Windows Vista, a respectable company like Google cries foul over it's integrated search feature. How can a company innovate and provide a good experience to it's end users if the "new ...
Windows Live! - A reaction - no real innovation
Friday, November 4th, 2005 Posted in Web, Windows | 2 Comments »Well I checked out the Windows Live thingy and am not really very impressed by it. Microsoft had to do this as a bare minimum reaction to stay in business.And this is exactly what this is. A bare minimum reaction. Most of the ...
Windows Live! Released today
Friday, November 4th, 2005 Posted in Web, Windows | No Comments »Boy o boy o boy! This is the worst of times, this is the best of times. The rate of change is accelerating. Release cycles are getting shorter. There is no long term way of doing anything right anymore. Change, realignment, reorganization, reconfiguration ...
Microsoft addresses NAT conflict introduced by SP2 - News - ZDNet
Thursday, August 26th, 2004 Posted in Technical, Windows | No Comments »Microsoft addresses NAT conflict introduced by SP2 - News - ZDNet I installed XP SP2 and have had absolutely no problems with it. Wierd problems seem to be cropping up for other people. I have to wait with fingers crossed & hope ...
New worm spies on you - News - ZDNet
Thursday, August 26th, 2004 Posted in Technical, Web, Windows | 1 Comment »New worm spies on you - News - ZDNet Interesting. Now you have worms which deploy trojans capable of accessing the webcam as well. Of what use might your personal webcam footage be to a remote hacker!?
Windows Service Pack 2
Thursday, August 12th, 2004 Posted in Technical, Windows | No Comments »Window's has released its much awaited Service Pack 2. Download it from here I downloaded and installed it. It's quite a massive upgrade and it has rendered my firewall sorta useless as of now. I am planning to do a clean reinstall ...
