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Internet Explorer: From “The Internet” to “Internet Explorer 9”
Andrew Tait has put together another video, this time showing us the history of Internet Explorer from Windows 95 straight through Windows 7.
Read More »HP: WebOS on All HP PCs by 2012
Hewlett-Packard's CEO has announce the company's intention of including WebOS on all their computers by 2012.
Read More »Windows Phone 7 Update Not Installing on Some Samsung Devices
The recent patch Microsoft issued to correct issues with Windows Phone 7 on Samsung devices is, well, not working on some Samsung devices.
Read More »App? There’s a Word for That
"App" isn't just a shortened word and a new slang term; it's a word for a shortened, slang application, says game designer and critic Ian Bogost. It's breaking the dominance of applications suites of old�and perhaps shattering the aesthetics of computing along the way.
Read More »The Mac App Store Is Open
Cupertino opens up the north forty for farming as app-culture's Green Revolution continues apace.
Read More »AutoCAD Makes a Triumphant Return to Mac
18 years ago, a little application by the name of AutoCAD, also known as Photoshop for engineers, vanished from the Mac platform into the oblivion of Windows PC exclusivity. After almost two decades of avoidance, AutoCAD has finally made its way back onto the Mac OS. The transition to Mac appears to have been a smooth one. The GUIs are ...
Read More »Motorized Window Curtain Automatically Follows Peeping Toms
For some people, the easy way out just doesn’t cut it. You could make a good argument that it would have been much easier just to get a curtain that comfortably fit in front of the whole window, or find some blinds that would scare people away. Even a shower curtain would work. But it’s the principle of the thing! ...
Read More »Video Airbrushing: New Software Can Digitally Improve Physique of Actors
Airbrushing of celebrities was a hot button for a few years. Magazines were lambasted by blogs for their sometime extreme removal of girth from celebrities, models and public figures. Nowadays, airbrushing is more of a joke. An excuse to poke fun at the Photoshop disaster that many magazine covers have become. A new piece of software is bringing the airbrushing ...
Read More »MiBeerAge iPhone App Tells You Exactly How Old Your Beer Is
You might not have known this but to the beer connoisseur, the finest brews are best served within 30 days of their bottling. So those three year old bottles of Heineken collecting dust in your fridge garage? Yeah, slightly past their prime. But hey, at least the caps are still usable. The MiBeerAge iOS application tells you exactly how old ...
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