From the daily archives:

Friday, May 30, 2008

Jaiku: Not yet out for the count

May 30, 2008

This pleases me immensely. After a heated conversation on FriendFeed, Jyri posted a quick note on the Jaiku blog to let people know that the service isn’t dead, isn’t mothballed, and is being actively developed: "Also, contrary to some voices out there, we DO have plans for future development and we will involve our developer [...]

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Jaiku: Not yet out for the count

May 30, 2008

This pleases me immensely. After a heated conversation on FriendFeed, Jyri posted a quick note on the Jaiku blog to let people know that the service isn’t dead, isn’t mothballed, and is being actively developed: "Also, contrary to some voices out there, we DO have plans for future development and we will involve our developer [...]

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Windows 7 – it’s like Longhorn, all over again

May 30, 2008

Ouch: "Microsoft spent some time talking about Windows 7 (the current name for whatever comes after Vista) this week at Walt Mossberg’s D conference. I knew this was coming but I’m still surprised at how they’re presenting the next generation of Windows. It seems they have learned nothing from the Longhorn/Vista launch and are going [...]

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Windows 7 – it’s like Longhorn, all over again

May 30, 2008

Ouch: "Microsoft spent some time talking about Windows 7 (the current name for whatever comes after Vista) this week at Walt Mossberg’s D conference. I knew this was coming but I’m still surprised at how they’re presenting the next generation of Windows. It seems they have learned nothing from the Longhorn/Vista launch and are going [...]

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Apple “Mobile Me” needs more than over the air syncing

May 30, 2008

Following on from Deep Apple, John Gruber does some digging and reckons that there’s a replacement for the aging .Mac coming soon, and its name is "Mobile Me".

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Apple “Mobile Me” needs more than over the air syncing

May 30, 2008

Following on from Deep Apple, John Gruber does some digging and reckons that there’s a replacement for the aging .Mac coming soon, and its name is "Mobile Me".

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Why Microsoft lose and Apple wins, part two

May 30, 2008

There are some very interesting facts about the reaction of Microsoft to Spotlight after its first demo revealed in the comments to a post on Joe Wilcox’s AppleWatch blog. "MSFT has worked on WinFS for more than a decade without success in making it fast, reliable, and easy-to-use enough for release. The Longhorn "reset" in [...]

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Why Microsoft lose and Apple wins, part two

May 30, 2008

There are some very interesting facts about the reaction of Microsoft to Spotlight after its first demo revealed in the comments to a post on Joe Wilcox’s AppleWatch blog. "MSFT has worked on WinFS for more than a decade without success in making it fast, reliable, and easy-to-use enough for release. The Longhorn "reset" in [...]

Read the full article →