| Subcategories: | Page 6 of 7. When it comes to enthusiast and professional digital photography, everyone knows and talks about Canon and Nikon. Sony has recently become extremely aggressive and Pentax occasionally rouses some interest, but all of them have taken relatively similar design paths. That leaves Olympus as the innovator in many important ways that make them worth another look.
Apple’s App Store for the iPhone and iPod touch is proving interesting in large part because it has suddenly mainstreamed the idea of downloading third party applications for a mobile phone. With the prominent storefront, developers seem anxious to get their fifteen minutes of fame. TouchTerm’s developers, however, are now trying for a second fifteen minutes — can they get it?
Few things in Unix match the importance of the terminal emulator.
Having a nice GUI is fine, but nothing beats the command line, which
some have said is the “front line” of computing. As an official member
of the Brotherhood of the Commandline, I have always kept at least one
terminal window open at all times, and often three or more.
By Ed Hurst | Jul 11, 2008 at 22:37:58Take a deep breath and repeat after me: A computer is just a
tool. It is only so good as it serves to make life better for
users. A “better” life is obviously not the same thing for
everyone. For me, it means making my Mac more like Linux, as I began to discuss
in my last article.
By Ed Hurst | Jun 20, 2008 at 23:13:14Sometimes you stumble across a decent system, still working fine,
but getting old. If the price is right, you might take it anyway. For
most people in non-profit work, which is like running a business on a
very poor budget, this is about the only way to get enough computers to
get the job done. A few weeks ago I stumbled upon an eMac running
Panther. It cost almost nothing, so I took it.
For years, Flash software has added pop and sizzle to Web pages, making possible animations, slide shows and interactive games. Now the graphic interface technology is coming to the mobile phone screen. Qualcomm and Adobe recently said they will create a version of Qualcomm’s BREW - a system for bringing games, news and other data to the mobile screen - that works with Flash.
Seven years ago this week I published my first online commentary piece. The topic was the predicted death of the Linux desktop brought on by the demise of Eazel, the original developer of GNOME’s Nautilus file manager. A lot has happened since that time, but not precisely how I would have predicted it would. Let’s review.
By Ed Hurst | Apr 25, 2008 at 11:19:16In the coming months, Serenity Systems and Mensys will be offering the
latest release of eComStation,
2.0. This is the new name and face on the venerable OS/2. It’s all too
easy to find websites discussing the history of OS/2, articles that walk through the
installation process, and lists of drivers, software, and so forth.
Despite the ardent love for OS/2 one finds in the user groups, it
remains a fairly small niche operating system. This has little to do
with the technical merits or demerits of OS/2.
Comparisons between iPhone and the Wii have already been fairly abundant simply because the two have arguably garnered the top spots in “electronic gadget mindshare” for at least a year each. But looking at the demos today, I think the iPhone could be on its way to being the Wii of portable devices – literally.
The MacBook Air is, at first glance – or really any glance – one of the most impressive looking little laptops ever to appear. Anyone who hauls a laptop around a lot would be hard pressed not to be excited about the prospect of a good, lightweight laptop with a full sized keyboard. For me, the easy to carry PowerBook 12” has long served as my trusty mobile companion and I was excited about the idea of a lighter, newer model to follow in its path. Having seen the MacBook Air, it seems in many ways to be the true successor to my PowerBook – but if I were shopping today, a MacBook Pro would get my money. |
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