Category Archives: Software

The silver light of the moonlight (or something like that)

Posted on 2008-12-03 by Niels R.

Not that the install base of Silverlight is so big, but it might still be nice to have a working browser plug-in for non-Windows platforms. The brave developers of the Mono Project have released a beta version of Moonlight 1.0, … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple/Mac & iPhone, Linux, Software, The Web | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Songbird 1.0 finally released

Posted on 2008-12-03 by Niels R.

After about 2 years of development, we can finally embrace the first major release of Songbird. It’s an open-source media player using the Mozilla Application Framework that has the capability to surf the web and is able to play, queue … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple/Mac & iPhone, Software, Technology, Uncategorized | Tagged , | Leave a comment

RegexBuddy is no longer my buddy

Posted on 2008-11-10 by Niels R.

I’ve replaced my install of RegexBuddy with a free alternative: Expresso. Some years ago I tried both and RegexBuddy had more features… But last week a colleague demoed Expresso and I was convinced. So let’s give it a try.

Posted in Programming, Software | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Songbird 1.0 Release Candidate 1 is here!

Posted on 2008-11-05 by Niels R.

Check out the Songbird Blog for the announcement of Sonbirg 1.0 RC1.

Posted in Software | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Firefox Add-on: Download Statusbar

Posted on 2008-11-03 by Niels R.

One of the best features that Firefox has to offer is the fact that you can expand it’s functionality almost without any limitations. I’ve a new favorite add-on: Download Statusbar. This little nifty thing shows your download in a bar … Continue reading →

Posted in Software, The Web | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

New Google Chrome release: version 0.3.154.9

Posted on 2008-10-30 by Niels R.

The devs of Google Chrome released a new version: 0.3.154.9. Seems that they have fixed the performance issues with plugins… Gonna test the Flash plugin on GarageTV for my daily portion of Terzake. Google Chrome is still in beta, though … Continue reading →

Posted in Software | Tagged , | Leave a comment

NetworkManager 0.7.0 doesn’t manage my network

Posted on 2008-10-30 by Niels R.

After an upgrade of my desktop machine to Ubuntu 8.10 Beta the NetworkManager in GNOME makes a mess of my network settings (Say truely, which “manager” doesn’t make a mess out of the thing he/she needs to… manage :p). Anyway… … Continue reading →

Posted in Linux, Software | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Ubuntu is slowing down

Posted on 2008-10-28 by Niels R.

The guys (or are they girls?) at Phoronix have done some benchmarking with Ubuntu 7.04, 7.10, 8.04 and 8.10 Beta. It seems that the oldest release is still the fastest… Hopefully, Canonical and its Ubuntu team will work their asses … Continue reading →

Posted in Linux, Software | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

VMWare Fusion 2.0 for Mac disected

Posted on 2008-10-23 by Niels R.

As a future Mac user (I’m considering buying a Mac as my main development machine at home in the next year) I’m very interested in Windows/Linux virtualization on Mac OS X. Ars Technica has a very thoroughly reviewed the VMWare … Continue reading →

Posted in Apple/Mac & iPhone, Software | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Google open sources Android’s source code

Posted on 2008-10-22 by Niels R.

Check this nice article on Ars Technica: Google liberates Android source code, so start developing!

Posted in Linux, Software | Tagged , , | Leave a comment