Although Google’s Android operating system was unveiled in 2007, it took over a year for the first Android device (the Motorola Droid high-end smartphone) to reach the market, in October 2008. By that time, the touchscreen euphoria started by Apple with its iPhone device, was peaking and gaining market share while giants like Nokia were sleeping. continue reading…
I was looking around the information superhighway for some newer security test cases against the newest browsers and I came across this piece of information. Microsoft’s “get the facts” campaign is one of the poorest attempts at getting back its tarnished pride. Sure, sub-standard products like the Windows Millenium, Vista, IE6 and IE7 have done a great deal of harm, allowing the competition to get ahead.
Internet Explorer 6’s aging engine allowed Firefox and Opera to gain momentum while Windows Vista provided a kick for Apple OS X and Linux Ubuntu, the first one gaining 2% market share, jumping from 3% to 5% and well beyond. continue reading…
So … I’m studying the Chinese language. As most non-chinese people can imagine, this is a pretty hard thing to do and the difficulty lies not only in the language itself, but also in the concept behind it and also in the recommended learning method. continue reading…
Since this article was written, I have tried several products offered by some banks. Mainly, I got a first hand experience with the improved BCR 24 service from BCR bank as well as Raiffeisen’s service (Raiffeisen is the third bank I have current business with after BT and BCR). continue reading…
Of all the movies I’ve seen recently, this one seems to be the most impressive and I can say it’s left definitive scars on me, probably because it came at the right time … allowing me to better understand the story. continue reading…
I haven’t seen many films that would stir such mixed impressions as James Cameron’s Avatar. Reviews are terribly mixed even if the average impression leans towards positive. I guess the heavy advertising around the movie manage to create a wave of high expectations that were never truly and completely fulfilled. continue reading…
