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Today the mouse pointer disappeared on my Toshiba laptop running Windows 7 disappeared. I could see that the trackpad or mouse (it made no difference if I plugged in a USB mouse) was working, because I could see mouseover effects as I moved round the screen, but the actual pointer was not visible. The immediate …continue reading Windows trackpad annoyances: disappearing pointer, auto clicking The latest salvo in the Adobe Flash wars comes from the Free Software Foundation, in an open letter to Google: Just think what you can achieve by releasing the VP8 codec under an irrevocable royalty-free license and pushing it out to users on YouTube? You can end the web’s dependence on patent-encumbered video formats and …continue reading Fragmentation and the RIA wars: Flash is the least bad solution I attended this morning’s VMWare roundtable, debating the rather silly proposition that IT should be removed from the boardroom agenda. To be fair, even VMWare does not really believe this, but is arguing that its virtualisation technology makes IT service provision so trouble-free that the board can focus on IT as it advances their business, …continue reading VMWare: the cloud is private I have just com across Mono Tools, a Novell add-in for Visual Studio that lets you test Mono compatibility. It adds a Mono menu which has options to run locally or remotely in Mono, analyze for compatibility issues, and create deployment packages. No sign of Mac support, which is a missed opportunity, but understandable given …continue reading Mono Tools for Visual Studio: code on Windows, run on Linux Microsoft is rolling out its EU-required Browser Choice update. File under industry madness; but one thing I found interesting was the choice of words used by each vendor to market their browser. I only saw the top five in Microsoft’s post; but here are the words: Google Chrome: A fast new browser. Made …continue reading Microsoft rolls out its browser choice update – but which is really the best? News about the Windows Phone 7 development platform is leaking out, ahead of its official unveiling at the Mix conference next month. Rumour has it that both Silverlight and the XNA gaming framework will be supported, for creating consumer-focused applications, together with limited access to native APIs subject to Microsoft’s specific approval. The controversial aspect, …continue reading Windows Phone 7 development rumours abound The BBC has announced mobile apps for BBC content, the first being for the iPhone. There is a demo posted by David Madden here: Our aim is to develop core public service apps that bring some of the BBC’s most popular and distinctive content to mobile in a genuinely user-friendly and accessible way. In another …continue reading Why I don’t want to view bbc.co.uk through an app Google CEO Eric Schmidt gave a keynote address at the Mobile World Congress yesterday, which is worth watching if you have an interest in the future of technology or, well, human life. The talk was an informative and open insight into Google’s future direction. It was centred on mobile; but since Google now …continue reading Google’s strategy unveiled: a little bit of everything you do I am watching Google CEO Eric Schmidt’s keynote at the Mobile World Congress today. I am only 10 minutes in, but I was struck by these comments, as he talks about improving connectivity across the internet: Think of it as an opportunity to instrument the world. These networks are now so pervasive that we can …continue reading Eric Schmidt: we can literally know everything |
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