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Research in Motion (RIM) is now joining the parade with an online app-store. Just like the very famous Apple iTunes App-Store, and the recently released Microsoft Store, Blackberry users will be able to purchase and download a plethora of applications for their devices. This...

Windows Server 2008 Foun...

Microsoft has added a new edition to its Windows Server 2008 family: Windows Server 2008 Foundation. The basic idea is a stripped down version which allows small businesses to harness the power of Server 2008 without killing their budget. Foundation is built on the same code...

Microsoft Launches Inter...

Microsoft has officially released Internet Explorer 8 to the public, after a few beta releases and many many articles on the web… I have covered this in the past a couple of times as well, listing all the new features and taking a test-drive of the first beta release. This...

Comparing advertisement ...

The very popular (and often funny but not necessarily true) TV ads from Apple mocking Vista have generated a lot of talk. Discussions are usually about the facts that are presented in the commercials, naturally divided between Windows-users and apple-users. The facts in the commercials...

Adobe Flex will become F...

I’ve been following the development and the evolution of Adobe Flex ever since it first appeared as a beta, but its marketing has always been uncertain. The way it was referenced and named was sometimes inconsistent and the name itself made it a little difficult to search...

Microsoft Launches its O...

There are a number of things that are bound to happen as internet connections and instant access to products become more and more available. One of those things is that packaged software could eventually become a thing of the past. I’m not convinced on the fact that this...

Facebook is growing fast...

As I have said before, I always enjoy looking into numbers for some companies because they are usually so impressive, they sometimes sound unbelievable. Techcrunch has an article about the speedy growth of Facebook and increasingly huge requirements to operate their site. Last year,...

Happy Birthday Google!...

It was approximately 10 years ago that Google became the search engine we all know today. It was not always the way it is right now, but the philosophy was there from the beginning. Google has put up a really cool timeline that any fan will find very interesting. You’ll find...

Google Chrome in Beta...

If you haven’t been hearing about Google Chrome all over the place since september 1st, then you probably didn’t go on the internet since because that’s all everyone is talking about. Just like every other blog out there, this is our mandatory Chrome post ;-) ...

USB 3.0 is coming in 200...

Everyone has at least one USB device or, at least, most people know what USB is for. The USB standard has been around for many years already and it quickly became a standard in the industry because so many manufacturers decided to produce equipment that use it. Now, Intel has...