Tag Archives: Apple

RE: Thoughts on flash

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Shane

I fully agree with Steve Jobs about the problems with flash. All of his points are correct but one of his points is very hypocritical. He complains about Flash being a proprietary technology when most of the apple platform is … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 9.10 are we ready?

Posted on August 29, 2009 by Shane

I was wondering what effect a release of Ubuntu 9.10 being released at the same time as Windows 7 and Mac “Snow leopard”. First thing we have to ask is are we ready? I think no but Karmic+1 we will … Continue reading →

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Theora and Vorbis, HTML and Google

Posted on August 13, 2009 by Shane

What an interesting company Google is they announced that they are buying On2. On2 is the company that provided the basis for OGG Theora by open sourcing the VP3 codec. Google, Mozilla and Opera all supported the addition of Theora … Continue reading →

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Reply to Ballmers recent interview

Posted on August 2, 2009 by Shane

I read and listened to an interview from Steve Ballmer: http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10301028-16.html Ok we all can agree that Mac is quite expensive but its great looking and works well. He says windows is high quality low price but we all know … Continue reading →

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