And the count down is over

April 13, 2010

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Today Opera Software finally got its Opera Mini browser approved by Apple and therefor will be able to join the thousands of apps on the App Store. This is of course a huge victory for Opera. As Opera Mini and Opera Mobile are already the leading browsers on the mobile market with the iPhone browser coming on… [Read more…]

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Counting down to a revolution

March 27, 2010

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It is maybe not the revolution that a lot of Open source and Digital Freedom supporters are hoping for, but the Norwegian software corporation Opera is trying to shake things up at Apple. Opera is known for its popular web browser which, although doesn’t have a big market share, has managed to build a good… [Read more…]

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A year of empty redundancy

March 17, 2010

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Today is exactly one year since this blog was started. It was started without anything special in mind, except that it was going to be a tech blog with a social dialogue on the side. And not much has happened since then. But things are moving more firmly now, with it’s own domain and everything,… [Read more…]

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Travel Digitally in style and security!

March 15, 2010

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This article will talk about: - Protecting your coumputer - Password protection and storage - Email protection - Disk protection Digital technology is awesome, it is so awesome that you usually want to take it with you everywhere, even when travelling abroad on business or holiday. But,  as everybody knows, when travelling things can easily… [Read more…]

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Install all you need in one go (for Windows)

March 14, 2010

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This is a small update on freewares for Windows. Last year I wrote about good freewares that covered the basic needs of any Windows users. It was a small list of free and practical software out there. But now something even better has come out: Ninite. This website is especially useful after a clean install… [Read more…]

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Tron Legacy, a worthy sequel?

March 9, 2010

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People are, and for good reasons, always sceptical about sequels. With good reasons. Not that many movies manage to pump up a worthy sequel (although Transformers 2 was actually nominated for an Oscar) But, there is one film I am truly looking forward this year, and that is Tron Legacy! Tron is one of my favourite Disney… [Read more…]

G for Google… and Goliath.

August 18, 2009

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Google Latitude is yet another service Google is offering especially aimed for mobile users. You get to update your position live on a map for your friends to see. As a gadget freak I say sweet, yet another cool thing that just shows the power of cellular devices, but on another side, it just adds… [Read more…]

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Democracy in the making..?

April 21, 2009

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“The promotion of democracy is a cornerstone of EU foreign and security policy.”   Yep, in June EU citizens will have to fulfil their duty and vote for the new EU parliament. As any good citizen should know, it is not a privilege, but a duty to vote. Apparently EU citizens aren’t good citizens since fewer… [Read more…]

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Open Source Windows

March 19, 2009

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Usually when people mention open source, people think of Linux, Geeks and Creative Commons and gnus (yeah like the animal). Of course open source has always been the key word in Linux development, but it has also become an important factor in software development on commercial platforms as well like Windows and Mac. One of… [Read more…]

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Sour Apple

March 17, 2009

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Let us start with a bang: I am no fan of Apple. I actually try to do everything I can to avoid their products. As far as I am concerned, the only thing from Apple i have installed on my PC is the Quicktime codec that VLC has. And that is enough for me. Why? … [Read more…]

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