I liked this Microsoft ad. Apple might be cool, *nix might be geeky but MS is who brought computing to the masses. I think this is a very well-made ad that conveys a solid message and does it well. A computer after all is just a tool, isn’t it?
Entries from September 22nd, 2008
Worried about the LHC experiment?
September 12th, 2008 · 1 Comment · fun
Worried that the LHC experiment will destroy the world? Fikar not… this is the era of citizen journalism, user-generated content and continuous updates… here are a couple of links to keep the paranoid you reassured http://HasTheLargeHadronColliderDestroyedTheWorldYet.com/ (Atom feed) http://HasTheLHCDestroyedTheEarth.com/ (RSS feed) And for the geeks out there go check the source markup for those 2 pages Here [...]
Security and usability – Google Chrome’s Incognito mode
September 11th, 2008 · 5 Comments · security, web
Shantanu tells us about Firefox’s Incognito mode and asks us to stop drooling over Google Chrome’s privacy mode labeled Incognito. Does Firefox have an Incognito mode? – Yes. Is it better than Google Chrome’s Incognito mode? – Hell no. When it comes to the masses security is 80% usability and just 20% technology. Picture the [...]
I switched off Chrome’s suggestion service in the address bar…
September 8th, 2008 · No Comments · web
…because I found it annoying and never found myself using it. Of course not to mention that it is insecure too because all words typed in the address bar were being sent to Google (or whatever suggestion service is being used) effectively acting as a keystroke logger. Here is how you switch it off: Right [...]
Tags:Google Chrome·privacy·security
Google Chrome – cleaner, faster and cooler!
September 3rd, 2008 · 4 Comments · reviews, web
Google Chrome – It is not the much-hyped Google OS but pretty close. And if it becomes popular the Google OS might not even be worth it. The browser WILL be the OS. Read the long but interesting comic announcing what it is or go ahead and download it and try it out. Google has [...]
Tags:browser·Google·Google Chrome
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