3 Feb, 2010 Posted by lemiffe

Why Jobs delivered such a bad iPad speech

“Last Wednesday we could see as Apple presented their hyped-up much rumoured and awaited tabled, something that had created such an expectancy. However, it was such great this level of anticipation that the presentation was inevitable an anticlimax, as the tech world so frequently used the analogy of an over-sized iPod Touch that, what Steve Jobs essentially presented to us was a large iPod... read more

1 Sep, 2009 Posted by lemiffe

IIS flaw under investigation by Microsoft | Tech News on ZDNet

Microsoft on Monday said it is looking into a report of a flaw in some versions of its Internet Information Services product that could allow an attacker to gain control of a system. In a statement, a Microsoft representative said the company “is investigating new public claims of a possible vulnerability in IIS 5 and IIS 6 File Transfer Protocol (FTP)”. Microsoft said it is not aware of any... read more

24 Apr, 2009 Posted by lemiffe

First Impressions: Ubuntu 9.04

Slick interface, much faster, a few more options here and there, and a faster boot-up. In general I think it looks quite similar (If at all they added a few more ‘themes’). Where you really notice the difference is in the “Engine”, oh, and the fact that it uses the EXT4 file system. When you install it, it even checks if you haves windows installed and it will import your document... read more

13 Nov, 2008 Posted by lemiffe

First Impressions of Ubuntu 8.10

Great-looking, stable, fixes a few bugs I had found previously in 8.04, as far as I have noticed it is generally a bit cleaner, it does seem a tiny bit more sluggish though but I guess that must be related to the larger amount of code involved. Good work Canonical! VN:F [1.9.2_1090]please wait...Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast) read more

26 Sep, 2008 Posted by lemiffe

Ubuntu 8.04… First impressions

Yeah, I know I’m late to the party, but I still had to give my own opinion on Ubuntu, as it’s the first time I try it out. Looks great, install was easy, a few things are much easier to use than in windows. It was faster to configure than ArchLinux. It got complicated when I got down to running virtualization, and a few other things. Installing LAMP server was easy as hell. Gnome + Compiz + 3d... read more