Archive for the ‘Web’ Category

Google Chrome (Chromium) bookmark syncing now available on Linux!

While yours truly still remains in the Firefox camp, the speed of Google Chrome development is almost scary.
Bookmark syncing (via Xmarks in my case) is a must-have for users like me (and likely some of you) who are constantly on the go and use multiple machines to do their work. Now you can sync your [...]

The Pointlessness of Google’s Chrome OS

I was initially reluctant to write a post about Chrome OS, seeing as  Engadget and the other heavy machinery immediately posted murky “details” about Google’s new lightweight operating system, even though everyone fully knew that any screenshots and technical data were most likely fake (as a side-note, I find Gizmodo’s “deep reading” Chrome OS article [...]

Wispy “Clouds”, Chance of Rain

This guest post was written by Jezra. You can find out more about him and his projects at www.jezra.net

Everyone keeps talking about “cloud” computing these days, and there seems to be a lot of concern regarding security and privacy of data. For those that are new to the subject, cloud computing typically involves using web-based [...]

Internetling.com Mobile Version Launched

I like to use my Nokia e71 to check my blog and read the comments every once in a while, but it is annoying having to scroll around with this layout and waiting for the site to load, even on Wi-Fi.
So I stumbled upon this neat Wordpress Mobile plugin which modifies your page for handheld [...]

5 Linux Identi.ca Clients – Screw Twitter

At the moment there is a lot of talk on the Internet about the micro-blogging site Twitter, but I see less love for its open source counterpart, Identi.ca.
The laconi.ca micro-blogging platform, created by Evan Prodromou, is free as in freedom. There is the “original” laconi.ca installation on identi.ca, but you can also download laconi.ca, install [...]