Archive for April 15, 2008

Windows XP fans don’t want it to XPire

Petition drive aims to keep XP as option on new PCs past June 30

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First Look: The GIMP 2.5.0

The GIMP team announced today the first release from the 2.5 development series. It is true that this version is unstable, but a little bird told me to give it a try and see what’s it capable of. First of all, let me tell you that its interface is quite redesigned and I think that some users will have problems adjusting with it..

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IBM and the Future of the Mobile Phone

Over the coming years, mobile phones are expected to get “smarter”, adjusting to our usage patterns. Innovations such as larger projectable screens and other e-commerce and social networking features will enable the phone to provide much more value to our lives.

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‘OpenMac’ Promises $399 Headless Mac… But Not From Apple

A company called Psystar has started advertising a $399 computer called “OpenMac” which claims to be a fully Leopard compatible Mac built from standard PC-parts. For $399, you get a tower computer with the following specs:

- 2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
- 2GB of DDR2 667 memory
- Integrated Intel …

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