Technical

Ubuntu in the Corporate

Posted by on January 10, 2012 at 10:34 pm

I’ve been using Ubuntu 11.04 in the corporate environment for over a year now and this post will attempt to summarise the frankly disappointing state of affairs that is “linux in the corporate environment”. Thumnbnails Such a little thing – getting a thumbnail for your images, videos or office documents.  In Windows, once a directory [...]

Vauxhalls and BMW

Posted by on February 12, 2011 at 10:56 pm

A friend of mine, an iPhone advocate and user, recently compared the Android brand to Vauxhall cars, while maintained that iPhones represented the BMW of the smartphone world. It’s a great put down although if recent figures prove a trend,  it won’t be long until the Android/iPhone market share actually reflects the Vauxhall/BMW share (i.e. [...]

Apple vs Google

Posted by on October 1, 2010 at 9:42 pm

How can I defend Google while slating Apple?  How can someone put Apple down for their “we know better” walled-garden approach to the AppStore, the iPhone and iPad, while on the other hand defend Google’s invasive “if you need something to be private, you probably shouldn’t be doing it in the first place” attitude?  It’s [...]

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