Thursday 25 September 2008 16:08
Google is most people's favorite search engine. Millions use its Gmail web-based email service, and many are now using its new web browser, Chrome. Yet unlike other large corporations that dominate their sector of the IT market - Microsoft, for example - Google is more loved than hated. Its corporate motto of "don't be evil" makes Google seem like everyone's friend. But is it really? Google seems happy to carry ads for pirate software sites and purveyors of spyware and malware. That seems pretty evil to me. Read more...
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Monday 22 September 2008 16:15
You might not have realized it, but software is usually sold on the net in a different way to most other products. Sites like CNET's download.com, Tucows and indeed Tech-Pro.net are not software resellers. We are affiliates. When you purchase a product from one of our sites, we don't actually take your money. Instead, you are referred to the software developer's e-commerce partner, which processes the order, delivers the product or license key, and pays the referring site a commission for generating the sale. Unfortunately, many independent software vendors (ISVs) don't play fair by their affiliates. Read more...
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Thursday 04 September 2008 13:03
People often claim that one of the good things about GNU Linux is that it is free software. Free as in "free speech", not "free beer." But free software usually turns out to be free as in beer as well, because the fact is that if you make the source code freely available, you can't stop people from compiling free copies of your product so they can avoid paying for it. This means that it's hard to make a living from free software, which discourages professional developers from getting involved. In my opinion that is preventing Linux from becoming a viable alternative to Microsoft's Windows. Read more...
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Wednesday 03 September 2008 12:09
Shortly after I finished writing about my first impressions of Google's new browser, Chrome, I discovered a gem of a feature. Chrome has much of the functionality of Firefox's Firebug built into it. This is a great addition, which may make Google Chrome a lot more popular with webmasters than I at first supposed. However, I still think it needs support for extensions before it will become the browser of choice for power users. Read more...
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Wednesday 03 September 2008 10:26
Last night I fired up a Windows XP VM and installed Google's shiny new web browser, Chrome. My quick impression: it looks good, it's fast, and I didn't detect any rendering problems on the pages I tried. Nice job. But what does Google Chrome bring to the table that other web browsers don't? Do we need yet another web browser? Read more...
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