Archive for March, 2008


Speed up Vista using Firefox 3 Beta

Published on Mar 31st, 2008 in blog, windows, the web, microsoft, software, tips & tricks, apple, thumbs up | No Comments »

If like me, you spend a sizable amount of your computer time on a web browser, you can forget about RAM or processor upgrades, it’s software where the hole was all this time.
First let me tell you that I’m an avid fan of trying new web browsers, or at least new versions of today’s traditional […]

Read Full Post »


TechSpot at the Apple Store in NYC’s Fifth Ave.

Published on Mar 30th, 2008 in blog, techspot, apple, thumbs up | No Comments »

Earlier this month I visited New York City and my hotel happened to be a mere block away from the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue. Despite of my love-hate relationship with the brand (I own a Mac Mini, iPod, iPhone and MacBook Pro, but I can’t say I love them all), I had to pay […]

Read Full Post »


Craiglist listing gone really bad

Published on Mar 26th, 2008 in blog, interesting links, thumbs down | No Comments »

When I read this I couldn’t believe myself, apparently it’s not the first time happening either. I have never used Craiglist but this kind of story makes it easy to believe how powerful of a network it has created in some areas (in case you have never been to the 1997-looking site, it’s all about […]

Read Full Post »


Vista crashing in the most simple of tasks

Published on Mar 20th, 2008 in blog, windows, microsoft, software, thumbs down | 8 Comments »

So let me rant for a bit. After defending Windows Vista, not because I like Microsoft but because based on my experiences I have had relatively few problems with the OS, last night I saw it giving me a deja vu of the early Win95 days!
A solid install of Vista now running SP1 was put […]

Read Full Post »


Crazy, crazy funding for a web startup

Published on Mar 16th, 2008 in blog, the web, thumbs down | 1 Comment »

Just like a bad habit or a reality TV-like guilty pleasure, over the past few weeks I have grown accustomed to check out startup-related blog TechCrunch once a day just to see what’s popping around the web. It’s been exciting times for a while on the web now, the late nineties bubble is well forgotten, […]

Read Full Post »


Say hello to TechSpot Mobile

Published on Mar 9th, 2008 in blog, techspot, the web | No Comments »

Now you can catch up with the latest technology news from your cell phone using our new gorgeous looking mobile portal.
Although we already offered RSS feeds that are mobile friendly, and depending on your device Opera Mini could let you render the full fledged frontpage, this is even better. We used the tools from startup […]

Read Full Post »


Improved tabbed story navigation in TechSpot news

Published on Mar 7th, 2008 in blog, techspot | No Comments »

With the upcoming TechSpot redesign proving more challenging and time consuming than anticipated, I have been optimizing a few things here and there on the current site despite of the fact it’s now officially EOL soon.
But because I’m planning on a few giveaways and we will have people browsing and landing on news story pages […]

Read Full Post »


Nine Inch Nails follows Radiohead with free album web release

Published on Mar 4th, 2008 in blog | No Comments »

Nine Inch Nails has just released the first volume of their new album “Ghosts” on BitTorrent sites as a free download. The band encourages its fans to share the album with friends, post it on websites and play it on podcasts
“Ghosts” is released under a non-commercial Creative Commons license and can be shared freely, something […]

Read Full Post »


Turn a small home UPS into a giant UPS (video)

Published on Mar 2nd, 2008 in blog, tips & tricks, hardware, video, thumbs up | 4 Comments »

Having a UPS is fairly common these days. However, one gripe I’ve always had and that you might too is the limited capacity you get on them. Even nicer $200+ ones might only give you a few minutes on a powerful PC, and for large capacity you could easily spend $1000 or more. Neither option […]

Read Full Post »