Firedfox
I started using Firefox as my web browser when it was still called Phoenix around version 0.5/0.6. Previously I was using Netscape Communicator which had become a bloated mess.
At the time Firefox was a breath of fresh air. It was just a browser without all the mail, IRC client, web page designer that came [...]
Google Chrome OS
Looks like Google is getting into the OS market. According to this post introducing Google Chrome OS it will be an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at netbooks.
It says it will run on x86 and ARM chips. It will be based on Linux with a new windowing system. This is [...]
Drizzle
I saw a presentation from Brian Aker on Drizzle, Rethinking MySQL for the Web. Looks like Drizzle coming along nicely and I like how they are focusing on the needs of web developers.
OpenGL
I noticed that the new iPhone 3GS now supports OpenGL ES 2.0. The iPhone 3G and iPod Touches only support OpenGL ES 1.1. The guys at Engadget think that will cause the app store to splinter.
Might happen eventually but until there is a critical mass of iPhones that support OpenGL ES 2.0 it would [...]
Android phones now available from Rogers
Rogers is now offering Android-based phones. They are HTC devices. With the so-called G2 out, hopefully Google will update their developer phone. I need to pick one up to for device testing at some point.
Sadly we still can’t publish any applications yet. No idea why companies in the USA, UK, France, Austria, Germany, Spain and [...]
Funtoo
Trying to lookup some information about Gentoo Linux and I came across Funtoo. It seems this is a fork of Gentoo that is maintained by Daniel Robbins.
Daniel Robbins was the original creator of Gentoo Linux. He did a good job too but some users were not happy and kept pushing him to manage the project [...]
Beagle no more?
Looks like the Beagle project is no longer being developed. They are/were looking to a for a new maintainer but it doesn’t look like anyone is going to step up.
That’s too bad, but since that’s the case, I’ve now switched to Tracker