April 21, 2010
by sjvn01
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Who can blame Adobe for being ticked off? They wanted a slice of the lucrative Apple iPad/iPhone application business, and Apple won’t let Adobe applications, or even Flash, on either platform. So, first Adobe started cussing Apple out, then Adobe … Continue reading
April 19, 2010
by sjvn01
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OK, hands up, who, like me, was a one time IBM OS/2 user? What? You don’t know OS/2? It was IBM, and briefly, Microsoft’s 32-bit server and desktop operating system that was going to change the world. Then, Bill Gates … Continue reading
April 7, 2010
by sjvn01
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Right next to my desk in a bookshelf is my 1988 copy of Kernighan and Ritchie’s the second edition of The C Programming Language. I’ve kept this book, the ur-text of C programming, because C has always been the first … Continue reading
April 5, 2010
by sjvn01
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I’ve been playing with the iPad for a while now, and I quite like it. But, I’ve also noticed that there’s a lot of misconceptions about what the iPad is, and isn’t. 1. The iPad is the greatest new tech … Continue reading
April 2, 2010
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I get all the excitement about Apple’s iPad. Even if it is just an iPad Touch writ large, that would be enough to make me want one as well. But, the $499 price-tag give me pause, and I’m not crazy … Continue reading
March 30, 2010
by sjvn01
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I didn’t see this coming, but now that Google has announced that it’s working with Adobe to integrate Adobe Flash into its Chrome browser it makes perfect sense to me. To quote Google’s Linus Upson, VP of Engineering: * When … Continue reading