The Neophiliac PassThe Neophiliac PassThis blog by an Arsenal FC fan deals with football and technology including unique articles on software, operating systems and internet. Articles
Joost in your TV sets: Free entertainment couldn?t get better
2007-06-18 10:25:00 Techcrunch has news of a possible report that Joost is now talking to hardware vendors about embedding Joost into set-top boxes and televisions. I ended my previous post questioning what YouTube could have in store for us. YouTube has conquered AppleTV, now it looks like Joost could do something on a larger scale. Let’s be ... More About: Internet , Entertainment , Free , Sets
Joost in your TV sets: Free entertainment couldn?t get better
2007-06-18 10:25:00 Techcrunch has news of a possible report that Joost is now talking to hardware vendors about embedding Joost into set-top boxes and televisions. I ended my previous post questioning what YouTube could have in store for us. YouTube has conquered AppleTV, now it looks like Joost could do something on a larger scale. Let’s be ... More About: Internet , Entertainment , Free , Sets
YouTube: Online Editing and Mobile Streams
2007-06-18 09:46:00 Morning all. It must be the first time that I’ve been so informal and that to on a Monday morning (well it’s morning here). I mean you readers need the news and the technology articles more now don’t you? I hope you like the new logo, that is a change from the bland text. Ok ... More About: Youtube , Internet , Mobile , Tube , Online
YouTube: Online Editing and Mobile Streams
2007-06-18 09:46:00 Morning all. It must be the first time that I’ve been so informal and that to on a Monday morning (well it’s morning here). I mean you readers need the news and the technology articles more now don’t you? I hope you like the new logo, that is a change from the bland text. Ok ... More About: Youtube , Internet , Mobile , Tube , Online
Google Video now a search engine for videos, you might care
2007-06-15 15:47:00 Adieu Google Video , you have been scarsely helpful to me in the past and I do hope that you will help me now in the future. The news is that Google Video is now a video search engine by Google that displays video search results from all over the web. If you click on a ... More About: Videos , Internet
Increase your Internet Bandwidth by 20% in Windows XP
2007-06-13 20:42:00 This is a little trick I found while browsing the Administrative Tools in Window s XP. It will free up some of your internet bandwidth, specifically increasing it by 20%. Log on as Administrator. Go to Start -> Run - type gpedit.msc. Expand Local Computer Policy. Then expand Administrative Templates. Then expand Network Branch. Highlight the QoS Packet Scheduler. On the right window, ... More About: Internet , Bandwidth , Windows Xp
Safari on Windows plagued with security risk and bugs
2007-06-13 09:19:00 Following up on yesterday’s drama with the news of the launch of Safari on Windows , it has been reported that Safari doesn’t live up to the whole “best browser in the world” tag that Steve Jobs gave in the keynote conference on June 11. I managed to test the browser’s basic functionality and apart from ... More About: Security , Microsoft , Bugs
WWDC 2007: Web 2.0, iPhone, Safari, Gaming and Leopard
2007-06-12 19:29:00 I’m a bit surprised today with the amount of news relating to Apple I need to report. And in my opinion it is all important news that cannot escape without a mention. This Apple news post might be a little longer than usual, with talk of Apple’s new Web 2.0 look on their main site, ... More About: Safari , Gaming , Phone , Iphone
10 Things to Remember before Formatting or Partitioning your Hard Disk
2007-06-11 13:01:00 I’ve had some decent experience when it comes to partitioning and reinstalling Windows, not just on my computer but while helping out a few friends. So I’ve compiled a list which almost forms a guide to partitioning itself, but primarily includes some tips and reminders to optimize hard drive management. This list will help you ... More About: Software , Disk , Hard , Hard Disk , Things
The new Windows on Mac tussle: Parallels Desktop vs VMWare Fusion
2007-06-08 13:31:00 On Thursday, Parallels released an updated version of its Parallels Desktop software, which enables users of Intel-based Macs to run Windows and Mac OS X simultaneously. There is a difference between Parallels and Boot Camp which made the news in April 2006. Boot Camp allows you to dual-boot Windows and Mac OS X. Parallels is ... More About: Fusion , Sion
EditPad Lite: a Notepad replacement
2007-06-07 20:53:00 Notepad is such a bore. No frills, but it is still a bore. I’m referring to the one XP has because I haven’t seen the Vista one. Anyone who uses text-editors regularly will have some alternative to Notepad. My alternative recommendation is EditPad Lite . EditPad Lite is a simple, compact text-editor that works on all ... More About: Software , Lace , Notepad
Apple MacBook Pros: With great power, it?s also ecofriendly
2007-06-06 19:33:00 Eh, I’ve got a bit of a flu today hence the late post. Apple has rolled out the latest Mac Book Pro featuring Intel’s Core 2 Duo Santa Rosa chips. The key additions include a larger memory capacity, new graphics cards and Led-backlit screens. With systems? bus speeds of 667MHz to 800MHz, it explains why the ... More About: Power , Great , Macbook
Lala: On-demand Free Streaming Music Service
2007-06-05 13:52:00 Play Albums on demand, buy the ones you love. That’s the tag-line of Lala ’s new never-before-seen service that is completely legal. Lala previously made the news when they launched a service to swap physical CDs. They charge $1 for the swap, and $.20 goes directly to artists. It is illegal to send copies of CDs ... More About: Internet , Music , Service , Free
Apple?s iPhone to release on June 29
2007-06-05 12:35:00 Apple will launch its iPhone in the U.S. on June 29, the company says in TV commercials that began airing on Sunday. The iPhone will be available with the features of an iPod music and video player with those of a cellular telephone and will be available through AT&T Wireless Services Inc, which recently acquired ... More About: Apple , Iphone , Release
Google announce Feedburner takeover
2007-06-02 19:39:00 Google announced their acquisition of Feedburner with the Feedburner blog confirming it. To the non-bloggers who are reading this, Feedburner is a popular feed distribution and management service for bloggers, feed creators and podcasters. Techcrunch claim that one of their sources have estimated a figure of $100 million in the deal. Google haven’t been very ... More About: Google , Internet , Takeover , Googl
Apple?s DRM-free music embeds more than just tags
2007-06-02 18:59:00 Ars Technica and Tuaw reported that Apple ’s new DRM-free music available through iTunes Plus contain the full name and email address of the consumer. The fact though, is that Apple embeds your details in all songs sold in the store. Now earlier it wouldn’t matter because it would make no sense sharing a DRM-encrypted song ... More About: Music , Free Music , Free , Tags
Fedora 7 released
2007-06-01 10:06:00 Red Hat released the latest version of Fedora this morning and the release highlights posted on the project page look very good indeed. Notably there are new features, some from Ubuntu and some its own. I’ve been so frustrated by two consecutive versions of Ubuntu that take so long to boot from the LiveCD, and ... More About: Linux , Released , Lease , Ease
Speed up Web Browsing with a Transparent Proxy
2007-05-31 18:57:00 The average Firefox user is usually aware of either this tweak or the Fasterfox addon. If not, then I’d recommend that you go straight for Fasterfox and if you’re an Internet Explorer user, I’d recommend you go for Firefox! However, this little trick works with almost any browser, so don’t worry. It may not make ... More About: Browsing , Speed , Roxy
Steve Jobs live from D 2007: YouTube on Apple TV, iPhone open to 3rd Party
2007-05-31 16:47:00 Oh no, there was no “Reality Distortion” effect this time in Steve Jobs’ interview with Walt at the D Conference. Far from it in fact, with Steve pulling the curtain off on a few small things, saying “Normally I wouldn’t announce it early, but hey, it’s D”. The interview with Walt began with some ... More About: Youtube , Phone , Apple , Party
Microsoft?s Milan table PC announced: Reach for the paint
2007-05-30 17:44:00 No, actually Mark Bolger, director of marketing for Micro soft ’s surface-computing effort, has been kind enough to do that honour for me. He messed his hands up with virtual pink paint picked up from a virtual paint cup to paint the little girl’s hair on the screen. No, I’m not referring to some sci-fi novel involving ... More About: Milan , Reach , Table
PC Inspector File Recovery vs Handy Recovery
2007-05-30 10:17:00 This review covers two recovery tools, one of which is completely free and the other is shareware, offering a free 30-day trial. PC Inspector File Recovery (freeware) is a data recovery program that supports the FAT 12/16/32 and NTFS file systems. Handy Recovery (shareware) is an easy-to-use data recovery software designed to restore files accidentally ... More About: Software , Reviews
Dell?s Ubuntu-powered PCs: Specifications released
2007-05-29 18:49:00 Picking up from where I left off on the old blog (this transition talk is temporary, don’t worry), Adrian Kingsley-Hughes has listed the specifications of the new Ubuntu powered Dell PCs as Dell?s finally lifted the lid on the Ubuntu line. Here are the details: Dimention E520 N Starter model: Intel Core 2 Duo Processor E4300 (1.8GHz, 800 ... More About: Linux , Released , Specific
Joost on Linux: Unofficial, short-term solution
2007-05-29 09:23:00 Yesterday I opened my blog with a post on the Top 5 Joost Alternatives which I happened to have written for my old blog but is a key post to start off this one. Open-source fans, if you’re lucky, you can get it to work on your Linux distro. The method requires using Wine , a ... More About: Short-term , Short
Safe XP and Game XP - Light Tweaks
2007-05-28 14:18:00 I’m sure everyone at some point of time has found their PC slow and irresponsive at times. Or maybe you think you haven’t been able to get the most out of Windows XP? With Vista just out, I still don’t think it would do any harm to review to small pieces of software which actually ... More About: Software , Game , Light , Safe , Tweak
The Top 5 Joost Alternatives
2007-05-26 19:14:00 This is an updated post from the old version of this blog and a perfect way to mark my first post on the new version. I have not been able to use Joost though I tried to, because I have a dialup connection. I was due a broadband connection last month but my ISP has annoyed ... More About: Internet , Torrent , Alternatives , Alter
Firefox fans most up-to-date software users
2007-05-18 19:13:00 Security research firm Secunia has revealed that out of all the most commonly used applications, from browsing to music and more, Firefox is the one application that most users do not fail to update. I’m sure a few companies will be jealous of the way Mozilla manages to keep its users so attached to Firefox. ... More About: Software , Internet , Fans , Most
Hleb: Wenger is a God-gifted talent spotter
2007-05-17 16:57:00 Alex Hleb feels that manager Arsene Wenger has a gift from God when it comes to spotting talent. Though some of you might not know, even David O’ Leary, former Aston Villa and Leeds United manager has said the same about Wenger’s gift earlier (I remember reading on a forum). Wenger wants to mould the ... More About: Football , Talent , Otter , Tale
Fake E-Mail means iPhone and Leopard are NOT delayed
2007-05-17 09:16:00 Engadget posted a story Wednesday morning at 11:49am ET claiming that Apple was about to announce another delay of Leopard, the next version of Mac OS X, as well as a delay for the iPhone . This resulted in a midday plunge of 2.2% in Apple’s stock as Engadget stated: Share This More About: Mail , Iphone , E-Mail
Eboue signs, Djourou speaks but Freddie to leave?
2007-05-16 19:13:00 It’s been a rather dull week up till now. But today, there’s been a story that’s quite caught the eye. I’ll start though, with the news that Emmanuel Eboue has signed a long-term deal with Arsenal but the length and value of the deal has not been revealed. He follows Justin Hoyte who signed a ... More About: Football , Freddie , Leave , Signs , Sign
AMD?s Phenom quad core processor and HD 2000 Series GPUs launched
More articles from this author:2007-05-15 19:41:00 After AMD launched the Radeon HD 2000 Series of GPUs and took on NVIDIA yesterday, Intel will face fresh summer competition from AMD’s Phenom? quad core processor, launched on the very same day. This doesn’t bring an end to the existing Athlon 64 X2 for mainstream and Sempron for budget processors. AMD also announced ... More About: Hardware , Processor , Core , Proc 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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