Mar 23 2006
The beta @ amanzi site looks at a controversial change to Firefox in the alpha Bon Echo version. The tab close button has been moved onto each tab from it’s orginal static position on the right. Lots of people have already been complaining, while others prefer each tab to have their own close button. What do you think???
Mar 22 2006
This is part 2 of the beta @ amanzi review of Windows OneCare Live – Microsoft’s antivirus/backup/tune-up application. The article covers how easy it is to backup files, but not so easy to restore them. As always there’s lots of screenshots.
Mar 21 2006
I’ve just posted a new article to the beta @ amanzi site showing off the new Firefox 2.0 Alpha 1 with screenshots showing the installation and new features of the freshly released alpha.
Mar 20 2006
It’s been a while since I’ve last posted, it’s been a busy couple of weeks. I’ve been working on the Blogtown site a bit recently too and I’ve just released a major overhaul to the front page and registration system.
I’ve opened up registrations for now, but may suspend them again depending on the number of new blogs that get created. The site is still running on a shared server for now, but I’ll be looking to move it onto a dedicated server once there’s a bit of activity happening.
Mar 09 2006
Microsoft have finally taken the wraps off their much-hyped project, Origami. Turns out that it’s the same device that Intel showed yesterday and Samsung today. Microsoft are calling it the UMPC and I am very under-whelmed with it.
It’s a small, touch-screen computer that runs Windows XP Tablet PC edition. It has 2 – 3 hours battery life and has built-in wi-fi, etc. I’m not sure what the market is for these devices – they are too big to be ultra-portable (i.e. it won’t fit in your pocket) but are too small to replace a laptop. The poor battery life also means that it’s not that portable either – more than a couple of hours use and you’ll be needing a charger. I’d like to know what the battery life is if you’re using the wi-fi as well as playing media files??
Microsoft may have fallen victim to their own hype here – I think people were expecting The Next Big Thing, but instead we have a small, expensive tablet pc with low battery life. I’m not even going to link to it because no doubt you’ll see the link on every other blog/news site you read.
Mar 09 2006
Mar 08 2006
This is part 1 of the beta @ amanzi review of Microsoft’s antivirus offering for the home user. Overall the software looks good but is let down by a couple of small glitches, and one bigger glitch that lets you unzip viruses to your desktop!
Mar 07 2006
Just found this article via the Digg site: Web users ‘only visit six sites’.
Interesting that I read this just after posting an article on my beta @ amanzi website called: “Best, new web services available.” There’s eight sites there that I visit all the time, but only another few that I would visit on a daily basis which are localised to NZ: Stuff, Trade Me, and of course my stats site to keep track of my websites.
Mar 06 2006
This is big news in New Zealand! Internet auction site, Trade Me, was sold today for $700,000,000 (NZD). The sale makes Sam Morgan (founder) one of the richest men in NZ.
Read more: http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3594845a13,00.html
Mar 04 2006
I’ve created a new blog where I’ll be sharing my experiences with new, beta software. I’ve just created the first article here: http://beta.amanzi.co.nz/2006/03/04/how-not-to-design-a-webmail-service/
