Category Archives: OS

Ginger Bread (android 2.3) on Droid 1

Image via Wikipedia Just tested LGB on my Droid 1. This is a nice ROM – responsive and fun. The most impressive feature is the built-in SIP capabilities. I had countless lost calls with Sipdroid on my Froyo (android 2.2) … Continue reading

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Video call coming to Skype on iOS

The latest skype update in itunes app store brings video call capabilities to iOS devices. Now, you can do video calls among your iOS device and desktop. It is better than Facetime because: Facetime supports iOS and Mac OS X … Continue reading

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Using Confluence Office Connector in Mac / Firefox

A lot of you have been using Confluence from Atlassian, which is a great tool for content collaboration. In order to get users involved in the process of collaboration, the system has to be made simple enough to use. Cumbersome … Continue reading

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Windows 7 Visualization on Mac OS X

Image via Wikipedia Since I got my first Macbook Pro one week ago, the overall experience has been pretty positive. One of most impressive feature I like is quick switch from/to sleep mode. In Windows (and Linux) it usually takes … Continue reading

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Why get an Apple?

My first Apple, a Macbook Pro is on the way to be delivered tomorrow. Here is a list of reasons why I need an Apple: It is UNIX based OS (like Linux) I want to work with iPhone SDK (only … Continue reading

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Follow-up: Windows 7 on Dell Latitude E6400

In a previous post, I described my experience with Windows 7 on E6400. Almost a month passed by, and I have some new findings. This time I did a fresh install instead of upgrading from Vista. The system was pretty … Continue reading

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Test Drive Windows 7 on Dell Latitude E6400

One of the news for today is Windows 7. The beta version was released to MSDN. People in the business IT world have been arguing whether they should skip Vista and upgrade directly from Windows XP. Nevertheless, I jumped the … Continue reading

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