Utrecht, The Netherlands
Geneva, Switzerland
Madrid, Spain
Bayonne, France
Bordeaux, France
Montreal, Canada
Mexico City, Mexico
Having been raised in Switzerland, a country which was never ruled by a king, I have always seen royalty as a ridiculous idea, even though I am Dutch and therefore I am a citizen of a country “ruled” by a Queen. Since it doesn’t look like my fellow countrymen are particularly interested in getting rid […]
If you have been following the gaming scene you must have noticed it. The mood is changing over the PS3. Just one year after it was introduced, Sony’s latest console is getting better press and less hate from bloggers. As a results sales are rocketing and Sony looks again like a strong contender. Many credit […]
A week ago Oracle announced at OpenWorld their new virtualization solution, unimaginatively called Oracle VM. I can see why Oracle is launching such a product. After all, customers have been adopting virtualization enthusiastically and Oracle has been extremely slow to adopt to the new reality. In fact, until last week, Oracle would not provide support […]
I just listened to a podcast where Microsoft’s Ken Pawlak was talking about the incredible potential of ultra-mobile PCs connected to the Internet through mobile operators. What struck me was the enormous amount of data he had to back his claims. The company had gone though a tremendous effort to understand their potential customers, interviewing […]
Today I had turkey for lunch. Nothing out of the ordinary for most Americans, but for me it was a first on this particular date. Like most of the world, I do not celebrate Thanksgiving. Having lived most of my life in catholic countries, where people are more used to ask for divine help than […]
Yesterday Apple finally opened a Mexican on-line store. There is still no iTunes store, but this is a great (unexpected) first step. The good news is that on-line prices seem to be reasonable. While it still is cheaper to buy in the U.S., the difference is now much smaller. This is good news because it […]
I am somewhat disappointed that Apple hasn’t announced some kind of upgrade to the Apple TV so far. Sure, the device works as advertised and I am extremely pleased with mine, but the fact that the device has not been updated to support the new iPhoto events made me expect a product refresh for the […]
Since I haven’t received my Leopard DVD from Amazon yet, I still have some time to blog. However, having played with the Developer Preview I got at WWDC a couple of months ago i must say that I am surprised that except for a couple of honorable exceptions, all the OS reviews I have seen […]
It is usual for employers to google for possible candidates in order to find out more about their personal interests and their past. That is why many are trying to alert the younger generations to be careful about what they post on the net. Reckless comments, visceral reactions can come back to byte you years […]
The IBM PC was introduced on August 12, 1981. At the time I was 15 but I was already an avid Apple II user who enjoyed programming in assembly language. I must say that I didn’t pay much attention to the announcement. After all, it was just another boring monochrome computer. However, it soon became […]