From today, millions of Europeans who use Windows will be given the choice of whether to switch their default browser from Internet Explorer to one of eleven others.
It follows a lengthy legal battle in Europe which has seen Microsoft accused of anti-competitive behaviour because it bundles Internet Explorer with the Windows operating system. This means [...]

Have you been online and frequenting Unix systems long enough to remember, and have used, the finger command?
For the uninitiated, finger was a command that, given an email address based on a Unix system, allowed various real-world information to be gleaned, depending on what the user wanted to share: usually a real name, a real [...]

Today, February 19, heralds the twentieth birthday of probably the world’s most famous image and photo editing software.
Photoshop
A new “celebrate” tab on the Photoshop Facebook fan page lets users who love the software that much to change their profile picture to the 20th anniversary logo.
Adobe TV will air a special demonstration of Photoshop 1.0 on [...]

Love it or hate it, Adobe’s AIR is widely used to power a number of desktop apps that interface with the web. Twitter clients and video streaming apps immediately spring to mind, but of course there are countless more.
Now, Adobe has announced a mobile version of its AIR technology that will allow developers to create [...]

What is it about some web designers that, instead of spending time on developing a great user interface and making the site look good, decide to add code that breaks basic functionality.
A couple of days ago someone sent me a link to an article about gadget discounts. When I visited the site, not only was [...]

There have been a few pairs of rolled eyes online today as people discuss Microsoft’s (currently internal only) URL shortening service.
It’s not surprising, following Google’s use of the goo.gl domain name, that Microsoft might use something based on its Bing search engine, but while Google keeps it nice, short and from Greenland, Microsoft has gone [...]

Parrot’s forthcoming AR.Drone is an amazing use of the iPhone as a remote control for a model airplane, but if you can’t wait that long or have just 99c to invest in some silliness, take a look at iPhone Pilot
First, buy and download the app, then go to the website and pick up one or [...]

Iomega has announced the launch of its new v.Clone software which allows you to clone your PC’s contents onto a hard drive and then use it as a virtual machine on any other PC.
Backing up, travelling with important files on a USB stick or accessing your home PC via the Internet are all possibilities but [...]

Nokia has revealed the winners of its latest Calling All Innovators contest to find a range of innovative new applications for its Ovi Store.
The overall winner was the woZZon search engine application that gives access to a 60,000-strong database of geocoded venues and 90,000 unique events.
When used with Ovi Maps, it makes it easy to [...]

We know that Firefox’s market share has been steadily increasing, but an interesting statistic from a leading web stats company (StatCounter) shows that Firefox 3.5 has overtaken Internet Explorer 7 for the first time.
Results vary from continent to continent, with Firefox being a lot more popular in Europe than North America, for example.
The complete Internet [...]

Previously, we discovered that certain tasks are equally productive on all operating systems, and that the only real difference between Mac and Windows is the maximise button, but we thought that there had to be more to it than that.
Having been subjected to various personality tests in the past, I was glad to find this [...]

I hold my hands up and admit that I’ve been using a piece of shareware software without registering and paying for it.
In fact, I paid for an earlier version, lost the registration number somewhere along the line during a hardware upgrade, emailed the company for a new one and received it, lost it again, then [...]

I hold my hands up and admit it: I don’t keep Microsoft software on my Mac.
I succumbed for a short while and used a crappy outdated version of Microsoft Office on an old iBook I’d inherited, but other than that I’m MS free.
I’m glad Microsoft shunned the Mac when it comes to browsers — the [...]

I’m sure, esteemed geeks as most of you are, you already check out reviews of restaurants, clubs and other venues online before you leave your speedy home Internet connection behind, or at least via your 3G or Wi-Fi cellphone on the move.
Sensible move, though it can be a pain to piece together a decent selection [...]

Are you a budding DJ? I remember taking every opportunity I had, regardless of what hardware or even music I had around me, to create “proper” mix tapes and voiceovers. I’ve even DJed a few private parties, though I’m certainly no Armin Van Buuren.
I just love having the ability to mix together music and play [...]

How do you obtain legal software? Do you go out to a local computer store and buy off the shelf, order it from an online retailer, direct from the vendor, or do you download it?
According to a recent study (for Microsoft, no less) downloaded software is eight times more carbon efficient than its boxed equivalent.
Some [...]