Goodbye Steve

You left us too soon

What I hate #1

In the computer world:

• App word:

I fucki** hate this word, "app".
My hate destroys me every time I hear "app".

iOs has "apps"
there is an "app" for everything
Android has "apps"
"app"-stores
Chrome has "apps" (extensions-plugins-someothershittyword)
This OS has "apps"
did you download this "app"?

And now...

Microsoft has called programs ... applications? None. Software? None. User software? None.
APPS!!!

Kill me! I don't deserve to live

It's all so trendy-fashion-casual!

• Facebook integration

I hate with all my heart software that want integrate Facebook functions or Facebook account.

"Like Button" is ok, but your Skype account linked to the Facebook account linked to the Google account linked to the Firefox account linked to the Live account linked to the Blogger account linked to the Youtube account linked to the Steam account linked to Facebook account integrated in your Office suite is MADNESS.

Windows 8 build - Developer Preview

Have you tried the alpha version of Windows 8? See previous posts!
If you have questions or suggestions visit http://win8.ms/forums

First look:

I've tried this Developer version, ok, it's not the final version, it's not a Beta version, it's an alpha-alpha version so... may changes.

In my first try:

•  What a speed!
•  Ribbon menu? Minimized is good, maximized is ... crap
•  Quick Access Toolbar: removed, horrible
•  How can I shutdown the system??? On Settings/Power/whataoption... WHAT?
•  Metro UI... awesome... on a fuck*** tablet
•  Where is my Aero 3D?
•  Why in the normal UI everything clicked opens the Metro UI???
•  How can I close an app opened in Metro UI (yeah, task manager...what?)
•  You can switch between Metro UI and normal UI in a click

Conclusion:
Ok, ok, ok... it's only an alpha version, only an alpha version, only...
Technically is a good Windows (works on tablet, boot, features, etc...), but there is NO separation between the two interfaces... clicking the "Start Button" in normal UI and Settings window opens is in Metro UI style, IT TOTALLY GLOBALLY SUCKS.

But Metro UI rocks in a tablet:

Bye Irene

Steve left CEO of Apple and ...

... proposed Tim Cook as new Ceo.

Memegenerator is already working on:

http://memegenerator.net/Tim-Cook-Time

C'mon Asus...

The news is old but.... (May 2011 maybe)
C'mon Asus, what are you doing? Your designers have no fantasy?

Why are you copying in this way another laptop?
Ok, maybe this Asus is more powerful than Apple Macbook (I don't check specs), but there is no reason to copy his form.
There is no more imagination. I am very disappointed.

An Italian story: Olivetti

I like the stories of the past, where small companies led with passion and courage faced challenges that today seem small and insignificant, but at that time were of a unimaginable greatness.

This time I want to talk about an Italian company, Olivetti, born in 1908 and dedicated to innovation in the field of mechanical, electronic and computer products.

This company began producing typewriters and calculating tools such as mechanical and electromechanical Divsumma14 the first calculator in the world with the four operations and printing (1948).

Divsumma14

In the 1957 the first mainframe computer called Elea and in the 1962 the first "Personal Computer" called Programma101:

It worked with the precision of 22 digits and 15 fixed-point decimal. Programming language was similar to Assembler, but simpler. 

For more (but this voice is incomplete): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivetti

Now the good times when passion drove innovation are over.
Only the big companies for reasons of economic power can meet the challenge in designing and manufacturing their idea completely.

C'mon! Let's go to the sea... in China

Directly from Qingdao:

Goodbye Windows Xp

Microsoft will release the updates for Windows Xp till 2014.
Windows Xp is the Microsoft's OS released on the 2001, based on the NT kernel and widely used till now.
This OS thank to the updates is still working fine and most of users didn't changed it for Vista.
In the 2014 (or before) users can choose Windows Seven (that works better than Vista [battery drain, resources management, more tools,...]) or Windows 8 (2012).

Windows Xp was released in these versions:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_XP_editions

There is a special version for old pc, but you can build your Xp version for old pc (less space, less ram usage, ecc...) with a WXp cd and the software nLite.

If you wanna pass to Seven consider to take a look to this video:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/dd671583.aspx

Lion is here

C'mon, buy it and dowload it.

http://www.apple.com/it/macosx/
Download : http://itunes.apple.com/it/app/os-x-lion/id444303913?mt=12&ls=1

It's better? Finally you can enlarge windows?

Badly Stuffed Animals

The Facebook group "Badly Stuffed Animals" who collected photos of stuffed animals (some taxidermy fails) was deleted.
The group's material hangs between sadness and hilarity due to poor work of taxidermy.

You can reach the cache from here:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fbadlystuffedanimals%3Fsk%3Dphotos&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:it:official&client=firefox-a

(if you are sensitive to animals don't look)

Hi, my name is Megatron

In the end the facebook page has reached the 1.000.000 likes:

https://www.facebook.com/HelpNameMyBabyMegatron

and now we have a new social outcast kid.

Microsoft and its new "sony" domains

Image from Engadged.com

What? It's a joke? Uhm... Why Microsoft has registered sony-microsoft.com?
Interesting question. I'll follow this fact.

Link: Engadged > http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/15/microsoft-snatches-up-a-pair-of-sony-related-domains-internet-r/

Xbox360 games in Windows 8

So Windows 8 has a feature which will allow pc users to play xbox 360 games... uhm...

http://www.insideris.com/more-xbox-360-games-on-windows-8-details/

Google + is coming to us

Google is trying to reinvent social-networks with Google + (Google Plus).

Take a look to the features:
https://plus.google.com/up/start/?sw=1&type=st&hl=en-GB

Google images reverse search

I noticed it a few days ago, maybe you know already.

Google has finally searching for images based on an image and not text.

Such as TineEye, Google will use a picture to find other similar or identical, but will also serve to begin a general search on an image.

For example, the photo of a statue can give results as other photos of the statue,and various other information.
Of course, thanks to giant Google's database the results are interesting.

In the search page simply click the camera icon, or drag and drop a photo on the search bar.

Dropbox & Company

Dropbox is a software that allow you to put your files in a remote server under the protection of your account.
It is a storage where you can access with your devices: there is a software for your pc, an app for your mobile or you can use the Dropbox website to navigate your files.
You can also share files in the Public directory giving links to your friends.
Very usefull if you must work with a file in several devices (desktop - laptop).

Dropbox has 2 GB of free space for you: http://www.dropbox.com

There are many services like Dropbox:

Sugarsync - https://www.sugarsync.com/ : 5GB + 500MB for referral

MiniMedia - http://www.mimedia.com/ : 7GB

Skydrive - http://www.windowslive.it/skyDrive.aspx : 25GB

Iphone 5, new look announced or not

In these days some rumors say that the new Iphone comes with a new look, but other rumors say that the Iphone 5 will be similar to the Iphone 4.
There is no certainty.
The release date? The beginning of September...

A new design for the Iphone 5 ... uhm... maybe this?

Banana phoneeee, ring ring ring, banana phone!

Guess how you can use it!

Crysis 2... bye bye Steam

Crisis 2 is no longer available on Steam, but will be available on Origin, the new EA DD platform.
The digital delivery war has begun.


Edit: EA says that is not his fault... uhm.... mumble mumble...

PS Vita, the new psp

Only two things:

• great specs (http://it.playstation.com/psvita/#select-tab-specifications) !!!! WOW!!!
• shitty name 

I have only the old PSP (Fat) for playing all my PS1 games and some UMD, but this Playstation Portable caught my attention.

With Ipad/Iphone, Android devices and PSVita, Nds  the mobile gaming is marvelous.