Monthly Archives: May 2012

Microsoft another step closer to becoming Apple

Posted on May 25, 2012 by admin

So with the next edition of Microsoft’s free development tools you’ll be able to make crappy Metro apps and nothing else. Oh, you’ll also have to push em out through the iTune MS App store.

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Metro : here comes the spin

Posted on May 20, 2012 by admin

This article seems to be suggesting that a dumbed down, one-at-a-time toy GUI like OSX’s is the way forward, in much the same way a mouse driven GUI was. All it says to me is that windows 7 will be … Continue reading →

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Hourly builds for Android VLC

Posted on May 19, 2012 by admin

This bloke has been compiling VLC for Android and posting it hourly.. champion!

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Lot of android apps open sourced

Posted on May 13, 2012 by admin

This guy has open-sourced 70-odd android apps he has written, just because. Awesome!

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Toshiba keyboard stopped working? Check NUMLOCK

Posted on May 12, 2012 by admin

So if you’re happily using your Toshiba satellite and then, all of a sudden like, your keyboard stops working – try checking the state of the NUMLOCK light. Don’t know what exactly is going on yet but while doing research … Continue reading →

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Freemake video converter

Posted on May 6, 2012 by admin

If you simply must rip videos from the web, this is the tool for the job – Freemake video converter.

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