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- posted
- Feb. 16, 2010
- time
- 7:51 p.m.
- by
- Sam
Future of Web Design
Conference
We are really excited..if not a little lighter in our wallet, after booking a couple of tickets, travel and hotels to the Future of Web Design conference in London this May, which looks to be an intense knowledge share, check out the schedule.
One of our back-end developers turned it down in favour of this years Django Conference which looks to be happening in Germany....nice!....keep an eye on the Django Con website for updates.
- posted
- Jan. 17, 2010
- time
- 3:07 p.m.
- by
- Sam
Internet Explorer
Time to let it go
Could this finally be the end of Internet Explorer?
All web developers have been saying Internet Explorer is incredibly flawed for years but you have to listen when a whole country says it! :-)
Come on all you PC user, it takes five minutes to install Firefox or Google Chrome and those security holes, pop-ups and sketchy navigation will all be solved.
Download Google Chrome browser
- posted
- Aug. 16, 2009
- time
- 9:17 a.m.
- by
- Sam
IE6 for 4 more years
Great!
I hear every web developer around the world screaming today, waking up to the news that I.E. 6 is set to haunt them for another 4 years.
It was announced today that Internet Explorer Version 6, which is the bane of every developers life when testing new websites, will now be supported by Microsoft until 2014. Update your browsers people and let's rid ourselves of this monster! :-)
Read more on the BBC Website
...Also found this funny illustration by MARTZ which pretty much sums it up.
- posted
- May 27, 2009
- time
- 4:51 p.m.
- by
- John
3D Monitors
That's pretty
3D Monitors took another step forward today with the lunch of the full HD 3D Monitor Panel with Enhanced Brightness from LG.
Over in South Korea, the company has showcased a new Full HD (1080p) 3D monitor with what it says is the highest brightness level of any competing panel. Sadly, viewers are still required to wear glasses when ingesting the action, but this take on the tech enables said eyewear to be somewhat thinner and less cumbersome.
Obi-Wan Kenobi would be proud.
Have a peek at the vid down in this link.
- posted
- May 1, 2009
- time
- 10:07 p.m.
- by
- Sam
Developers Conference
All things Django
In keeping our development team up to speed with all the latest tools and tips, Simon is off to the Django Conference in Prague on Sunday for a week.
Have a great time Si.
- posted
- Feb. 4, 2009
- time
- 1:54 p.m.
- by
- John
Google Latitude
Ok so thats well nosey
Google is today launching software called Latitude that lets mobile phone users share their location with close contacts. The search will help people find each other while they're out and about and, more creepily, keep track of loved ones.
"What Google Latitude does is allow you to share that location with friends and family members, and likewise be able to see their locations," said Steve Lee, product manager for Latitude. For example, a girlfriend could use it to see if her boyfriend has arrived at a restaurant for their date and, if not, which of their mutual friends he was cheating on her with.
To protect privacy, Google specifically requires people to sign up for the service. People can share their precise location, the city they're in, or nothing at all.
The software spotlights Google's fixation with mapping and location technology. The company sees its geographic services as a way to establish a more personal connection with customers who today use Google chiefly for search. And of course money is involved, too: Google hopes its mapping technology will lead to location-based advertising revenue.
Google's power is firmly lodged in search and search advertising, but the company is trying to expand to broader online services. That includes online documents and various aspects of social networking, which are much more personal services and ones that put Google into more direct competition with rivals such as Microsoft, Facebook and Yahoo. Like using Google profiles to contact information with select contacts, using Google Latitude tells Google who's who in your social graph.
- posted
- Feb. 3, 2009
- time
- 2:04 p.m.
- by
- John
Fancy a dip
Google goes under water
The latest version of Google Earth will map the 70 per cent of the Earth's surface that is underwater.
How mad is that? Take your hats off to the Google boys and girls for innovative thinking.
The new version, launched at the California Academy of Sciences, takes data from more than 80 organisations, including the US Navy, the National Geographic Society and the Marine Conservation Society.
It provides a map of the underwater sections of the Earth, including mountains, shipwrecks and the deepest part of the planet, the Marinas trench.
"With this latest version of Google Earth, you can not only zoom into whatever part of our planet's surface you wish to examine in closer detail, you can now dive into the world's oceans that cover almost three-quarters of the planet and discover new wonders that had not been accessible in previous versions of this magical experience," said former US vice president Al Gore at the launch.
The software includes up to 21 data points at various points in the ocean, showing everything from surface temperature to information on the underwater environment and images from deep sea surveys.
"Starting today we have a much more detailed bathymetric map (the ocean floor) so you can actually drop below the surface and explore the nooks and crannies of the sea floor in 3D," said John Hanke, director of Google Earth and Maps, in a blog post.
"While you're there you can explore thousands of data points including videos and images of ocean life, details on the best surf spots, logs of real ocean expeditions and much more."
The new software, version 5.0 of the code, also includes the first mapping of Mars, in partnership with Nasa. By selecting the Mars tab users can navigate over the Red Planet using the latest mapping scans from the space agency.
Google has also added a timescale function, so that images on Google Earth can be used to scroll through different eras to see how Silicon Valley grew and matured, for example.
More user information can also be added, including video clips, personal reminiscences and more detailed photographs.
See a video on the BBC website.
- posted
- Jan. 31, 2009
- time
- midnight
- by
- John
A new user interface for 10.6
'Marble'
Last year, Apple announced that they will be releasing the next major revision of Mac OS X (10.6 Snow Leopard) in 2009. The focus of Snow Leopard has been on performance and quality of the underlying codebase rather than introducing new end-user features.
However according to macrumors.com, Apple will apparently use Snow Leopard's release to tweak the overall user interface for Mac OS X and unify it across applications. Exact details of the theme changes have not been made public, as the current developer seeds for Snow Leopard still retain Apple's existing Aqua theme. The new theme will likely involve tweaks to the existing design and perhaps a "flattening" of Aqua in-line with Apple's iTunes and iPhoto interface elements.
The codename for the new interface is said to be "Marble" -- though that seems likely to be an internal codename only. John Gruber had also hinted at such changes in a pre-Macworld prediction piece and had independently heard the codename "Marble".
Apple's Snow Leopard is rumored to be released as early as the first quarter of 2009.
Omni say any OS update which has a description which includes the words 'focus on performance' is all good with us.
