Internet Explorer goodies

December 28th, 2007 | Microsoft, Web by th | 6 Comments

Pretty much every web developer on the planet hates Internet Explorer. It’s just simply an amazing piece of **** when it comes to standards support. It’s quite strange that coders of worlds largest software company can’t even read and understand simple markup language specs. Imagine what would happen if these people designed airplanes. Here’s great article on the subject. And here’s IE Voodoo doll :-)

Microsoft thinks they’re above Swedish laws

July 25th, 2007 | Games, Microsoft by th | 1 Comment

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Microsoft has been under fire recently because of faulty Xbox360 consoles and lost over 1 billion US dollars to fix hardware faults. Well, they also think they’re above the domestic laws and are strictly liable for the faults only under Microsoft’s user policy and not Swedish law.

Quote from the conversation:

I ask:
Are you above swedish law??

She answers:
Yes we do, as soon as you are in contact with us our policy
applies, not swedish law
!

Read the full story at Maxconsole.

Incredibly cool touchscreen products

July 4th, 2007 | Nintendo, Technology, Microsoft, Linux, Apple by th | 2 Comments

Touchscreen is not a new technology, but it is steadily coming more mainstream. Touchscreens definitely have a lot of huge potential to ease interaction with our everyday gadgets and computers, so here is a little roundup of current touchscreen usage in real products.

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