No Googling please, we're Microsoft users

Really... so Google adds the beginnings of their 'AutoLink' feature into their new Toolbar, and everybody starts pointing fingers and shouting 'anti-competitiveness'. Good, because if Microsoft can't get away with that kind of thing (they call it extended Smart Tags, in the up and [never] coming Longhorn) then neither should Google. Google says that the companies that are currently benefitting from direct linking on the Auto Link service aren't paying them (eg. Amazon.com), but does that really make a difference. Come on Google.

Apple Powerbook 100 - Greatest gadget of all time?

Apple is always trend setting, from their Xerox Parc ventures in the original Finder interface and User Interface guidelines, to the latest iShuffle music device. It's not simply that these devices are cool, more so that they are actually inventive. What can you say about many of the IBM PC clones with Microsoft Windows (the thing that looks kinda like the Finder, but isn't - according to the legal system).

Why is Firefox popular?

We've seen the growth of Firefox as an installed browser, but how does this change the stats? After all - there are a finite number of users. I think it's actually other browsers like Opera that are losing out now - people that had IE and decided to change to another browser (like Opera) are the same people that will initially move to Firefox. In some ways, Microsoft may be glad of the competition, but is it wiping out the diversity in the competition?

Security scares sparks browser fix. Does it really?

Why is it that in this BBC News article it sounds like a Press Release direct from Microsoft? Why too is it that BBC News never has a 'Have Your Say' feature on Technology Stories - is it because they cannot support the moderation required to be able to manage a technical discussion? The only thing that Microsoft seem to say is because of security fixes they will release a new version of their Internet Exploiter browser - come on, how about some standards support (IE6 is four years old!).

Atom Feed Problems

I've been having a few problems with Blogger's Atom Feed posting interface.