Daniel_K, the Creative Labs fan who fixed the company’s broken Vista sound card drivers only to be threatened by the corporate brass, shares his side of the story.
“My name is Daniel Kawakami and I’m Brazilian,” he writes. “I’m NOT a cracker, a hacker, just an enthusiast modder with basic assembly knowledge and very persistent.”
Kawakami’s expertise [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Technology'
Brazillian enthusiast modder bullied by Creative Labs
April 19th, 2008 by Alex Costa · No Comments
Tags: Citizen Journalism · Technology
ReBlog - republish interesting posts from other blogs
April 11th, 2008 by Alex Costa · No Comments
Sometimes I wish I could create a blog where I can republish interesting posts and articles I find on the net, with my comments and thoughts added to it. But I want to do it in a way that the credits for the post go to the owner.
With ReFeed and the ReBlog plugin for wordpress [...]
Tags: Applications · Technology · Tutorials / Training · quick & easy tips
SP1 Update for Vista
March 19th, 2008 by Alex Costa · No Comments
Microsoft claims this Vista update will improve stability, security and performance. It also warns that the Update could cause some software to malfunction, including some security software like the anti-virus from BitDefender and Trend Micro. The other programmes that may be affected by this update are:
BitDefender AV
Fujitsu Shock Sensor
Jiangmin KV Antivirus 10
Jiangmin KV Antivirus 2008
Trend [...]
Tags: Applications · OS & Servers · Security · Technology
Phorm - advertising based on your browsing history…. is it good?
March 18th, 2008 by Alex Costa · No Comments
According to the web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee, it is not a good idea and it infringes upon consumer rights.
Two major ISPs in the UK (BT & Virgin) have already signed up to use (or be used by) Phorm to track user’s browsing history in order to do targeted advertising. I didn’t really like the [...]
Tags: Citizen Journalism · Technology
Dropbox Beta Sync and share files
March 12th, 2008 by Alex Costa · No Comments
It looks impressive. With Dropbox you will be able to store, share and synchronize files between different computers and platforms.
This comes at a time when we are increasingly needing quick access to important files at anytime and anywhere. Dropbox has the potential to become a big hit once it is released, mainly for it’s intuitive [...]
Tags: Applications · Technology
PicLens a browser slideshow
March 8th, 2008 by Alex Costa · No Comments
PicLens instantly transforms your browser into a full-screen slideshow experience. With just one click, PicLens makes photos come to life via a cinematic presentation that goes beyond the confines of the traditional browser window.
PicLens suports a number of sites: Flickr, Photobucket, Picasa Web Albums, Fotki, FotoTime, deviantART, Smugmug, Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Hi5, Friendster, Google Images, [...]
Tags: Applications · Technology · Web Browsers · quick & easy tips

