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Tiny laptops. What are they?

Aug 12th, 2008 | By servaas | Category: Asian Copyware, Dutch Info Network, Tech Interest

Yesterday I spent quite some time into researching something that interested me for a while - tiny laptops. Not for myself to have, but because there is something I don’t get.
Telephone manufacturers tried to create devices that would be between a laptop computer and a phone. Palm had a device prepped that was slashed only [...]



Android: The aliens have landed

Apr 9th, 2008 | By servaas | Category: Tech Interest

Android, the much anticipated linux based operating system initiated by Google, has landed. On a Nokia N810.

First it was the Sharp Zaurus and the Armadillo 500, now it’s the turn of the Nokia N810. Yup, Google Android has been successfully installed on the Nokia N810 Internet Tablet and it works too.

I can’t wait to see [...]



Virtual box: a powerful virtualization tool

Mar 28th, 2008 | By servaas | Category: Tech Interest

Most people I know use virtualization software. But most of them cannot answer the question “why” - it seems like they use it just like a lot of people use a lot of software ‘just to have it’. I don’t understand, but hey, that’s me.
I have only one reason to be interested in virtualization: the [...]