Intro music: “I fought the troll” by Tom Smith. You can find more of his work here. Hosts: Tim (OpenBytes) Roy (Techrights) Gordon (Thistleweb) Featured Track: “I fought the troll” by Tom Smith. The three gentlemen from the length of the UK are back after 7 days break to bring you a festively FOSS episode. * Talking … Continue reading »
Posted in December 2010 …
Even a Goblin celebrates Christmas!
Some say Christmas has become too commercial, that the message behind Christmas is buy, buy, buy – followed with drinking and eating to excess………I’d agree and I love every minute of it! So with the most important day in my family calendar done with, I’ve excelled myself and scored a win on four counts. Firstly, I … Continue reading »
Sony’s plans for their PS3 – A patent filing hinting on the future?
Its Xmas and one of my presents from Santa was GT5, so I’ve been distracted throughout the day in between festivities and few cans of Christmas cheer. All this makes the following article relevant. I’ve written on many occasions about Kinect, the tech which I believe Microsoft is hoping to take its 360 through the … Continue reading »
Microsoft engages in self-praise over a game controller – no word on WP7?
Whatever your view on Microsoft I would hope you would agree we me that Microsoft doesn’t exactly hold back when it comes to self-praise. I subscribe the a Microsoft Press RSS feed and whilst it appears to me releases from Redmond are hardly coming thick and fast, when it comes to showering itself with some … Continue reading »
OGA is retired – Time to once again “get them sort of addicted”?
As long as they are going to steal it, we want them to steal ours. They’ll get sort of addicted, and then we’ll somehow figure out how to collect sometime in the next decade. Source: Bill Gates There have been numerous articles around the net that Microsoft has killed off OGA (or in Microsoft’s words … Continue reading »
TechBytes Audiocast – Episode 21 – 20/12/10
Intro music: “I fought the troll” by Tom Smith. You can find more of his work here. Hosts: Tim (OpenBytes) Roy (Techrights) Gordon (Thistleweb) Featured Track: “Harold T Wilkins” by Fanfarlo (from SXSW 2009 Showcasing Artists) Todays show covers a mix of subjects with a discussion at the end towards the topic of trolling and unpleasant people in … Continue reading »
REVIEW: Zero Ballistics – Tank warfare for Linux!
An observation was made recently that Linux was experiencing a wealth of new (and established titles) being made availabe or updated. This to me is a testament of the rising popularity of the Linux desktop (and subsequent demand for gaming). That debate though can wait until another day, as I have downloaded a copy of the latest … Continue reading »
The perfect distro for the Acer Aspire One?
Around June 2009 I purchased a Linux Acer Aspire One (Linpus Linux) and a pay as you go broadband dongle. The idea was, whilst I was away on holiday I could keep my net presence, conduct a little blogging and have something to do on the quiet evenings. It was lucky that I tested the machine … Continue reading »
TechBytes Audiocast – Episode 20 – 18/12/10
Intro music: “I fought the troll” by Tom Smith. You can find more of his work here. Hosts: Tim (OpenBytes) Roy (Techrights) Featured Track: “Paper Gown” by Caroline Herring Another shorter audiocast covering a few topics we missed in episode 19. As Xmas approaches so does the snow. We also take a look into the life … Continue reading »
TechBytes Audiocast – Episode 19 – 16/12/10
Intro music: “I fought the troll” by Tom Smith. You can find more of his work here. Hosts: Tim (OpenBytes) Roy (Techrights) Featured Track: “Plastic Cans” by Underwater Tea Party * Linux market share? Whats the truth? – Roy and myself discuss the issue. * Microsoft to face a dificult 2011? – A sinking ship? Android … Continue reading »
