Interesting marketing stunt: First, we had logos written on top of physical structures which aren’t really there (here’s an example), now Disney is using Google Earth to promote its blockbuster Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (PotC2). How? One of the official sites has a .KMZ overlay for download which adds the pirates islands, […]

Wow. Sysinternals has been acquired by Microsoft
There was a time where Microsoft was known for buying small startups that looked like some kind of threat or offered software pieces tightly binded to Windows (and most of all, popular) so that these could slowly be bundled with their software. Most of these software solutions ended […]

Here are a few pointers to software for toddlers I find interesting. The idea of keeping a child entertained in a fashionable way and promoting interaction with personal computers amazes me. There are a bunch of commercial titles available, I know. Most of these I’ll be compiling are free software.
The Babbleback Machine - […]

Se eram precisas provas que alguns programadores e web designers precisam tirar rapidamente a cabeça de onde a tem enterrada, eis uma prova.
Há já algum tempo que o webmail da IOL não funciona com Firefox. Fica-se ad aeternum a assistir a uma mensagem “A ler: Aguarde um momento por favor…”. Ver o email com outro […]