The Warden

Test drive Chrome OS in VirtualBox

Andrew Min — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:02:28 +0000

Great tutorial. It really does boot in five seconds, too.

KDE loses the acronym in new branding drive

Andrew Min — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:06:10 +0000

Following in the footsteps of the GNOME Gnome team, KDE now just stands for KDE. Not the original Kool Desktop Environment. Not even the K Desktop Environment. Just KDE.

I’m not quite sure about renaming the core product, however (and as it turns out, neither is Thom or the Dot community). The desktop environment itself will be renamed “KDE Software Compilation”. It’s only a little wordy. Good luck catching on with that one.

Repositioning the KDE Brand

Eight bugs stand between Mac users and Chrome Beta

Andrew Min — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:05:35 +0000

And if this is the list, some of the issues are already done. Issue 27490 and Issue 20997, for example, may be going back to Milestone 5. And Issue 21951 is a simple URL fix.

Only 8 Bugs Stand In The Way Of Chrome For Mac Beta.

Silverlight on the iPhone… with Apple’s approval?

Andrew Min — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 16:10:23 +0000

This makes no sense whatsoever. Why in the world would Apple accept Silverlight from their biggest competitor and reject Flash from a company that doesn’t inherently compete with Cupertino except photo organizers and video editors?

Microsoft Demos Silverlight on the iPhone

Opera 10.10 out with MORE feature creep

Andrew Min — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:45:27 +0000

Come on. I don’t need a browser that has a web server, a BitTorrent client, FTP client, email client, AND chat client. Feature creep much? There’s a reason that Chrome is taking off: it’s a fast light browser with almost no features… except browsing the internet.

Opera 10.10 Final with in-built Opera Unite Released (via)

Google and the free netbook

Andrew Min — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:09:25 +0000

Glen Moody makes a really interesting point in a column: what if Google threw ads into the Chrome OS and gave away netbooks? Obviously, this isn’t a new idea (Free PC tried, remember?), but this is Google behind it, and with the total cost at about $20 (plus the Teracent acquisition)… anything can happen.

Edit: Linux Journal’s fans on Facebook make a very interesting point: What’s to stop you from wiping Chrome OS?

Would You Accept Google’s Free Netbook?

(Disclosure: I’ve written [free-lance] for LJ before. I’m not on staff, and I don’t know Glen Moody.)

Call of Duty MW2 trailer out

Andrew Min — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:29:41 +0000

This. Looks. Epic.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Launch Trailer it’s epic.

Zynga beginning to self-police scam ads

Andrew Min — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:50:54 +0000

About time. Maybe I’ll actually come back to Mafia Wars now.

Mark Pincus Blog: My take on zynga and cpa offers (via)

Oh no! Modern Warfare 2 lets you hurt the civilians!

Andrew Min — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:16:17 +0000

You can shoot civilians in Americas Army, for crying out loud. Why single out MW2?

Outrage? Modern Warfare 2 leaked footage shows terrorist attack at airport (and you can hurt the civilians)

Hulu charging in 2010

Andrew Min — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:37:21 +0000

RIP, Hulu. Because this is basically going to die.

Chase Carey: Hulu to Charge in 2010 (via)