Tom's Hardware has been one of my favorite sites for years. The folks there carried a Grand Prix for 2010 browsers, obviously comparing all major browsers with one thing in mind: PERFORMANCE. An amazing comparison:  http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/firefox-chrome-opera,2558.html

Seems like 2009 won't go without few bells and whistles: Microsoft, accused by a patent infringement, lost a case, is ordered to pay $290M fine and stop selling Word 2007.

Yaay! Firefox is now the world most popular browser:

http://gs.statcounter.com/#browser_version-ww-weekly-200827-200951

Viva Open Source!

After a long VI life, I decided to move to Emacs. Though I still believe that VIM is a much better editor, Emacs has fixed some long going issues I had with VIM.

Having to make your living as a software developer from home with a remote team/individuals could be a very tedious job. This post is a draft for what I believe could create you a virtual office where you and your team-mates could get things done. All the following hosted services are either free or come at a low price. Feel free to add your own:

The browser death-match is gaining more heat with Google, Apple, Mozilla releasing their browsers in Q2 and Q3 2009. While this is a very good thing for Internet savvy users, it's becoming harder to pick the right companion for your daily Internet picnic. ACID test could help you benchmark how your browser will react to sites offering cutting-edge styling ideas and tricks, and head-to-head comparisons can be very useful to see what new features every browser is offering. An interesting tool called Peacekeeper which measures your browser's scripting capabilities could tell better how your browser will perform in a Web 2.0 world.

After a long time of comparing Notebooks and Netbooks, I decided to buy a MacBook from Apple. I must say it feels a lot comfortable than GNOME, as stylish as KDE, much stable than Ubuntu and a heart full of BSD. I quickly installed most of the stuff I needed for my daily stuff, migrated my stuff from my last Linux laptop, got few things tweaked here and there and everything was as good as I wanted it. Another happy mac user.

I spent this week discovering new services provided by Nokia for their customers. I must say that Nokia is investing a lot in the segment.

The story began when I purchased a Etisalat Line back in early 2008. Etisalat managed to lose a client in 14 days for two times in a row. Let's see how they managed to do this brilliant work.

I have recently purchased a 3.5G USB modem from the Egyptian Mobile Broadband provider, Etisalat. So far I have tried all packages provided by Etisalat Egypt (384Kb and 3.6Mb) and I must say they're 100% working under Linux exactly as expected. Using NetworkManager 0.7 which is currently available in Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex, Gentoo and Debian Experimental, I managed to use the USB modem with few clicks under both KDE and GNOME. Etisalat ships with the modem a windows application to send SMS and browse SMS directory on the SIM. KMobileTools (KDE) managed to do the same job in a perfect way and I think gnome-phone-manager or gnokii can do exactly the same job.