Ryan: Windows 7 the fastest selling OS of all time?

It's hardly been a secret that Windows 7 was on track to become Microsoft's fastest-selling operating system, but the company has just now finally made that designation official, and also revealed that the OS has crossed the magical 100 million licenses sold mark in the process. In other words, that translates to Windows 7 being installed on one in ten of the world's PCs just six months after it launched, which is pretty darn impressive any way you slice it -- or punch it, as the case may be.


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Ryan: newmacgeek.com launch iPhone App Builder service

Newmacgeek.com has paired up with iPhone developer “Jordan Denby” to bring you something really exciting. We are to offering you the ability to publish yourself into the iPhone App store.

Many people would like to have an App about themselves in the App store but with company's charging over $500 to produce an App its not easy. But today newmacgeek.com have managed to negotiate a deal for its followers offering production of an iPhone app at an unbelievable price!

Goto newmacgeek.com and click the "APP BUILDER" link to find out more!

Ryan: Will slate computer change the world and what can they do for me?

As the world braces itself for the invasion of the table/slate computer I ask the question “What can they do for me”

Apple, HP, Lenova. MSI, Asus and other players are all ready to bring the Internet to your fingertips though sexy multitouch gesture based slates. With intuitive OS from iPhone OS to Android and not forgetting windows 7, They all try to produce the “magical” experience in a slightly different way but in the end they are all 8-11 inch devices with full touch screen interfaces.

Apple has been the company to create all this hype around these devices but they were not the first to the tablet market, Tablets have been around for years but they have always failed in the past due to clunky full OS which have never worked with touch screens. So what will create the magic this time? It is not what these tablets can do its more how they do it, Internet browsing this not a new thing email has been around for years and mobile computing is and has been available for a long time. But with these devices you can hold the Internet in your hands, browse with a swipe of you finger and not lose screen size.

My term for these devices is “Sofa surfers” convenient ways to enjoy the Internet without the need to get out your laptop or sit in front of your desktop but at the same time getting a better experience than a smart phone. All of these company’s are and will be stretching out imaginations when it comes to mobile computing with great entertainment from movies to games and social networking again delivering the experience in full multitouch.

This sofa surfers will change the way we look at the internet, but don’t be fooled into thinking this is a replacement for your home pc, All of these devices are aimed as an alternative to the poorly build and badly designed netbooks on the market and for me I cant think of anything better.

Ryan: Apple announce iPhone OS 4

Yesterday Apple introduced iPhone OS 4 dev beta, this has been a moment many iPhone users have been looking forward to for some time. Steve Jobs took to the stage and got straight to it.

Introducing over 1500 dev API's and 100 end user features, Steve spent the time explaining 7 key features and today I would like to cover a few of these.

MULTITASKING

Apple have finally introduced this to the iPhone OS, Steve explained that Apple have been working hard on bringing this to the iPhone for sometime but they wanted to do it the right way by creating a method that uses less power.
Steve claimed Apple have done this and done it well, offering the advantage of multitasking without the power problems you get with other phones.

iAD

This is a great concept, Apple offering an advertising channel inside applications. This will mean that more applications can be offered for FREE by being ad supported. But the real story is Apple moving into advertising, Google made the first move by moving into the phone Market and now Apple are hitting back with advertising. Let the battle continue!

MAIL

Apple also introduced a new mail application offering intergrated mailboxes as well as threaded messages.

These changes will be released to the end user this summer and to iPad users in the fall. All new features will be avaliable on the 3GS and iPad but the 3G iPhone will loss multitasking.

If you want to check out all the features see Apples keynote on the iTunes store for FREE



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Ryan: Apple iPad, My thoughts and news from around the globe

The iPad has now been on sale in the US for 1 day now and is proving to be a great hit, Twitter was showing "Apple iPad" as one of its most talk about subjects. One of the first things i want to clear up is some of the comments made by a small portion of the worlds press and to fix there naivety around the iPad.






1. The BBC reported - "Laptop Killer"
I am extremely surprised at the BBC's misinterpretation of the iPad, The iPad was and has never be intended to replace your Laptop. The iPad is a sofa surfer, a mobile blogger dream, flexibility of applications and a personal HD media player.

2. Cnet - "Netbook killer"
This i would suggest as a more viable report than the BBC, but still i think that the iPad is an alternative to a netbook rather than a netbook killer. I am a little confused by the BBC and by Cnet, i dont understand why these reporters cant see that 1 product is not right for every customer! Some people would prefer a netbook to a tablet just as much as some people would prefer a tablet to a netbook.

My thoughts

Firstly i would like to conclude what i think are the Pro's of the iPad -

1. High resolution display
2. Thousands of custom build App's designed specifically for the hardware
3. Powerful yet efficient
4. Access to a huge amount of content
5. Fantastic build quality
6. Proven usability
7. Convenient and fast boot time
8. Portability
9. Multi-touch interface
10. eBook reader
11. N wireless support
12. Price
13. powerful and cheap Office applications
14. Great customer service

iPad con's -

1. No flash support
2. No webcam
3. restrictive OS
4. Lack of connectivity ports
5. Lack of included accessories
6. no native iChat application
7. Low memory
8. No tethering with iPhone

Conclusion

To me its a fantastic device, but my point as with any device it is not right for everyone! I love the iPad and it suits my needs much better than a netbook would.

Ryan: Thecreativeone brings you - Apple iPad unboxing (and its great)

Unboxing: ipad (32GB Wi-Fi)
Thecreativeone brings a fantastic unboxing video to the public eye, click the above link to check it out!

Ryan: A mark of respect for "father of the personal computer"

The "father of the personal computer" who kick-started the careers of Microsoft founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen has died at the age of 68.

Dr Henry Edward Roberts was the inventor of the Altair 8800, a machine that sparked the home computer era.

Gates and Allen contacted Dr Roberts after seeing the machine on the front cover of a magazine and offered to write software for it.

The program was known as Altair-Basic, the foundation of Microsoft's business.

"Ed was willing to take a chance on us - two young guys interested in computers long before they were commonplace - and we have always been grateful to him," the Microsoft founders said in a statement.

"The day our first untested software worked on his Altair was the start of a lot of great things."

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak told technology website CNET that Dr Roberts had taken " a critically important step that led to everything we have today".

'Fond memories'

Dr Roberts was the founder of Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS), originally set up to sell electronics kits to model rocket hobbyists.

The company went on to sell electronic calculator kits, but was soon overshadowed by bigger firms.

In the mid-1970's, with the firm struggling with debt, Dr Roberts began to develop a computer kit for hobbyists.

The result was the Altair 8800, a machine operated by switches and with no display.

It took its name from the then-cutting edge Intel 8080 microprocessor.

The $395 kit (around £1,000 today) was featured on the cover of Popular Electronics in 1975, prompting a flurry of orders. It was also sold assembled for an additional $100 charge.

Amongst those interested in the machine were Paul Allen and Bill Gates.

The pair contacted Dr Roberts, offering to write software code that would help people program the machine.

The pair eventually moved to Albuquerque - the home of MITS - where they founded Micro-Soft, as it was then known, to develop their software: a variant of the Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code (Basic).

"We will always have many fond memories of working with Ed in Albuquerque, in the MITS office right on Route 66 - where so many exciting things happened that none of us could have imagined back then," the pair said.

Dr Roberts sold his company in 1977.

He died in hospital on 1 April after a long bout of pneumonia.

Source - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8600493.stm