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My Experience with Windows Vista Beta 2 (Build 5384) — Installation

I downloaded the Windows Vista Beta 2 ISO image from Microsoft right after it was released to the public. Continue reading ‘My Experience with Windows Vista Beta 2 (Build 5384) — Installation’ »

Problems with 2Wire Gateway When Running VMWare

As I mentioned in my previous post, my service provider replaced my old DSL router (2Wire HomePortal 1000SW) with a new one (2Wire 1701HG Gateway). In theory these two DSL routers are almost identical (the new one has more Ethernet ports so more devices can be connected directly without using a switch), and I should not be expecting any problems… Continue reading ‘Problems with 2Wire Gateway When Running VMWare’ »

Idle Process Time Under VMWare Workstation

Processes running within a virtual machine should behave almost identically to that running on the host. Continue reading ‘Idle Process Time Under VMWare Workstation’ »

MSNBot and Googlebot, Which One is Better?

Most of the people would definitely say Googlebot without hesitation, but my recent observations seem to suggest otherwise. Continue reading ‘MSNBot and Googlebot, Which One is Better?’ »

Buffer Overflow, Unmanaged Code and Thoughts…

It seems that buffer overflow is inherent in applications written in unmanaged code. Continue reading ‘Buffer Overflow, Unmanaged Code and Thoughts…’ »

Are Developers Too Reliant on IDEs?

Visual Studio .Net 2005 is finally out. Among the slew of new features are code snippet, visual inheritance and much better design time data binding All these features are certainly welcome since they significantly reduce the amount of code that programmers have to write and they make software development faster than ever. Continue reading ‘Are Developers Too Reliant on IDEs?’ »

How Fast is Fast Enough?

It seems that computers can never be fast enough. Continue reading ‘How Fast is Fast Enough?’ »

Thoughts on Trend in Software Development

It seems that the computer hardware development has been stagnant for about a year now. Continue reading ‘Thoughts on Trend in Software Development’ »

The Risks of Application Service Provider (ASP) Model

ASP’s have experienced their up and downs for the last decade. Continue reading ‘The Risks of Application Service Provider (ASP) Model’ »

Mac and Intel

Recent rumors suggest that Apple might eventually move to Intel processors. Continue reading ‘Mac and Intel’ »

Where does Flash Belong

Do you like flash? Depending on the readers, the answers may vary. Continue reading ‘Where does Flash Belong’ »

Why Microsoft Succeeded