The Technopath

Microsoft Office coming to Nokia Symbian

Posted by Uzair Sajid on August 13, 2009.

There were rumors that Microsoft would be announcing something relating to a deal with Nokia, and as always, there were lots of speculation. Was Nokia going Windows Phone? Well that’s too good to be true. What actually happened is that Symbain would now get an official Office Mobile version....

Windows 7 Gaming Performance: Really worth the upgrade?

Posted by Uzair Sajid on August 12, 2009.

Impressed by Windows 7 thus far? Thinking about upgrading your Vista gaming rig to the new operating system by Microsoft? Then you better give it a second thought....

Why Internet Explorer 6 can’t die

Posted by Uzair Sajid on August 12, 2009.

Its funny I’m writing on something I was talking against just 3 days ago. At a presentation I was giving at a local event last Saturday, I said that Internet Explorer (6 & 7) are dead as a browser because they lack web standards and make our (well at least us developers’) lives hard....

Google Chrome gets Jumplists in Windows 7

Posted by Uzair Sajid on August 10, 2009.

The latest developer build of Google Chrome gets Jumplist support in Windows 7 – and that too against all my expectations. I was hoping that the recently released Firefox 3.6 Alpha 1 would have Jumplists support before any other browser like Google Chrome, Opera or Safari – but I guess I was asking for too much....

Download Mozilla Firefox 3.5.2 Security Update

Posted by Uzair Sajid on August 4, 2009.

Ok so I like promoting Firefox – maybe that’s because I don’t support Internet Explorer 6 and 7 or just because Firefox is a better browser overall....

RIAA strikes again, a student fined $675,000 for Piracy

Posted by Uzair Sajid on August 1, 2009.

Copyright holders and record labels rejoice as RIAA secure there second win in less than a month. This time, the victim was a graduate student from Boston University, Joel Tenenbaum – who was pursuing a PhD in Physics. Though the amount was a little lower this time – $675,000....

iPhone SMS Vulnerability fixed with iPhone OS 3.0.1 update

Posted by Uzair Sajid on July 31, 2009.

Seems like the iPhone might just have gotten a bit more secure for daily use thanks to a quick update that addresses the SMS Vulnerability which may allow an attacker to launch any piece of code including a DDoS attack which may lead to a disaster! Ah well Apple ruined all the fun and fixed the thing....

Firefox crosses 1 billion downloads

Posted by Uzair Sajid on July 31, 2009.

It makes me proud to be a member of Spread Firefox team today. Firefox has crossed the 1 billion downloads hallmark which includes every release. The browser was the first big challenge to Internet Explorer’s rein as the most dominant browser and after about 7 years of struggle has managed to gain around 30% of the m...

Windows 7 Activation Crack Already

Posted by Uzair Sajid on July 29, 2009.

I guess Windows 7 stood up for its name. It only took about 7 days from the Official RTM announcement to its first activation crack, and we still have about two and half months to go before general public release....

Microsoft-Yahoo! Search Deal closed, announcement today?

Posted by Uzair Sajid on July 29, 2009.

From the latest wind of rumors out on the internet, The Wall Street Journal, AdAge and a number of other sources are reporting that Microsoft Yahoo! search deal has been signed and the announcement would come later today. Though we don’t know the exact parameters of the deal, WSJ had this to say:...