Yesterday, there was no post here as I was blogging at my personal self-development blog, you can find it here:
Today, I want to share with you a video review I have recently created. It is a review of a new slim, ultraportable laptop from Dell – Vostro V131.
Find out how good is the new Dell Vostro V131 and how it compares to other laptops in this user review that I have created for you.
I hope you’ll enjoy it! 
You may have heard about it already. Microsoft plans to lock out other operating systems from Windows 8, that means Linux, other Open Source operating systems, Mac OS and others.
Microsoft claims they’re not going to lock out other operating systems with the introduction of Windows 8, but it seems like they are not telling the truth… Here’s an extract from Microsoft’s Windows Hardware Certification Requirements for Windows 8 client and server systems found on page 116 that will Windows 8 Secure Boot can be disabled:
on Intel systems, “Disabling Secure [Boot] must not be possible on ARM systems.”
Adobe Photoshop Lightroom, now coming in its new 4th ‘incarnation’ is a default for many photographers worldwide. And there is a reason behind it, it is a great and easy to use application.
I have been using Lightroom since the beginning (and Photoshop before Lightroom), and I found it to be a great tool for me as a photographer.
As those of you who know me personally know, I am not a fan of Windows (nor Mac), and I am a massive fan of Linux. I have been a massive fan of Linux for many years and I have used it for many years. However, what I kept struggling with was how to run Adobe software on Linux. I have been a fan of Adobe software even before I became an Adobe Certified Expert and Instructor and for many years I would run Linux and Windows (unfortunately) as a dual-boot on my laptops.
Today, I thought I would share with you a video I have just recorded about the new phone from HTC - HTC Sensation.
HTC Sensation uses a 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor with a 4.3in screen, resolution of 540 x 960 pixels (~256 ppi pixel density). It has an 8MP camera that can capture 1080p HD videos and the camera has a new instant capture feature. You can also record sound in stereo.
Without any more talking about the phone, let me share a video I have created with you. Enjoy watching! (~256 ppi pixel density)(~256 ppi pixel density)
I am thrilled to let you know about my brand new book!
I cannot wait to tell you more… As people on my mailing list have known for quite some time, I have been working on a book, a book about Dreamweaver. And of course, about building websites in an easy way using Dreamweaver CS5 – a web industry standard.
And just a few weeks ago, the book went for print. This is the book I’m telling you about:
“Build websites that work with Adobe Dreamweaver CS5″
And now the book is officially available on Amazon! This is fantastic news!
Here’s a link for you:
“Build websites that work with Adobe Dreamweaver CS5″ on Amazon
You can now grab it from Amazon. Or you can order it straight from me. I could send you a signed copy… 
Here’s the link if you want to get it straight from me:
“Build websites that work with Adobe Dreamweaver CS5″ from me.
Enjoy!
Yes, this is true. Adobe abandons work on Flash Player for mobile devices.
Software developer Adobe Systems is halting development of its Flash Player plug-in for mobile devices.
As BBC claims ” Adobe says it now believes the alternative HTML 5 technology offers the “best solution” because it is “universally supported”".
As most of us know, Flash Player is banned from iPhone and iPad, it works on Android, Blackberry and other mobile platforms. In the past, Flash delivered a lot to the web browsers and the experience was just amazing. Over the last two years, Flash Player was delivered to mobile devices to bring the same experience to the mobile devices users while browsing through the web.
Because HTML 5 is now widely supported on mobile platforms, this makes it a perfect method of deploying content in the web browsers on mobile devices. Adobe are now joining other “big players” to spend more time and efforts to bring full HTML 5 experience to the users.
As Danny Winokur, vice-president and general manager, interactive development at Adobe, says:
” Our future work with Flash on mobile devices will be focused on enabling Flash developers to package native apps with Adobe AIR for all the major app stores. We will no longer continue to develop Flash Player in the browser to work with new mobile device configurations (chipset, browser, OS version, etc.) following the upcoming release of Flash Player 11.1 for Android and BlackBerry PlayBook. We will of course continue to provide critical bug fixes and security updates for existing device configurations. We will also allow our source code licensees to continue working on and release their own implementations.”
This will allow Adobe to focus on HTML 5 and bring innovations to Flash in gaming and video, as Danny states. Adobe are already working on Flash Player 12 with some new features in delivering high-definition entertainment experience.
Unless you spent the last few years living in a cave, you have heard about the rising popularity of iOS devices (iPhone and iPad). You may also have heard about the rising popularity of Android devices.
In case you don’t know, Android is a Linux based operating system developed by Google and it is an operating system for mobile devices (mobile phones and tablets).
If you follow what’s going on in the world of technology, you may have heard about Apple claiming that Google’s Android is a rip-off of Apple’s iOS. Here’s something that comes from Steve Job’s biographer – Walter Isaacson. Quote:
” Steve Jobs claimed that Android was a rip-off of Apple’s iOS and that he will spend every penny of Apple’s $40 billion in the bank, to right this wrong, to destroy Android. “
Interesting enough, because Apple claim that Android “borrowed” many of the iOS features, here’s something about Android:
It is fair to say that Google also was inspired by some Apple features and used them in Android, but that’s what software companies do. But what Apple are trying to do here, is sue everyone they can. Maybe it’s right, maybe it’s wrong, I’m not here to judge. But maybe, they could work on enhancing their software or hardware instead of spending money and time fighting other companies?
Especially because Android’s popularity is on the rise all the time. Google has already activated more than 100 million devices! (April 2011), so it’s more now. To add to Android’s popularity, it is supported by 36 OEM’s and 450,000 developers from all over the world. Pretty impressive, isn’t it? Also, the Android market now has more than 200,000 applications (370,000 applications as of November).
Google Panda, Page Rank replacement, that was introduced earlier this year, changes how Google ranks web pages.
As Google stated online “websites creators should continue to focus on delivering the best possible user experience on websites and not to focus too much on what they think are Google’s current ranking algorithms or signals.” Interesting…
As you may have guessed, Google doesn’t reveal the signals in algorithms. They do offer us some questions that give us insights into how their algorithms work to distinguish high-quality websites from low-quality websites.
Here are some of the questions received from Google:
These are just some of the questions to give you an idea of how Google Panda is changing the world of search. I hope you enjoyed it.
Today, I thought I would share with you some key moments in the history of the Web – the last twenty years with some major moments.
The Enquire project launches World Wide Web. Tim Berners-Lee develops the first website.
The year of Mosaic – the first web browser hits the market.
HTML 2.0 – Tim Berners-Lee develops HTML 2.0, that becomes the first standard specification with the future ones to follow.
Macromedia releases Flash 1 – a vector-based platform for multimedia on the web.
Google launches a search engine that changes the way people search for content online
Web 2.0 launches – the next generation of web technologies emerges to bring blogs and web applications to the masses.
Facebook launches and changes the way people connect online, it is the year that starts social networking.
Mobile devices start ruling – this is the first year when more people use mobile devices than computers to access internet.
We have seen many “incarnation” of the Flash Player since the Flash Player 10 release a few years ago – 10.1, 10.2, 10.3. Now it’s time for something new…
Adobe launches Flash Player 11, quite an unexpected launch since in the past new versions of Flash Player were released with the releases of Flash Professional (Creative Suite).
This is another news straight from Adobe MAX in the US. If you haven’t been to the MAX, or if you haven’t heard about it, it is a yearly event by Adobe that takes place in the US. It used to take place in Europe as well until around 2005 or 2006, but not any more. Nowadays, it is US only.
Together with Flash Player 11, Adobe released AIR 3. There are many new features in Flash Player 11. Here are just some of them:
and many more.
Enjoy!
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