VirtualBox3 vs. Parallels5

The Parallels Desktop virtualization is great, and the update from 4 to 5 brings a lot new features. But there is one thing what makes me really angry: the price!
Pricing
In my humble opinion the price for this update is very much to much. Some months ago, I just bought the update from 3 to 4. [...]

Closed lid with open eyes

A MacBook can close it’s lid and then it is going to sleep. On some situations it could be useful your Mac would stay awake instead of using it magic power LED hypnotizing you.
One of those moments could be

A party and your MacBook is serving some music, but you don’t want anybody to touch it [...]

Chrome Browser for Mac

As a Webkit lover, of course I love the Safari browser. It is fast, reliable, powerful and easy to use. I wish Firefox would use its engine, but there are lot of discussions in the Mozilla forums, that it will remain using the Gecko engine.
From a technical perspective, Gecko is now very solid and no [...]

Welcome to the Google Wave

So many people are talking about the Google Wave. It is still beta and Google limited the amount of users who may have access. You can either fill out a form and wait for an approval or get invited by someone else who still has invites left.

Since I got an invite (special thanks to Leuk [...]

Getting back a lost podcast episode

For podcast management I am using iTunes of course. I like iTunes. Really!
Sometimes my fingers are too fast and something is trashed, especially podcast episodes. If you are wacking the same as me, then I am sure this or the other time you want it being undone.
Of course there is a simple and quick way:
Just [...]

G-Mail within Apple Mail

Do you use a Google mail account? Then add your account into your Mail application and have no more need to manage your mails via the webmail interface. The webmailer indeed is quick and easy to use, but I like having my mails all together and searchable on my computer.
Take the following settings, to enable [...]

dict.cc – German and English dictionary on the iPhone

I am using the English language very much, although my native Language is German. It is the best way to communicate to people all over the world and of course absolutely mandatory in combination with learning, sciene, technology, computers, and so on.
To learn and improve my English, I need to look quite often into a [...]

Will Wordpress 2.9 become a media edition?

Wordpress blog systems gained very popular and can be seen all over the web. Since I began blogging I like it. It is a quick and innovative development. The most important thing for me is not only the quick and easy installation. Also frequently updating all those nice plugins is just a child’s play.
The handling [...]

Chrome settles down on Internet Explorer

Google made with the help of Webkit technology a nice browser called Chrome which brings the power of Apple’s Safari. I really do like it and prefer using it instead of Firefox – especially when I am forced to use the Windows operating system. Big G brought many good ideas and concepts into that application.
A [...]

Windows95 running on iPhone

The iPhone is one of the most powerful handheld devices available on the market. Enthusiastic developers from GoodiPhone.com made it real to create a complete Windows emulator.

Windows95 and even WindowsXP can be running on a iPhone!
As owner of an Apple device I have of course no real intention in using it, but “yes, we can“! [...]