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Xavier Lur (Founder)
(Age: 16 | Location: Singapore)
Zhou Tong (CEO)
(Age: 15 | Location: Singapore)
About the Author
Xavier Sythe is a 15-Year-Old blogger, forum poster, gamer, reader, game designer,filmmaker,web designer,writer. He's created many different websites, using anything from WordPress to Joomla, to Invision Power Board, to SMF, to Phpbb, to HTML, to Flash, and CSS. He's posted on more than 15 forums and blogs, made and played dozens of games, read more than 3000 novels, written several short stories and created a dozen short films.
Twitter: @xaviersythe
Website: http://sythe.me
Author Archive
Revolutionary Desktop Environment!
KDE 4.4 has just been released. For those of you who haven't heard of it, it's an abbreviation for the K Desktop Environment. KDE is a popular Linux desktop environment designed for easy-of-use and functionality.
It comes with new features, mimicking the Windows 7 "Snap" Feature and unique tabbed window groups.
KDE 4.4 brings revolutionary new window management features, akin to the release of tabbed web browsing.Top Five Microsoft Lawsuits
Over the years Microsoft has been engaged in dozens of lawsuits, varying from anti-trust to copyright infringement. What were the most pivotal and influential legal battles? I have composed a list of the top-five most pivotal. A powerful company, with plenty of money to spend on lawyers is definitely a target, but not for that reason alone.Software Monopolies – Why They’re Wrong
As most of you know, Google's famous slogan is "Don't be Evil".
Why would they announce that they stopped censorship of Google.cn?
The question that boggles the mind is why would they even start censorship? A lucrative market can cause a company to do bad things.
Monopolistic behavior in the software industry is widespread.
Why would they announce that they stopped censorship of Google.cn?
The question that boggles the mind is why would they even start censorship? A lucrative market can cause a company to do bad things.
Monopolistic behavior in the software industry is widespread.Formspring – Questions will flow…
Formspring is a web service that allows users to interview other users.
This is embodied by the well-known expression, "Ask me anything", which is coincidentally Formspring's slogan.
It's completely uncensored and unrestricted, but also anonymous. Formspring could even serve as a dating platform. People would ask others questions to narrow down their possibilities.Free and Open-Source Marketshare
The proliferation of free and open-source software, such as Mozilla's Firefox, Sun's OpenOffice and, of course Linux; over the past decade has been stunning. In browser, office, and OS marketshare, all three of these major applications have grown in popularity exponentially. Firefox has attained an estimated 45% marketshare, not bad for a company competing with OEM IE. OpenOffice is spreading throughout educational institutions worldwide. Lastly, Linux is the dominant player in the server market.Zynga: The Company Behind Social Gaming
You probably aren't familiar with the name Zynga, but you've likely played at least one of its games.
Farmville, Mafia Wars, Fishville and many more Facebook/MySpace games netted the company a quarter of a billion dollars in 2009 alone. With more active users than Twitter, it's nothing to sniff at.Smartbooks: The Greatest Mobile Devices?
Smartbooks are essentially micro-netbooks.
They offer all the features of a smart phone, and 90% of the features of a netbook. Freescale has announced their smartbook for C.E.S.
Lenovo is also planning to launch one of the first smartbooks at the upcoming C.E.S.
They offer all the features of a smart phone, and 90% of the features of a netbook. Freescale has announced their smartbook for C.E.S.
Lenovo is also planning to launch one of the first smartbooks at the upcoming C.E.S.Stereoscopic 3D Comes Home?
With the release of Avatar, and Dreamworks Studio's announcement that they will ONLY produce 3D films in 2010, one must wonder when 3D will cross the threshold into mainstream television. Imagine watching a hockey game and ducking as ice shavings fly from the players' skates, or playing the latest Halo game with Project Natal> on a 3D TV. Sony plans to release a 3D TV in 2010, and many companies are expected to follow. Japan, being at the forefront of technological innovation, already has a prototype by SkyTV. Sky3D TV Demo.
Polarizing 3D glasses, not the red-and-blue cheap cardboard ones, allow the home audience comfortable and stylish viewing. They resemble sunglasses.