Chromium Project uses Timer Resolution to debug battery life issue

By lucashale, on October 21st, 2010%

Based on the information at https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=46531 it looks as if Timer Resolution has been used to identify and verify an issue with Chromium.

Chromium is the open-source project behind Google Chrome. I use Chrome every day on my work laptop and also no my netbook. I had no idea that Timer Resolution had . . . → Read More: Chromium Project uses Timer Resolution to debug battery life issue

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Twitter, the Internet, and the Victorian Bush Fires

By lucashale, on February 8th, 2009%

First up my thoughts go out to those directly impacted by the fires.

I found myself in  a location that could have been at risk yesterday but thankfully we escaped with little more than some smoke and a glow on the horizon. We also has a near miss with some roof iron that . . . → Read More: Twitter, the Internet, and the Victorian Bush Fires

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iPhoto – Nice! Now I see the future of photos

By lucashale, on January 8th, 2009%

One thing I liked at MacWorld from Apple was the new version of iPhoto. Are Apple and Google competing for digital asset management supremacy? Google releases a version of Picasa for Mac that would have been an improvement over the old iPhoto. The next day Apple announce a new version of iPhoto that . . . → Read More: iPhoto – Nice! Now I see the future of photos

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Browser Wars – Return of the Choice

By lucashale, on September 3rd, 2008%

A long time ago before the dot com crash there was a war. The mighty Netscape lost the war and the evil Microsoft dominated the Internet ever since.

The rebel forces of Netscape went into hiding as Mozilla. Along came the New Hope, Firefox with new powers that the Death Star (a.k.a. Internet . . . → Read More: Browser Wars – Return of the Choice

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Microsoft Mesh and Google App Engine – Up in the clouds

By lucashale, on May 3rd, 2008%

Google App Engine was publicly discussed first but the Microsoft Live Mesh project wasn’t far behind.

Somehow since I’m in Australia and that the weekend it all went live I was offline I can’t seem to get an account with either.

The Google version at least lets you download a local test server . . . → Read More: Microsoft Mesh and Google App Engine – Up in the clouds

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