As much as I The microblogging client Gwibber and Hotot may seem, I can not always ignore the weaknesses of the two programs, unfortunately. Gwibber moves when reading new messages, so much performance that is weaker on my netbook like to slow down the entire desktop. Hotot is frugal as well, but you can use with the program still only either Twitter or Identi. Read the rest of this entry »

WordPress WordPress is 27.7 million Web sites and a share of 12.2 percent of the entire web, not only one of the most popular and successful open source projects simply, WordPress is also a huge business. The company Automattic WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg has an estimated turnover of 30-40 million dollars per year is anything but a little sweatshop. Read the rest of this entry »

As some of you may know, I am responsible for the blog search engine Wikio the open source category. Much work is not, I will send once a month a list of new URLs to blog about free and open source software to Wikio. The guys / gals take the blogs in its database and then create a ranking among other month. Read the rest of this entry »

Gimp or rather the guys and gals from the GUI + machine interface works specialists are looking for two interns to work on the surface of Gimp. The internship will take place in Berlin, where you will also travel as part of the internship to the Libre Graphics Meeting in Montreal. Sought specifically to students who have specialized in Interaction / Interface Design. Read the rest of this entry »

For the user was previously one of the biggest shortcomings of the Android platform, that there was no official website for the Android Marketplace. About the Market is the app browsing for interesting applications in my eyes is anything but comfortable. This allowed sites like AppBrain AndroidPIT or work out a fairly loyal clientele. Read the rest of this entry »

Sometimes I'm too lazy to dig out my music from my collection. Instead, I just want to “Radio” to hear a certain genre. Some music players offer you the option of following the music stored in the ID3 tag style play, but what do you do when your own music is not tagged as clean? The TagPlayer links the locally stored music in your own profile on last. Read the rest of this entry »

Who currently logs in using Google Chrome or Chromium Gmail, gets asked the question whether one upon the arrival of e-mails and chats would like to be notified. Gmail also now used to the relatively new HTML5 notifications. By nature it will first be displayed only notifications of new chats. In the Gmail settings can also enable notification of new mail. Read the rest of this entry »

I'm actually no longer a great player anymore, but some Android games definitely make fun, even more so when old classics are revived. As of today there are Worms of Eletronic Arts at the Market. The game in between in Germany costs just 2.59 €. Note that you then install the games best if you just depend on the network via WLAN. Read the rest of this entry »

O2 has long been a variety of applications in the Market. The main one is called “My O2″. With it you can view your bills, check the current accrued charges and also send SMS Web. However, the app had been made quite unkind. The application interface was more like a web page and not on an Android App and the functionality was quite limited. Read the rest of this entry »

There were times when I ran in x-units for all kinds of “computer functions” to realize in the apartment. At today's electricity prices and a significantly “greener” thinking, which for me is not really portable. The domestic IT should be as energy efficient as possible. Done by one unit, to – so I try all sorts of devices and functions – if possible. Read the rest of this entry »