Serdar Yegulalp

My Android phone has something in common with my desktop PC. It’s riddled with junk. Apps I didn’t install and can’t get rid of, “skins” that make my phone slower and less stable, and who knows what else—all contributing to the fractured headache that has become life with Android. The devices we’re forced to use […]

With all the noise and excitement about Windows 8 being the next big tablet OS, I hope Microsoft isn’t going to give all their desktop users short shrift. Windows 8: what a paradox. On the one hand, it’s a new version of Windows with some genuinely useful under-the-hood functionality: a built-in VM layer; more efficient […]

It’s in the corners and crevices that some of the most enlightening discoveries can be made. Likewise, some of the best software out there for any purpose doesn’t always get the attention or praise it deserves. Here are three PC security programs that recently came into our sights — one which boasts a longstanding reputation […]

For the past few years, I find I’ve been repeating myself every six months. A new version of Ubuntucomes out. I download it; I try it out. And in the end I’m right back on my Windows 7 desktop where everything works anyway, and where I have even less incentive to trade up for anything […]

Remember the OpenMoko FreeRunner? It was an “open handset”—a totally hackable, user-configurable, bend-it-shape-it-any-way-you-want-it phone. It could have made the openness of Android and its attendant phones look as opaque as Apple. And to the surprise of almost no one but the makers, it went nowhere. It was a great idea that remained obstinately stuck at […]

After spending months on end watching Mozilla Firefox 4 go through eleven-and-some-odd betas, I’m less than impressed with what I’ve waited for all this time. The first time I launched a fresh install of Firefox 4 and navigated to the homepage of the New York Times, it hung for almost a minute on end – […]

“Think different.” “Don’t be evil.” Everyone recognizes the mottos of two of the most successful and influential companies in all of technology. So why are Apple and Google now being eyed by some with such cynicism and suspicion? Full disclosure: I’m one of the suspicious and cynical myself. There’s a lot I like about what […]

There’s little in this world that’ more saddening than telling a friend, “You blew it.” But that’s how I feel about Six Apart and their blogging / CMS system Movable Type. They had a chance to use open source to make something really remarkable with their product, and all but squandered it. I say this […]

I could run out of fingers counting the number of articles I’ve seen in the past few months that triumphantly predict the demise of the desktop and notebook, and the rise of the tablet. Toss those clunky old keyboards and mice; it’s touchscreen time! It’s a tempting narrative: Old and Busted eclipsed by New Hotness. […]

ALSO SEE: Desktop Virtualization: Overview and Software Virtual PC software, or desktop virtualization, is an end-user implementation of virtual computing in which a desktop application (rather than a server) is used to emulate a PC. The emphasis here is on direct interaction with the virtualized machine as if it were a local PC, rather than […]