Archive for the ‘Information Technology’ Category

On Google VS China: Why Google is now suddenly against censorship in China

If you’ve been following the news you probably heard about the recent issues Google is having with China. However it is important to get a good perspective on the whole issue. And so far I think this article on The Inquirer has really nailed it: But we should not be surprised as it is starting [...]

About Jim Gray

I’ve been meaning to write about this for a long time now. And today, after reading this article on Jim Gray, I thought of finally writing about him on my blog. If you don’t know who Jim Gray is, and want a little background on him, check this link. He was one of the brightest [...]

Canon Quality Control SUCKS, Part II – Judgement Day

After receiving a lot of feedback from my previous post on Canon Quality Control sucking bigtime, I thought it would be good to write an update. Before you read on, please read my previous post including the comments to make sure you know where I’m coming from. A day after my previous post, I noticed [...]

You are about to become DRM roadkill, Part II – Judgement Day

Microsoft is at it again. Back in 2006, I had already written about them stopping support for Playsforsure on new devices, which meant that people who bought music using Microsoft’s Playsforsure DRM infection, would not be able to play their music on new devices, including Microsoft’s own Zune player. This was called one of the [...]

Canon Quality Control SUCKS

It looks like everywhere you look on the Internet, you come across messages from various users complaining about their Canon photography gear. The forums at DPreview for example are filled with posts about camera bodies giving the ERR 99 error message, dying very soon after purchase, can’t focus correctly out of the box and have [...]

After SP1: Windows Vista still SUCKS

Even after the release of Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows Vista, the operating system has still not improved much. It is practically as slow and resource hungry as it was without SP1. So it’s no surprise that business still aren’t upgrading to Vista. The only reason why Microsoft has managed to sell as much [...]

Bill Gates: Windows Vista sucks

Bill Gates essentially admitted recently that Windows Vista sucks. He even laughingly joked about it: In a fairly frank interview with Gizmodo, Gates was asked if he thought there any Microsoft product that “could have had more polish.” … Instead Gates replid: “Ask me after we have shipped the next version of Windows”. The implication [...]

Steal This Film II

The second part of the movie “Steal This Film”, which I wrote about before, is now available for download. You should check it out.

Windows Vista is horrible!

If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you already know what I think of Windows Vista. And it’s not just me, but many others are dealing with issues with Windows Vista every day. If it’s not the defects in the software, then Microsoft just decides one day that a couple of thousand users [...]

New Website

My new website has just been launched at www.kareldonk.com. Feel free to take a look. It contains the latest information about the services I have to offer as well as updated portfolios. I’ve been working on the site in my spare time for about 2 months now, and it was about time I could finally [...]