All Entries in the "Dennis Bjorn Petersen" Category
The Internet Year 2020 – Do You Believe The Predictions?
It’s always difficult to predict things, especially the future, and even more the future of the internet.
That was also my first thought when I read report from Pew Research Center, The future of the Internet III. The third report is just released and this one is based on a survey of, how the internet will [...]
WooThemes 4 for 1 Christmas Special
The theme I’m currently using on The Beta News is from WooThemes it’s called Fresh News. It’s probably the best theme I’ve ever owned and tried.
The support is great, it’s easy to set-up and customise and according to experts (Thank you Dan) it’s validated and everything is peachy.
This Halloween they had a sale, buy 1 [...]
US Television From 1988 – Have A Betamaxmas
Do you miss Pee Wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special? Or perhaps The Smurf’s Christmas Special? Or Alf’s? How about the Cabbage Patch Kids commercials?
Fear not. You can see all the christmas specials from 1988 in the comfort of your own basement or you can get close to.
A BeTaMaXMaS does exactly that. You have three channels to [...]
YouTube – What Is That Ugly Search Bar Doing In The Videos?
YouTube has silently just “updated” the embedded videos with a very ugly search bar. It’s there until you click play and will reappear for a few seconds every your cursor is near the top of the video.
If you pause a video it will also reappear.
I know I know, this will help YouTube (Google) get even [...]
iPhone Firmware 2.2 Released – Jailbreakers Beware!
Apple has just released iPhone, iPhone 3G and iPod Touch firmware 2.2. The software update contains many of the much anticipated changes including Google Street View, public transit and walking directions, and over-the-air podcast downloads via the iTunes app.
The update also includes numerous fixes including added stability in Safari and fixes for Mail.
Several blogs (including [...]
Google Teams Up With LIFE To Host Millions Of Photos
Google has teamed up with LIFE Magazine to showcase millions of LIFE’s acrhived photos. There are photos from every decade from 1860 to 1970.
It’s a very impressive archive with many classic and some unpublished photos. They photos are also categorised, so if you are looking for pictures of the 1930s oil boom, Abraham Lincoln or [...]
What’s On Your Computer Chris Pirillo
It’s the season premiere of What’s On Your Computer aka. Show Me Your Desktop. I’ll continue with the akas’. Chris Pirillo aka L0ckergn0me will kick this season off.
You can’t write about Chris Pirillo without linking to a lot different sites. Chris and his wife Ponzi are the minds behind the increasingly popular technology conference Gnomedex.
Chris [...]
Avast Land Lubber – It’s International Talk Like A Pirate Day Arrr!
It’s the International Talk Like a Pirate Day today. So if you are into pirate talk, this is the day for ye matey.
Of course all the major social media sites are jumping on the bandwagon including Facebook in pirate talk, select English (Pirate) and you can see how many of ye Mateys are on board [...]
New Microsoft Ads Are Hilarious And Creates A Buzz
Microsoft’s latest ads are hilarious! I admit they are a bit strange and really don’t have much of a story or message. It could remind you about a certain sitcom featuring a certain actor with a certain last name.
The $300 millon ad campaign features Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld as opposite to “Hi I’m Mac [...]
EA Sports Press Release Confirms 250 Changes In FIFA 09
EA Sports’ latest press release has just confirmed that FIFA 09 will have the 250 previously mentioned changes.
The press release is followed by a few new FIFA Soccer 09 screen shots and four fact sheet which I will be releasing the next couple of days.
You can read the entire FIFA 09 press release here.
9 Reasons Why Blogging Is Just Like Playing World Of Warcraft
I’ve had this post in my head for quite some time. I’m not sure if it will work, but I have to get it out of my head. I tried stabbing my brain with Q-tips, but it doesn’t help anymore.
Statement: Blogging is just like a massively multi player online game, it could be World of [...]
FIFA 09 Rumours Part 1
FIFA 09 the latest installment of the top selling football franchise is being developed at EA Canada and is boasting over 251 improvements from FIFA 08.
There is no word on if the PC-version will be next-generation this time. I do think that Playstation 2 owners can be relieved.
EA Sports won’t forget you.
Following up last year’s [...]
Holy Gadget Batman Apple Releases *Insert Name Here*
Warning:*This post may contain spoilers!*
As the picture shows Apple has done it again. They’ve just announced it at the WWDC08 in San Francisco. I know that because I’m liveblogging from the PWAAWWDC08 (People Who Aren’t Attending WWDC08 aka. my living room).
They’ve taken *insert common gadget name here* reinvented and redesigned it. All I can say [...]
Twitter Alternatives – Pownce Or Plurk?
It’s no surprise that twitter can be a bit unstable from time to time. Twitter is probably the only service I know that’s almost more down than it’s up, and still have a loyal fan base and increase it’s number of users.
But what are the alternatives?
There are a lot of similar micro-blogging services out there, [...]
Starcraft – A Quick Trip Down Memory Lane
With Starcraft 2 announced last year, the anticipation for Starcraft 2 is increasing every day. No one knows when the game will be released yet though.
So while we wait for Starcraft 2, fans of Starcraft are busy creating videos, trailers and blogs about the next version. One fan however went the opposite way.
“Luckyfool” has created [...]
My Quest For The Apple Part Deux
As you might have read, I’m on a quest for either a MacBook or a PC. The comments in the latest post clearly shows that the battle between Apple and Microsoft – or OS X and Windows – is very easy to spot.
Which one offers the most value? Since both the MacBooks (Pro) or generic [...]
Show Me Your Desktop Fake Steve Jobs
Did you remember to read last week’s interview with Shoemoney? This season’s last interview is with Fake Steve Jobs.
Most people know Steve Jobs (creator of the iPhone), but not everybody read Steve Job’s secret blog/diary.
Some say it’s not written by Steve Jobs himself, but by Fake Steve Jobs. Some even say that Fake Steve Jobs [...]
My Quest For The Apple Part 1
As many of my twitter followers probably are aware of I’m currently working on getting my hands on a MacBook Pro or just a MacBook. I just can’t make up my mind.
I’ve been a happy Windows-user for many years. Way back when you typed Windows in DOS to start Windows 3.11 for Workgroups.
But I haven’t [...]
Show Me Your Desktop Jeremy Schoemaker
Unfortunately Lisa Brewster didn’t make it into the Mahalo VLOG Idol final, her interview is still here though.
This week it’s Jeremy Schoemaker aka. ShoeMoney’s turn to show us his desktop. It’s almost impossible to describe Shoemoney in a few lines. I’m still going to do it though.
Regular readers of Shoemoney.com know that he lost 240 [...]
Will FIFA 09 Feature New Copy Protection?
You’ve probably heard about EA’s latest RPG “Mass Effect” for Xbox360, but did you know it’s coming out for PC very soon too?
Ok, but did you also know that you’ll need to activate the game in order to play it? Oh yes, Mass Effect (PC version) is using SecuROM, which requires online activation.
But it doesn’t [...]
