Entrepreneurs, independent software/web developers, artists, freelancers, and other creative-types have been enjoying some form of remote- or mobile working arrangements since time immemorial. But now, even corporate types are increasingly enjoying what’s called a “virtual office.”
A growing number of companies are taking this route, forgoing a stable office location—with its face-to-face interactions—for what some may […]

Nintendo unveiled yesterday it’s first playable demos for the Nintendo Wii. During the presentation I found particularly funny the comment that Reggie (the host) made about all the people that liked and supported the name change, both of them. But anyway, on to the news itself!

Bungie shocked everyone today with the announcement of Halo 3 for the XBox 360 in 2007. They also released a teaser, all of which was rendered using an XBox 360.
Bungie announces Halo 3, the third and final game in the Halo Trilogy. Halo 3 will be released for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 in 2007. The game […]

Greg writes on the perennial problem at the workplace named “interruptions.” According to our friendly usability expert, it is a programmer’s nemesis: one millisecond of interruption could disturb one’s “flow,” or nudge one out of his “zone.”
Programmers produce their best code when they are in a ‘zone’ (others call it the ‘flow’). During this stage, […]

Here’s a movie about Fog Creek Software’s first summer internship programme, Project Aardvark, held from May to August of last year: Aardvark’d
Four interns are brought into Manhattan and given 12 weeks to design, develop, debug and ship a program that will change the way computer geeks around the world fix their friends’ computers. Boondoggle Films […]

Yoyofr and his team have released yet another version of the best SNES emulator for the PSP.
Besides the usual speed and sound improvements, what makes this version special for me is that it allows 2 players to play the same game via ad-hoc.
Here is the complete changelist:

[NEW] spc playback through openspc++.

[NEW] sound emulation moved to […]

As mentioned a few days ago, the Kojima Productions team released a special 90 seconds teaser MP3 of the trailer they will show in E3.
The small detail is that the trailer is in Japanese, so read on to see what the script is in English.

My friend recently attended TRAFFIC 2006, an industry conference for domain names, which attracts a plethora of domains, PPC companies, lawyers, and others (including Google and Yahoo). But this is not a discussion about their business or any of that.
No, this is about the live auction during the show. Clicking on that domain shows some […]

ThinkSecret has been able to confirm the release of the Apple MacBook for this Tuesday, May 9th. It also looks like they will be thinner than current iBooks and come in White and Black.
Additional sources have confirmed the MacBook’s announcement this Tuesday. Further, sources report that the MacBook will be thinner than current iBooks, will […]

I’m a very avid laptop user. I’d rather use my older, beat-up laptop than my newer, spiffier desktop computer when it comes to writing stuff–articles, emails, code–or when I chat with friends and colleagues. You may wonder why I prefer a slower system over an obviously faster, more efficient one. Of course, there are the […]

Annular Solar Eclipse
I’ve always been fascinated with space. When I was a kid, I’d buy these picture books that feature stars, constellations, planets, and just about anything about the sky and outer space. I would’ve probably gone for a career in astrophysics or some other branch of astronomy had I not been waylaid by reality […]

It’s been a while since we’ve had any Anime news, and this one actually comes a few months late. Well, not the source of the article itself, but the date in which Evangelion started, in October of 1995.
If you don’t completely ignore the Anime or Manga scene, there is no doubt that you’ve heard of […]

FlickrExport2 is nearing release, and screenshots have been posted by one of the developers to get some feedback from users.
Some of the additions to the tool are the ability to send a photo to groups that your are already a member of when you upload the photo. When I upload photos now, I have to […]

MacRumors is quoting an unverified anonymous source that Apple may announce the MacBook notebooks as early as May 9.
An unverified anonymous source claims that Apple stores are receiving materials for a new window display that’s labeled “do not open until Tuesday, May 9th.” The source also claims that Apple has directed its stores to push […]

This is some good news. It is being reported that Lucasfilm will be releasing two-disc editions of the original Star Wars Trilogy. Each set will contain a copy of the 2004 “digitally remastered” version of the film, as well as the original theatrical release.
In response to overwhelming demand, Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox Home […]

You have to hand it to Hideo Kojima. He really knows how to excite his fans about his upcoming projects, even if they’re not shaping to be his best, they’re always innovative.
Basically, he will release a teaser MP3 of the upcoming Metal Gear Solid game for the PS3 this friday, or in other words, in […]