QPR appoint Sousa

Posted: November 19, 2008 in football

Football: QPR have appointed former Portugal international Paolo Sousa as their new manager 

Has to be an improvement on Dowie. If he takes to English football as readily as his former boss Scolari, then I’ll be happy – but part of me wouldn’t be surprised to see him eventually end up at that other Rich West London club, especially if Briatore keeps on insisting on picking the team!

Speak and ye shall Google

Posted: November 16, 2008 in Uncategorized

Holy smokes, this looks like a killer app. Google voice search is expected to launch in the iPhone app store Monday. Definitely the sound of things to come.

Parallels gets even better

Posted: November 16, 2008 in Mac, Technology

If like me you have to run Windows on your Mac (one day QuickBooks Online will get their act together but until then …) then Parallels has long been a great tool for doing just that. Now they’ve just released Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac and it’s well worth the $79.99 (or the $39.99 upgrade through November 30).

The interface is much more Mac-like but better than that, the Coherence feature makes switching between your Mac and virtual Windows machines without rebooting faster and  more seamless than ever. Sharing documents, files and cutting and pasting between apps is a cinch – the Windows Start menu even pops up in your dock.

I’ve not used the highly respected VM Ware but I can thoroughly recommend Parallels. If you have to use Windows, you won’t regret it.