Tag: Software
Pinnacle Studio 26 Ultimate takes on Premiere Pro with a one-time fee
Adobe Premiere is one of the biggest names in video editing, but at $240 for the year, it doesn’t make sense for every creator. Pinnacle Studio 26 Ultimate is our favorite subscription-free alternative. Pay once, and it’s yours forever (you can even pay a reduced rate to upgrade to the…
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Developer vibe-codes a free local Office clone for your browser
A new vibe-coded app offers a simple, browser-based office suite Each file is ‘saved’ in the code for the URL The apps come with a variety of options for sharing links/files AI vibe coding is now at the stage where these apps and agents can clone big-name software packages just…
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New Tiny11 Builder makes it easier than ever to declutter Windows 11
A new version of Tiny11 Builder is out that’s ‘completely redesigned’ The developer has revamped the interface and made it more modern This means it’s easier to use — and faster — when creating your own slimline take on Windows 11, for those keen on de-bloating the OS If you…
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Quote of the day by software pioneer Eric S. Raymond: “The end of software secrecy is almost upon us”
Eric Steven Raymond, widely known as ‘ESR’ has been a large presence in the software development space for many decades, making key contributions to the school of development, programming languages, and the open source movement. Given the rise of AI, ESR has signalled the end of the closed-source model of…
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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wants your PC to become ‘an infinite software factory’ in final blow to the app store concept — but I’m afraid businesses won’t bite the AI apple
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says Copilot Code and local AI make every Windows PC an infinite software factory with no cloud token spend Rather than killing app stores, Microsoft is moving app hosting into Copilot, while IT leaders stay wary of citizen-built tools Microsoft’s own engineers say local inference doesn’t…
Read MoreIntel kicks off Windows 11’s big driver overhaul — get ready for fewer bugs
Microsoft has an initiative to improve the quality of drivers Intel’s new Wi-Fi driver for Windows 11 contains the first glimpse of this More should come soon from Intel and others, and the initiative should help not just with stability, but also the performance of Windows 11 Remember Microsoft’s plan…
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