Marco's Tech World

Windows Vista Annoyances

I've re-installed Vista on what is supposed to become my primary computer... but I've found more compatibility problems than I was expecting.

posted by marcocantu @ 8:10AM on February 2, 08:10

ADUG 2007 Symposium

I've been invited to Australia for the ADUG 2007 Symposium, to be held at the end of March.

posted by marcocantu @ 5:57PM on February 2, 17:57

Semi-Tech Videos: Vista and Web 2.0

Browsing the web over the weekend I bumped into two interesting videos... one covering the Vista vs. OS X debate and the other introducing the ideas behind Web 2.0.

posted by marcocantu @ 4:06PM on February 6, 16:06

Delphi Tag Tree

It's over a month I see posts on "Five things you don't know about me" in the Delphi blogging community. Here is a tree of links, also a good collection of Delphi-related blogs, and some.

posted by marcocantu @ 0:14AM on February 7, 00:14

CodeGear On-line Learning with Marco Cantù

I'll be teaching four online classes for CodeGear next month, covering Delphi 2006 Win32 topics, ranging from new language features to Vista support.

posted by marcocantu @ 4:06PM on February 7, 16:06

Unusual Delphi Applications

I recently bumped into two unusual ways to use Delphi, a noble one and a nasty one.

posted by marcocantu @ 7:52AM on February 8, 07:52

CodeRage 2007 Virtual Conference by CodeGear Announced

CodeGear has announced its first virtual conference for the second week of March. Mark your calendars.

posted by marcocantu @ 11:38AM on February 9, 11:38

Michael Swindell on Next Delphi, PHP, and Kylix

There have been a few leaks regarding future CodeGear products, plus some "informal" announcements by CodeGear Head of Product Management, Michael Swindell.

posted by marcocantu @ 12:51AM on February 9, 12:51

Delphi 2006 HotFix 10

CodeGear has released a new hotfix (actually a collection of fixed) for Delphi 2006.

posted by marcocantu @ 10:15AM on February 11, 10:15

My Google Reader Feeds

I've added a page to my blog with some selected blog entries from my Google Reader account, which I'm using more and more.

posted by marcocantu @ 1:04AM on February 13, 01:04

Delphi 2007 Spacely Screen Shot

I got an nice present in my mail... a screen shot of Delphi 2007 Spacely to share with my blog readers.

posted by marcocantu @ 0:19AM on February 14, 00:19

12 Years of Delphi

Delphi was officially launched 12 years ago, today. Here is some material from my 10th birthday page.

posted by marcocantu @ 7:36PM on February 14, 19:36

What's New in DbExpress 4 (by Steve Shaughnessy)

A detailed description of new features of the database side adds to the picture of what's new in the next release of Delphi.

posted by marcocantu @ 11:26AM on February 19, 11:26

March Training and Conferences (Update)

I've 2 conferences (CodeRage and ADUG) plus an online class scheduled for March. Here are some updates.

posted by marcocantu @ 7:01PM on February 19, 19:01

Delphi 2007 for Win32 and Delphi for PHP on InfoWorld

An article on InfoWorld brings us official information about two soon-to-be-released CodeGear products, Delphi 2007 for Win32 and Delphi for PHP.

posted by marcocantu @ 10:32AM on February 20, 10:32

CodeGear Announces Delphi 2007 and Delphi for PHP

After so many speculations, here is the official announcement of Delphi 2007 for Win32 and Delphi for PHP.

posted by marcocantu @ 4:35PM on February 20, 16:35

CodeGear people: Nick, Ben, and even Philippe

Kudos to Nick for reacting so fast. The Boss is blogging. And the "person-who-started-this-all" has a new venture.

posted by marcocantu @ 8:08AM on February 23, 08:08

Italian Portal

Italy just launched a national web portal, italia.it. A lot of money for a nice-looking, graphic-intensive, but sloppy site. Probably an interesting case study... of (partial) a failure.

posted by marcocantu @ 2:58PM on February 23, 14:58