The PDC (Professional Developers Conference) is the main event where Microsoft announces new exiting stuff for software developers. Though it is primarely targeted at professional developers, it is also interesting for software users, because it gives a glance at the possibilities that developers have in the near future when they develop programs for these users.

Slowly but surely I am dragged into the Apple world. After purchasing an iPod touch (which is a damn cool device) I purchased a Mac mini. Macs are known as the better (and more expensive) PCs nowadays and they are pretty fashionable too. This and the fact that programming my iPod touch works only on Macs persuaded me to dive into the world of Apple computers.

You want to find duplicate photos on your hard disc, free up space and avoid confusion? You can try Phomanto, a little tool I've developed that finds and removes duplicate photos. It is still in alpha state (that means probably a lot of bugs, missing features, etc.), but you should be able to use it for its main purpose: removing duplicate files. I am looking forward for your feedback and comments concerning the program. If you like it I will consider extending it to a more complete photo management software, so tell me what you think.

There already have been some attempts to create a true mobile music studio. Dedicated hardware as well as software for mobile devices as Smartphones, Pocket PCs and game consoles (like the Nintendo DS) have been developed to achieve this goal. Many solutions struggle with lacking usability, thin sound and missing features. Xewton Music Studio now strives for turning the iPhone and the iPod touch into a real, professional mobile music studio ...

To reach a broader audience, I decided to make my page bilingual (German/English). Since it will be also double effort writing in two languages, some parts of the page will only be available German. Hopefully I'll manage to translate the most interesting parts of my page to English soon.

For quite a while the iPhone is known for its great usability and the ease of browsing the internet. The iPod touch also has these abilities though it lacks the 'always connected' feature, since it can only use WiFi to connect to the internet.

I admit I really wanted (and I still want) to have an iPhone but the price discouraged me to buy one. So I bought an iPod touch with 8 GB for 200 EUR. If I only could go online with it when I'm in the train, the world would be perfect ...

You know this situation: you want to take a picture of a person standing in the snow or at the beach and the sun shines from the back of that person. Setting your camera to automatic mode now will result almost certainly in a sub optimal photo ...