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Why can't I swap the OS in my phone for another one?

That has been the question running on my mind for so long. I use a HP desktop at work, currently running Windows XP SP2. But I know that, if I want, Linux could be made to run on it with minimal efforts (which involve scouting for drivers). At home, I run around with a Pavilion DV2000 that came with a Vista but I kicked that out and ran XP SP3 for about 5 months before laying my hands on Windows 7 Ultimate evaluation version(which is as sexy as it gets).

If I so desire, I can run some geeky UNIX variants on the same laptop (unfortunately, I’m not a geek so that wouldn’t happen!). Even Apple, the holy grail of closed system, can dual-boot Windows using BootCamp.

The same can’t be said for any of the smart phones in town today. The laziest smart phone today is probably faster and better than the first PC I ever used (Compaq Pressario. Windows 95, 16MB Ram, 800MB Hard disk) but I I still don’t get that degree of flexibility.

I am waiting for that day when I can swap my Symbian for Windows Mobile. Or WebOS for Android.

CF9 in Beta

Adobe has announced the availability of Coldfusion 9 Beta product. With so many exciting features, I am definitely hooked up to another 2 years of pounding out CF codes (even though it seems the time to stop is just around the horizon). CF9 is also coming with a new Coldfusion Builder.

For those who don’t know, Coldfusion is the sliced bread of programming languages.

Windpower to the rescue

Energy crisis has never been worse in Nigeria than now. power stations are comatose, the government is reversing itself in all possible directions and no one knows what is going to happen the next minute.

Earlier in the administration of Bola Tinubu of Lagos State, he pioneered the concept of independent power stations but because these depended on gas from NNPC, it was easy for the laudable project to get sabotaged by the Obasanjo lead government. Also, other power stations built by the Federal Government have met tragic fates from gas supplies.

However, hope is around the corner. Recent technological advances in wind powered turbines have made the cost of construction of such wind farms comparable to what it cost to build a similar gas powered station. A recent survey by Business Week magazines puts the cost of a 150MW at roughly $225 million. So it means if the Lagos State Government could raise $675 million, say from the capital market, it would be able to build a 450MW power station to run the state, free from the shackles of NNPC.

Create a Replica Table based on another Table Schema

A quick and dirty way to create a table in MS SQL as a replica of another table without having to move data from first table to the second one. Say you want to create Table B based on Table A schema: SELECT TOP 0 * INTO TABLE B FROM TABLE A

The Nigerian Website Traffc Ranking

The most popular Nigeria website is Nairaland as declared by Alexa, the number 1 website ranking site on the internet. it is the 14th most popular destination for Nigerian web surfers.

Among the media houses, Punch newspaper website, www.punchng.com came first at number 19 easily beating Sun Newspapers (The King of Tabloids) at 30, Thisday Online at 44 and the Guardian at 46. Guaranty Trust Bank lead the banks’ website at number 32, Zenith is second at number 38 with no other bank hitting the top 100 list again.

The investing public has been getting served financial information at Cash Craft (36) Nigerian Securities (55) and Proshare (65). Trophies or no trophies, we all love Arsenal (35) more than ManU (40) (Chelsea fans, where are you?)

To read more about the list, visit Alexa Nigeria internet traffic ranking.