Operating Systems

How Facebook Demonstrates the Power of Windows 8

October 10, 2011
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Windows 8 is not just another Windows operating system. This might be the reason why they have called it the Re-Creation of Windows. There are many users who have avoided Windows upgrades in the past. There are still many people who are using Windows 2000, for example. The new Windows 8 download, we are going [...]

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Why Cloud Computing Is Safer Than Anything Else: Welcome Windows 8

October 6, 2011
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Windows 8 is a huge change in the way we will use our computers compared to the past. We were introduced to personal computing by Windows many years ago. The idea was that we would use our computer and application, and we would save our information on our computers. The internet meant we could now [...]

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5 Leaks on the New Windows 8 Smartphone Operating System Improvements

July 3, 2011
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The Windows 8 promises some great improvements for those who love to use their smartphone. The new operating system will allow us to have the same operating system on our tablet, laptop and smartphone. This will be the first time we have had this as a reality. The closest thing to this has been Apple’s [...]

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Flash no longer included on Macs per default

October 27, 2010
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The new MacBook Air from Apple comes without Flash pre-installed, something which Mac’s have had for a long time. But as you might know, Steve Jobs is not a big fan of Flash and Flash is not even possible on the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Apple is now doing the same as Microsoft by [...]

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Wrapup: Apple’s “Back to the Mac”-event. OS X 10.7 Lion, iLife ’11, FaceTime, Mac App Store, MacBook Air.

October 20, 2010
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Apple and Steve Jobs just wrapped up their October 20th “Back to the Mac” Apple event in San Francisco with a bunch of new stuff. Here are the highlights: Mac OS X 10.7 “Lion” & Mac App Store The next big cat in the OS X line will be the “Lion” for OS X 10.7. [...]

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Apple to hold “Back to the Mac” event October 20th – new Mac’s? OS X 10.7 ‘Lion’?

October 14, 2010
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Apple will hold a special media event on Wednesday (the 20th) called “Back to the Mac”. The media seems to believe the event will mainly focus on MacBook Air, iLife and iWork and Mac OS X 10.7. MacBook Air According to the rumors, a new MacBook Air will feature a 11.6″ display and being more [...]

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5 Tips For Making Your Computer Start Up Faster

September 16, 2010
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When it comes to owning a computer, the odds of something acting up down the line is highly possible. Perhaps a video will not play properly, or maybe the screen frequently freezes. Yet another issue is a computer that does not boot up as fast as the owner would like. Thankfully, there are things that [...]

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Charlie Miller: Snow Leopard Easier To Hack Than Windows 7

March 3, 2010
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Apple fanbois, you better buckle up, cause when the anti-Apple crew gets a hold of this little titbit from Charlie Miller, they might mock your choice of being a Mac user just a little bit. Italian IT Security site, oneITsecurity, published an interview with Charlie Miller, two-year contest champion at Pwn2Own where the deal is [...]

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Windows 7 Resulted In More Satisfied Users Than Snow Leopard

February 5, 2010
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Both Microsoft and Apple released their newest operating systems in 2009 and according to a British opinion survey by YouGov, Microsoft’s operating system was the software users were most satisfied with. YouGov followed the “satisfaction rating” for Windows 7 and Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard for the past 6 months. A group of users [...]

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Windows 3.1 In Your Browser? Try It Out!

January 25, 2010
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Nostalgia? Why not take good ol’ Windows 3.1 for a spin in your browser. Michaelv.org has a decent version of Windows 3.1 running and it requires nothing else than your modern-day web browser to use it. Windows 3.1 was first released in October 1992 and later replaced with Windows 3.11 in 1993. A few years [...]

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Windows Mobile 6.5 Released Today – It Doesn’t Look Good

October 6, 2009
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Windows Mobile has received a ton of negative criticism over the years, though there’s still some faithful users of Windows Mobile, the rest of the world seems to have moved over to Symbian, iPhone, Android and webOS. And to be honest, Windows Mobile seems really old and clumsy to use compared to other modern mobile [...]

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Fixed: Copy/Pasting E-mail Address In Snow Leopard Mail

September 17, 2009
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Earlier this week I wrote about how Mail.app in Snow Leopard changed the way e-mail addresses would be copied to your clipboard, when you right click on a “From” name on an e-mail, to copy their e-mail address. The way it used to work, like in Leopard, was that it simply copied the e-mail address, [...]

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Snow Leopard Mail Quirk: Copy/Pasting Addresses

September 14, 2009
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Apple’s mail program so cleverly named “Mail”, didn’t really add anything new and useful to me when I updated from Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard to 10.6 Snow Leopard. Sure, 64 bit is cool and might have made the application a bit snappier, but Exchange support which is the shiny new thing in Mail, is [...]

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I Finally Managed To Screw Up My Mac – Snow Leopard Guest Account Erased My Files

September 10, 2009
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I don’t know what happened and I never thought I should say this, but I finally had my first really bad “whoops” with my Mac, after being a Mac user for over 3 years. By accident I clicked the “guest account” when I was going to login and it tried to login at my guest [...]

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Snow Leopard: Hidden Features & Shortcuts in Mac OS X 10.6

September 7, 2009
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16 year old Matt Fisher from the Great US of A created this video for YouTube, in which he tells us about some hidden features and shortcuts he has found in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. In the video, Matt covers some hidden new features from within Finder & Coverflow, Preview, System Preferences and [...]

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Orbicule’s Undercover Mac Theft Recovery System – Reinstall Necessary On Snow Leopard

September 3, 2009
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Ever since I had my good ol’ MacBook stolen from within my flat because somebody forgot to lock the kitchen window, I’ve been using Undercover from Orbicule on all my other Mac’s. The reason is clear: It gives me a better chance of ever recovering my Mac, than if I didn’t have the software installed. [...]

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How To: QuickTime X Autoplay Movies On Open In Snow Leopard

September 2, 2009
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QuickTime X is the newest version of QuickTime Player for Mac which comes with the new Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. Snow Leopard introduces QuickTime X, a major leap forward that advances modern media and Internet standards. QuickTime X includes a brand-new player application, offers optimized support for modern codecs, and delivers more efficient [...]

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How To Fix “Logitech Control Center” (LCC) Support In Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

August 31, 2009
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I found another incompatiblity issue with Snow Leopard, this time it’s from a small company, you might have heard of it. I think they create a few computer accesory parts every now and then, an occassional keyboard, mouse and computer speakers. Ring a bell? The company I’m talking about is Logitech and they are not [...]

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GrabUp & Snow Leopard Does Not Mix – Possible Solution & Alternatives…

August 31, 2009
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Oh bugger, I found another Mac application that doesn’t play nicely with Snow Leopard. This time it’s GrabUp. GrabUp is a cute little application, resting nicely in the menubar until you need it. What it does, when you need it, is that it takes your screenshot and uploads it in a jiffy to either your [...]

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I Should Have Waited With Snow Leopard Installation – Too Many Incompatiblity Issues

August 30, 2009
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I just couldn’t resist, I simply had to install Snow Leopard as soon as I got my hands on it, neglecting to check if my favorite applications and plugins were compatible. I thought, since Snow Leopard has been out with developers for so long, that surely they must have something ready by now. How wrong [...]

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Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard Ready For Pre-Order. What About Malta?

August 24, 2009
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Apple is now offering its users the ability to pre-order Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard from the Apple Store. You can get a single-user license for just $29 and a Family pack license (install on up to 5 Mac’s within the same household) for just $49. One should note though, these are Leopard upgrades, [...]

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Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard goes “Golden Master” at build 10A432

August 12, 2009

Latest rumors has it that the Apple developers are now finished with Mac OS X 10.6 “Snow Leopard” and build 10A432 goes “Golden Master”, which means it’s ready for production. Snow Leopard is scheduled to be released in September and will only work on Intel Macs. At an upgrade cost of just $29, I sure [...]

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Apple Just Released Mac OS X 10.5.8 Update

August 6, 2009

Apple just released software update 10.5.8 for Mac OS X Leopard. This update upgrades Safari to version 4.0.2 as well as accuracy of full history search in Safari 4. Also some minor improvements and fixes within Bluetooth, iCal, MobileMe Sync, CalDav, AirPort networks. You can read all the details about the 10.5.8 update at Apples [...]

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Microsoft Sees First Drop In Windows Sales – Ever!

July 27, 2009

Microsoft just released their quarterly financial statement which shocked a lot of analysts and investors. For the first time ever, Microsoft sees a drop in their sales of Windows compared to the year before. Meanwhile the turnover also dropped by 17% in the 4th quarter of the year. As a result, Microsoft stock went down [...]

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