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Is Psystar Mac clone using the Kalyway boot hack?

Is Psystar Mac clone using the Kalyway boot hack?I totally agree[i]But anyone who is doing actual work on a Mac should buy a Mac. And that means a kosher, Apple machine.[/i]If you are serious about your work, then you spend the money on a serious machine, (be it a Windows...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Kalyway installer, Apple Inc., Kalyway, Psystar, open source, Apple Software

Discussion threads 2008-04-28

Apple tweaks Software Updater following criticism

Apple tweaks Software Updater following criticismOh give me a breakBecause I point out a simple fact I am a troll? I guess I need to start putting the [sarcasm] sarcasm here [/sarcasm] brackets around what I say??So does that make you the Anti-troll?It seems to me that you've had so...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Digital music, Digital media, Nothing, Apple Only, Apple Inc., Apple Software, Apple iTunes, software, Software Updater, Apple Software Updater

Discussion threads 2008-04-18

Apple releases Safari 3.1.1 security update

Apple releases Safari 3.1.1 security updateAnd they offered it to me, even though I said "ignore" Safari beforeThey also offered me a new iTunes+QuickTime, which I've "ignored" countless times before. (All I have is QuickTime installed.)They offered a new Apple Software Update, which I installed, so maybe the new...

Tags: Security administration, Tools & Techniques, Digital media, Digital music, security, Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Apple Software Update, Apple Software

Discussion threads 2008-04-16

Why OS X costs twice as much as Windows

Why OS X costs twice as much as WindowsMore Closed??Nearly half of OSX is all open source. Freely available for download, including the code. The *ONLY* proprietary part is the GUI that lies on top, and a few key underpinnings such as Core technologies (CoreGraphics, CoreVideo, etc). Now when you...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, Apple Software, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-04-09

Apple patches 11 QuickTime flaws

Apple patches 11 QuickTime flawsGreat, means they'll beg me to download iTunes again...I only have QuickTime installed. Every QuickTime is patched, Apple Software Update ASU begs me to download the iTunes+QuickTime bundle, even though the first time iTunes was offered I said ignore it via the menu (and, I...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, SECURITY, Apple Inc., Apple Software, Apple QuickTime

Discussion threads 2008-04-03

Windows Update setup (Apple Software Update versus Microsoft Update)

Windows Update setup Apple Software Update versus Microsoft Update6 of one/half a dozen of the other.Both systems have their pluses and minuses. Both have levels of obscurity and I have had issues with disclosure on both systems. Personally, I find the Apple one a bit better laid out...

Tags: Operating systems, Web browsers, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Windows Update setup, Microsoft Windows Update, Apple Software, Apple Software Update, Microsoft Update

Discussion threads 2008-03-25

Apple plugs eight more QuickTime holes

Apple plugs eight more QuickTime holesDoesn't affect me, I steer clear of all Apple softwareSo far, I've yet to be infected with any type of malware in the 12 years I've been running Windows. Hmm, we already know that [url=http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2006/10/apple_ships_video_ipods_with_w.html] Apple deliberately infects their Windows software with viruses [/url] so...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Digital music, SECURITY, Digital media, Apple Inc., Apple Software, zealot, software, Apple QuickTime, flaw, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-07-11

Jobs does Windows with open source

Jobs does Windows with open sourceYeah, I just caught thatBut still, it would be more correct to say that the browser engine is open sourceand I believe has been for a long time. Dana said Safari itself was open source, which is a subtle, yet very important difference. Having Safari...

Tags: Alpha, job, Microsoft Windows, open source, Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Apple Software, Open-Sourced Components

Discussion threads 2007-06-16

"iPhone" FCC confidentiality doc a hoax

"iPhone" FCC confidentiality doc a hoaxThe Apple software they need to put on iPhoneA piece of Apple software that Apple really needs to put on the iPhone is versions of some of the stuff they had on their Newton PDA, particularly the organizer/notes features. The Newton Notes application had...

Tags: Federal government, Apple iPhone, Apple Software, Apple Inc., FCC

Discussion threads 2007-02-08

Dell CEO thinks different about Apple

Dell CEO thinks different about AppleApple would be smart to take him up on it.They could use the extra market share. If anything, having another source would increase Apples share of the hardware market in the long run and increase the OS revenues.They should do itThe problem is still that...

Tags: Linux, Tools & Techniques, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Desktops, Apple Software, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Dell Computer Corp., Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-06-16

Additional Resources

Patch Tuesday heads-up: Critical MS Office patches coming

Office for Mac also affected...So where are the rants from Windows zealots who scream blue murder every time there's a patch for possible exploits of iTunes on Windows?Oh, that's right, faulty Microsoft software on OS X must be Apple's fault. Forgot that.Critical bulletins for Vista and Windows 7Vista/Server2008: 1 bulletinWindows...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, patch management, Microsoft Office, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, marketing, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Windows 7's default UAC bypassed by 8 out of 10 malware samples

RE: Windows 7's default UAC bypassed by 8 out of 10 malware samplesyawnWho can I trust *now*....Even Ed Bott said '7' was more secure!The Windows Infect Season is not over yet.. Nothing's changed.... That people even USE Windows these days is quite remarkable.... It must be the power of habit...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, malware, UAC, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

What would make you trust Microsoft?

Flame on!Let me save a couple people the time of posting"Microsoft is the most evil thing on earth and should be destroyed" - Linux Geek, Ole Man, D.T, No More Microsoft Software ...."I trust Microsoft with my life" - Mike Cox, Loverock, ... "They are a company. I trust them...

Tags: SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., extremist, open source, MHD

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Revisiting the Motorola Droid on Verizon [Q&A]

Why the hate for drag and drop?Almost every review I have read faults the Droid because you can't auto-sync music:"(You can dump your music on a microSD card and pop it in, but it?s a copy-paste files affair, not a ?load my music? integrated experience.)"The Droid ships with a 16...

Tags: Smart phones, Motorola Droid, Droid, Apple iPhone, Revisiting, music, Verizon Communications Inc., Motorola Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Open source needs successful champions

Open Source powers the Internet period!Open_Source powers the ENTIRE Internet withrouters/switches/servers you name it like Microsoft sitting behind caching Linux distroname servers.Now you tell me what does it need now???It is the FUTURE of smart devices, appliancedriven infrastructure, just like VMware using a Linux derived kernel and it is #1...

Tags: Linux, software cost, Linux Distro, open source, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Not tolerating the intolerant

My thoughts"Most reject volunteerism in search of making money, satisfying career ambitions, relaxing or spending time with friends and family."Some volunteerism is fine, and I'm glad to help out when I can - but I don't think it can or should sustain an economy or nation. And yes, I think...

Tags: tolerance, volunteerism, apathy

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

How to set up an iPod Touch

Learn how to set up an Apple iPod Touch using iTunes music software and a few device settings. by CNET News.com

Tags: Apple iPod, Apple iPod Touch, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, CNET News.com

Image galleries 2009-11-04

How fast can remote monitoring move?

Ler's use mu computer and my iPhoneMay sound nuts, but my notebook mine happens to be a Mac and my iPhone have the ability to work with a lot of medical devices - IF the makers build the connectors and write the software.I can enter my blood sugars on an...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Smart phones, Doc, monitoring, patient, computer, EKG, phone, Apple iPhone, e-mail

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Oracle giving EU a hard time over Sun buy

Oh my, must not up set the crazy EU.Pfttt....A small question why EU can stop or affect a deal inside usa ..... or is the deal is global ....Also we EU dont fork MYSQL into something purely EU ... and tell Oracle to go to hell. If the...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Databases, Oracle Corp., MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Motorola and Palm; will 2009 be designated as a comeback year?

wrongwell matthew, because you have been wrong consistently about the smartphone market the last few years i would argue they are both doomed, when you like them. the pre doesn't help palm as it should regardless of critical acclaim and motorola will participate in the race to the bottom (margin...

Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Handhelds, Mobile operating systems, RIM OS, Palm Inc., Pre, GSM, Motorola Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-04